Community Projection: Melky Cabrera
by Grant Brisbee on Feb 20, 2012 10:14 AM PST
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PrintThink back to what the front office was like after the Aaron Rowand deal was signed, sealed, and delivered. There were people who thought it was a good idea. If there wasn't a yelp or a holler, there was at least an earnest fist-pump or three. Aaron Rowand, baby. This helps the team in some capacity. Good on us.
Which is to say, bigger isn't necessarily better. Rowand was coming off a career year when he signed with the Giants. It was a bold move. Drinking the styrofoam cocktail that's left in the container after you put some chicken on the grill: also a bold move. The Giants didn't need a bold move like that this offseason.
The Giants could have made a big move just to make a big move. They tried that once.
Gary Matthews, Jr.! … dammit so much how about Juan Pierre? … you gotta be kidding me, okay Aaron Rowand! … YESSSSSS SCORRRRRRE AWLRIGHT FOLKS/dunks ball through Nerf hoop on back of office door
I'm glad they didn't try it again. It wouldn't have been pretty. As such, maybe we should welcome Melky Cabrera with open arms. He didn't come over on a seven-year deal. He wasn't acquired for Gary Brown. He's a one-year challenge player who was traded for a one-year challenge player. In theory, the Giants trading a bottom-rotation starter for a offensive-minded corner outfielder makes all sorts of sense.
The problem is that the offensive-minded corner outfielder was only an offensive-minded corner outfielder in exactly one of his six seasons in the majors. Last year. Which sort of hints that the stars had to align for even that to happen. In the analytical world, stars aligning is usually referred to as batting average on balls in play. Last year, Melky's BABIP was higher than it ever had been by about 30 points. You can choose to believe that he wasn't lucky. But that isn't the simplest explanation.
If you want to be an optimist, though, you can note that a .332 BABIP isn't freakishly high. There were 30 starters last year with a higher total. There were 37 the year before. Some hitters have made a living out of career BABIPs well above that mark -- Derek Jeter, Ichiro!, and Bobby Abreu among them. For hitters, a high average on balls put in play isn't necessarily luck. There can be skill involved. Maybe Melky figured something out.
Maybe. The thing that's always bugged me about Melky since his rookie season is that he looked so danged promising when he was 21. A 21-year-old who posts a .360 OBP is a rare creature. It doesn't matter if you go by OBP or OPS+ -- 21-year-olds who do what Melky did don't come around that often. Even more impressive: His K/BB ratio was almost 1:1, which wasn't the case for most of the hitters on that list. He was a disciplined little fellow.
He wasn't so disciplined with the Royals last year. I guess it's like showing up to an orgy and figuring, well, I guess no one else is wearing pants, so … Remember, we're talking about the Royals. They had a good offense last year, but it wasn't because of exceptionally disciplined hitters. But when Melky was 21, he was exceptionally disciplined.
When Melky was with the Braves during the 2010 NLDS, I was pretty convinced that he was the worst baseball player in the majors. His bat looked like it was a metaphor in some crappy art-house movie, where it symbolized the fears and suppressed trauma of the protagonist. Or, rather, it looked like it was a 30-pound bat that I was swinging. Me. The guy writing this. The guy whose major physical activity in the past year was figuring out how to beat Dragon Chan, who was trying to kick me during a boxing match, dammit. Point is, Melky Cabrera looked awful in 2010.
But he was awesome in 2011. And he looked so promising in 2006. Maybe there's a way where the two years of promise can come together like some sort of delicious PB&J of statistical history. I'm not sold on the idea. But I don't think it's fair to paint Melky with the "guy coming off a career year" brush and totally dismiss him. That could be the prudent way to look at it, but he was ahead of the curve as a 21-year-old; I'm willing to think that there's something else there. Something that could be unlocked by getting the Best Shape of His Life achievement over the offseason. It's not completely unreasonable.
I'll split the difference. Now that the offseason is over, and we know how the roster shook out, I'd rather have Brandon Belt with a guaranteed spot and the extra $6 million to get someone else. Welp. That's not coming back. As is, I'm okay with Melky getting a chance to build on whatever he found last year. Don't think he'll be horrible; don't think he'll reach the same heights as last year.
Melky Cabrera
AB: 578
AVG: .284
OBP: .331
SLG: .443
HR: 14
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I think he'll be okay
But his power will go down and he will probably drive us nuts at times because of lack of plate discipline.
AB: 550
AVG: .291
OBP: .322
SLG: .443
HR: 12
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what would this translate
into WAR wise?
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by CalBear949 on Feb 20, 2012 11:45 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
1.5-2.5 fWAR, probably. Francoeur was an average COF last year with a .285/.329/.476 line in 656 PA, 2.9 fWAR. Right about league average.
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honestly
I would consider that a successful acquistion
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by CalBear949 on Feb 20, 2012 11:52 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
it's probably about what you'd expect from Sanchez, so yes, I suppose
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since it would be nearly all offensive WAR
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by CalBear949 on Feb 20, 2012 12:07 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
I don’t think we can expect much defensive WAR out of him
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He should be at least average if he’s playing a corner.
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You have quite low standards then.
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I mean, you’re basically paying market rate for that production.
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1) since when is 2 WAR $6 million?
2) One year contract
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by CalBear949 on Feb 20, 2012 1:34 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
“Basically” != exactly. Even at the high end of that, his surplus value is perhaps $5 MM. That’s good, but not terrific. I think more reasonably, his surplus value is going to be in the $2-3 MM range. When you already have alternatives on hand that are likely to provide that much surplus value, I wouldn’t say that that’s a successful acquisition.
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who are you using as the alternative?
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by CalBear949 on Feb 20, 2012 1:42 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Belt and Schierholtz.
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well…Nate is one OF and Belt a 1B
so unless you’re sure Huff will.be better
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by CalBear949 on Feb 20, 2012 1:53 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
so unless you’re sure Huff will.be better
Than last year? That would be really tough not to be.
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but he may not be…or only moderately better. Huff is certainly not a good RF
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by CalBear949 on Feb 20, 2012 2:08 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Belt in left, Nate in right, Aubrey at first. $6 MM to get another LOOGY.
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or Nate in LF Nelly in RF and Belt at 1B with Huff Molina’d
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by CalBear949 on Feb 20, 2012 2:23 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
We're going to play Don Nelson in RF?
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I was thinking of the rapper
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by CalBear949 on Feb 20, 2012 2:26 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Also, you traded for a pre-arb commodity, so it’s actually expected that you’re paying somewhat less than market value, so the savings aren’t great.
Remember Cody Ross made at least that much last year.
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Yeah, that too. Arb3, so it’s nearly market rate, but you’d still expect to pay under.
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Wait…so it was dumb for Sabean to acquire someone at arb3 prices for 2-3 mil less than FA value and for only one year?
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by CalBear949 on Feb 20, 2012 2:07 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Perhaps not dumb, but Sabean makes more lateral moves than a rugby player.
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It’s certainly not praise. It’s like, “if he meets those projections, Sabean will have not fucked up.”
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he paying below market value and only one year contract for a 28 year old coming off a career year.
That’s a lateral move compared to hoping a 34 year old Huff will stay injury free and be much better than last year?
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by CalBear949 on Feb 20, 2012 2:13 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
I mean
look at what Kubel and Willingham got this year
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by CalBear949 on Feb 20, 2012 2:15 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Or, stated another way, he’s paying close to market value for a guy who has one good season to his name.
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He’s very good at buying high and selling low.
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If Soto and Rowland are Magowan's
I don’t think he’s any worse than most GMs.
He certainly has a good history of selling high with prospects and picking up some good scrap FAs
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by CalBear949 on Feb 20, 2012 2:21 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
he is paying nowhere near market value.
Kubel got 2 year $15 million
Willingham 3/21
Cuddyer 3/27(?)
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by CalBear949 on Feb 20, 2012 2:17 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Kubel=$7.5M AAV
Willingham=$7.0M AAV
Cuddyer=$10.5M AAV
And Cabrera is pre-arb, and is probably worst or second worst of those players (Kubel’s offensive value tends to be wiped out by defensive ineptitude).
There’s no reason for praise Sabean for getting a pre-FA player and comparing him to FA contracts, especially if you don’t acknowledge the fact that it took a starting pitcher and a reliever to pry him off the Royals.
If he’s just a 2-win player, it’s a so-so move at best.
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but you pay less and only make an one year commitment!
I mean would we care as much if Huff was a year deal? or feakout more if he had two more years?
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You pay less because he’s in his final arb year. You pay for only one year because he’s in his final arb year.
He’s in his final arb year because they had to trade Sanchez and Verdugo for him. You have to include that in the cost.
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I would also argue that Melky is about as good as those three, is younger and not a clankmitt
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by CalBear949 on Feb 20, 2012 3:25 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
That’s a fine argument as long as you don’t look at their career numbers.
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go look at all of them have been very inconsistent and Cuddyer and Willingham are significantly older.
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by CalBear949 on Feb 20, 2012 3:40 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Cuddyer and Willingham are basically 2 to 2.5 oWAR players
Kubel’s oWAR was 0.4 and 0.9 the last two years
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by CalBear949 on Feb 20, 2012 3:45 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Cuddyer and WIllingham also have at least some history of not sucking. Unlike Melky.
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Melky is a lot younger
Willingham’s best oWAR year is 2.7
Cuddyer is 3.6
Melky had a 4.8 at 26/27
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by CalBear949 on Feb 20, 2012 3:52 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
And it was completely abberant with his career performance, fueled by a a 50 point jump in BABIP.
I’ll take the under. Way under, in fact.
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sure
but to say that Melky is the worst of the 4 is just not true. Again, you have two guys going into their mid 30s and one who has had poor years the last two years.
We haven’t even started with the defense.
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by CalBear949 on Feb 20, 2012 3:58 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
If you look at overall value or war per year on average, he is the second worst behind Kubel. Going into last year, he was the worst of the four; nearly two thirds of his career value was generated last season.
He is also the worst hitter of the three: he was worth 18 batting runs last year, bringing his career total to… -17.8 batting runs. Willingham has 103.6, with a single-season career high over 20. Cuddyer has 75.9, with a single-season career high of over 20. Kubel has a 42.7, with a single-single career high over 25. Before 2011, Melky’s single season career high was 0.9.
You’re also neglecting the fact that these Kubel and Cuddyer deals are, in all likelihood, awful fits for their respective clubs. Willingham is probably the only worthwhile player in the crop, and frankly I wish the Giants would have signed him for 2/15 instead of giving up Sanchez for a one-BABIP wonder the Giants will try to play in center field.
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you’re comparing careers/history not current value and potential. Again look at age and production in the next year.
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by CalBear949 on Feb 20, 2012 4:12 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
That’s because the history usually outweighs a suspicious-looking outlier.
And, 3/21, whatever. Willingham was a league average player playing is a ridiculous pitcher’s park like Oakland, and put up a wRC of 123.
Current value for Cabrera is not a 4-win player. Brian Sabean might think he’s a 4-win player, but he’s probably a complete dolt for thinking it. You don’t pay a 6-year veteran for one season of production unless you’re a glutton for punishment.
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did I say he was a 4 war player?
I am already slashing his production in half before starting and assuming everyone else will play at the same level
By the way, Willingham’s increasing k:BB ratio is getting Dunnesque
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by CalBear949 on Feb 20, 2012 4:27 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Which, as I pointed out earlier, is giving him a lot of credit relative to his career numbers.
If we pay any attention to Willingham’s career numbers, that ratio will probably regress somewhat, as more or less everyone projects him to do. Even if they don’t, he’ll still probably be a better player and value than Cabrera.
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fangragh
is projecting:
Kubel at 1.5 (-7 Fielding)
Melky at 1.6 (-5)
Cuddyer at 2.3 (-7)
Willingham at 2.6 (-5)
I think Melky will be better than 5 defensively and Willingham will be not as good. Pitch selection is the first thing to go as a power hitter.
His ISO and BABIP were also significantly higher last year than his career norms. So was his swing through rate.
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by CalBear949 on Feb 20, 2012 4:43 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
His ISO and BABIP were also significantly higher last year than his career norms.
Go look at the numbers again.
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sorry
his BABIP was lower but his ISO was significantly higher
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by CalBear949 on Feb 20, 2012 4:54 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Not any higher than performance in prior years. Not so with Melky.
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and why would Willingham take 2/15?
and his peripheral are the worst and age does not go well with a power hitter
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by CalBear949 on Feb 20, 2012 4:14 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
also
we’re talking about market value not team fits
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by CalBear949 on Feb 20, 2012 4:16 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Wait, why are you citing Huff’s injury status?
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because he's 34
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by CalBear949 on Feb 20, 2012 2:18 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Ok, that just seems odd particularly when he doesn’t have much of an injury past (that I’m aware of). In fact, part of the problem last year was that he and Scott were the only players who didn’t spend any time injured.
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Sabean talked about how he wanted to get younger and to lower the chance of significant injuries on the roster
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by CalBear949 on Feb 20, 2012 2:22 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Hah.
I feel like that’s lip service. They always talk about that, but it’s a) much easier said than done and b) they’re still not very good at it.
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except their action correspond with that message this year
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Until you realize that they’re making Belt (23) compete with Pill (27) and Huff (35).
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maybe they’re afraid of rushing him again.
Pill is only in the conversation because he’s RHB
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by CalBear949 on Feb 20, 2012 3:05 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
A little optimistic
Your, and most other estimates here, are mostly in line with Bill James. Everybody’s way higher than James on slugging and also HR’s, the latter when you consider that James’ estimates are not park-adjusted.
Since his offensive projections are about average and he is a well-below average defender, I would look for 2 WAR —about ML average for all players but below average for a starter.
I hated the Rowand deal the moment it was announced
Anyway, Cabrera:
AB: 93
AVG: .271
OBP: .312
SLG: .401
HR: 9
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lol
AB should be 593
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Except for ABs, ours are pretty much the same.
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I think they are going to stick with him longer than they should
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And my axe.
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Was about to say.
Wishful thinking?
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by Cody_ransom on Feb 20, 2012 10:54 AM PST up reply actions
Not good with numbers (English Major) but I’m going to guess he’ll have a better year than most people expect. I’m a sucker for “Best Shape of His Life” if only because it means something if you’re still under 30 and were known for not being in good shape and were kind of average and then got in good shape and were better average.
Also, I don’t like contemplating the alternatives
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I feel the same way
Melky is either going to be great or be a disaster. I don’t see any middle ground.
Exactly. My guess is that here’s somebody in the Giants’ Front Office who’s main job is to do whatever sort of ritual that needs to be done to make sure he has a good season— candle lighting, prayers, human sacrifice, whatever
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I think he’s basically going to be a below league average player. Somewhere in the neighborhood of 1-2 WAR.
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AB: 575
AVG: .285
OBP: .330
SLG: .430
HR: 15
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AB: 556
AVG: .287
OBP: .335
SLG: .446
HR: 13
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I think he’ll be pretty bad.
AB: 490
AVG: .260
OBP: .318
SLG: .389
HR: 10
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by Cody_ransom on Feb 20, 2012 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
I think I’m generally optimistic about the individuals playing for this team in 2012, even if I would have preferred a few other players in their places. But Melky I just can’t get optimistic about for some reason.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 11:01 AM PST up reply actions
I’m more optimistic about Melky than Pagan for some reason. Maybe it’s because bigger upside (meaning dingers)
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 20, 2012 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
You are on track...
let’s hope he doesn’t get all those ABs.
by Billy Swift on Feb 20, 2012 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
Eh, the outfield isn’t particularly stacked with players. It’s Nate/Belt, Pagan, Melky right now, right? With Christian/Graham taking each other’s places on the bench?
One little injury and there’s no choice but to play Cabrera. I probably should have gone higher on the ABs….
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t even know if Graham’s on the roster. I just like dropping his name in these conversations because 0_o.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
Oh yeah, that guy.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
I <3 Blanco
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that’s lower than his career avg of 275/331/398
I am going with 285/340/415 with 12 homers
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by CalBear949 on Feb 20, 2012 11:41 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
It is lower than his career average because I don’t think he’ll hit as well as his career average. I know it makes sense to hedge my bets closer to his averages, but I just don’t feel great about him.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
I understand your reasoning but it is hard for me for to believe that he would fall below his career avg after a very good 2011.
Of course…Huff.
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by CalBear949 on Feb 20, 2012 11:47 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
Hopefully, Melky hasn’t spent the offseason drinking Bud Light and Marlboro Lights
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 20, 2012 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
It’s the drinking of cigarettes that really gets you.
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 20, 2012 11:56 AM PST up reply actions
AB: 660
AVG: .274
OBP: .325
SLG: .432
HR: 16
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by say hey nation on Feb 20, 2012 10:33 AM PST reply actions
video Aubrey Huff hits for the cycle
6/29/07: Aubrey Huff hits for the cycle, the third Oriole to do so and the first at Oriole Park
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=20098749&topic_id=&c_id=mlb&tcid=vpp_copy_20098749&v=3
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 10:33 AM PST reply actions
Contract year
I’m Bullish
AB: 560
AVG: .305
OBP: .335
SLG: 480
HR: 12 (But with lots of doubles)
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This is Melky's contract year?
I might have to change my projection then. Watch him have a huge year and then the Giants will spend all their rainy day money resigning him.
Yeah it is a contract year
And while the contract year performance maybe an urban legend, it can be a very large stimulus to get into “the best shape of his life”
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by OmahaGiants on Feb 20, 2012 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
’d
Melky-tsadech
I predict a righteous season:
AB: 600
AVG: .295
OBP: .330
SLG: .430
HR: 12
In this post-2010 reality, I occupy a resurrection body.
MeLOLky!
AB: 565
AVG: .280
OBP: .325
SLG: .403
HR: 11
Mild regression, but tolerable.
AB: 550
AVG: .282
OBP: .330
SLG: .430
HR: 9
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AB: too many (550)
AVG: .275
OBP: .320
SLG: .410
HR: 13
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Now that I look at it, this is basically his career line.
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Also very similar to my projection
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 20, 2012 10:43 AM PST up reply actions
And Bill James’ projection.
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Shit, now I know I was too optimistic. I probably should have gone lower on the slugging. I was tempted to go lower on the OBP.
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 20, 2012 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
AB: 570
AVG .265
OBP .320
SLG .425
HR 12
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 20, 2012 10:41 AM PST reply actions
2012 Giants: A New cabr-ERA
AB: 615
BA: .276
HR: 18
RBI: 84
OBP: .338
SLG: .460
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by bigboneded on Feb 20, 2012 10:42 AM PST via mobile reply actions
That's 84 runs added to what the Giants scored last year...!
Can't spell "Colletti" without LOL.
Posted before I read any others. After a quick scan, I’m more optimistic than most, but wow…all the projections are pretty similar.
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by bigboneded on Feb 20, 2012 10:45 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Did you know Tim Wakefield pitched two complete game victories in the 1992 NLCS?
The losing pitcher was Tom Glavine both times. Wakefield was just a rookie.
Wakefield would go on to struggle the next season and eventually be released by the Pirates. The Red Sox would swoop and Wakefield would finish third in the Cy Young award voting in 1995.
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 10:43 AM PST reply actions
knuckleballs though
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 20, 2012 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
That’s like 12 real pitches.
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Good for them
Not a lot of downside if they’re paying him a million, which i’d guess they are.
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Yeah, he’s as much of a draw as they’re likely to have for a while.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
I’m not seeing a lot of upside either.
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 20, 2012 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
Upside is he hits well and they get production for cheap
And can maybe flip him at the deadline to a team in need of a LH bat off the bench or DH.
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is he hitting left handed now?
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i was in favor of this
but if he’s experimenting with switching his handedness then I’m not so sure.
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I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
hahaha
My bad. RH! RH!
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Well yeah, I get that upside is he hits well, but I don’t see that happening. I see a 40 year old guy who can’t hit without steroids and didn’t play last year.
I’m thinking his upside is a league average bat who can’t field, which, I guess has decent value.
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 20, 2012 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
He has value in the designated fat guy league
But yeah, his defense was awful even when his offense was at it’s peak.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 20, 2012 11:01 AM PST up reply actions
He can hit without steroids.
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I kind of took getting caught twice as a sign that he doesn’t believe so.
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 20, 2012 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
Doesn’t mean much. Players cork their bats even though that has no value.
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Also
We don’t know that he ever has. He got caught twice which doesn’t mean he hasn’t been doing it all along.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 20, 2012 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
Yes, those two times my dad caught me getting high on the way to school were the only two times I did that.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 20, 2012 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
I kept getting tripped up by Lars’s comment, but here’s my shot at adding the implied parts and undoing the double negatives.
We don’t know that he ever has [hit without steroids]. He got caught twice, which [could] mean he [has] been doing it all along.
I could have that wrong, but I don’t think he’s suggesting Manny’s been clean necessarily at any point.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
And I was not necessarily sober on any one day of my senior year in high school.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 20, 2012 12:46 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Well, I can’t speak for Lars’s actual meaning there. I just wanted to suggest that it looked to me like you weren’t actually disagreeing with him. I may have mangled my own syntax in the process. Proceed as you will.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
Do we know when he started using? He could have been using steroids from the beginning of his career.
Steroids don't make you hit better
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They make you wittier, sexier and more popular.
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That’s what makes you sexier!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 20, 2012 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
Where do I sign!?
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
Meet me at my car by the band practice field after fourth period. I’ll hook you up.
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I’ll bring my pen!
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
he's making league minimum
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Yeah, at league minimum I’ll change my stance.
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 20, 2012 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
So you change dyour stance b/c his making 500K instead of 1Million?
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by say hey nation on Feb 20, 2012 11:27 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, it’s the difference between 1 player and two players. Basically, I expect him to be around replacement level, so if they’re paying him that, it’s appropriate. If they’re paying him twice that, it’s just because of his name.
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 20, 2012 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, at league minimum I’ll change my stance.
If only the MLBPA accepted that as a reason to lower Rowand’s salary.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Feb 20, 2012 12:10 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
His OPS+ in 2010 was 138.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
Which may not be a defense of anything. But the last time he played regularly, he hit. He’s older now, and presumably “clean” (whatever that means), but it’s hard to imagine that number plummeting past the point of economic viability here.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
That’s why I was seeing league average bat as an upside. If he were a league average bat 2 years ago, I’d believe they’re just throwing money away.
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 20, 2012 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
Dingers.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 10:53 AM PST up reply actions
that's like half the A's entire 2011 profit!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 20, 2012 1:44 PM PST up reply actions
He will generate publicity and probably still drive ticket sales even while he’s on suspension.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 20, 2012 10:50 AM PST up reply actions
Plus- hats with fake dreadlocks they can sell to the 4,000 fans who show up at a game.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 20, 2012 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
Somewhat related, I finally saw "Moneyball" last night
My favorite part of it was how the cinematographer beautifully captured the existential bleakness of the Coliseum.
"The definition of insanity is startjng Orlando Cabrera over and over again and expecting different results"--Albert Einstein
Since Chris Pratt was playing Scott Hattieberg, I wish the producers had thrown us a bone and cast Aubrey Plaza as his wife.
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Why didn’t Manny just serve his 50 games last year and then retire afterwards?
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by The Enchanter on Feb 20, 2012 3:36 PM PST up reply actions
It was a 100-game suspension.
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I think Melky is either going to be really good, or terrible.
Something like:
.300/.340/.460 with 15 long bombs away
or
.230/.250/.390 with 15 GIDPs
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Maybe not that bad.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 20, 2012 10:54 AM PST up reply actions
i like how by our standards, an .800 OPS is really good
/sob
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eh
think of how much of a difference even one extra guy who could hit would have made last year.
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On July 20, 1969, a few hours after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, he hit his first, and only home run.
From a corner OF with suspect defense.
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Suspect defense in CF.
He’s been roughly average in the corners, with the exception of an anomalous and disastrous 2010.
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I dug out my N64 yesterday, put in All-star baseball 97, looked at the Giants roster, cried.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 20, 2012 10:57 AM PST up reply actions
Bonds: 40 HR; 1.031 OPS
Kent: 29 HR; 789 OPS
Snow: 28 HR; 898 OPS
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 20, 2012 11:01 AM PST up reply actions
I'll take a stab at it
AB: 509
AVG: .272
OBP: .324
SLG: .410
HR: 12
Trips to DL: 2
Games he gets to play the hero: 1
I came, I saw, I told bad jokes and left.
Don’t worry, with practice I really think you can do better.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 20, 2012 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
Keith Law is about to be on KNBR
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 20, 2012 11:06 AM PST reply actions
I should probably listen to this.
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 11:07 AM PST up reply actions
Oops
Make that 1pm today
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 20, 2012 11:07 AM PST up reply actions
Oh...wait...nevermind.
keithlaw keithlaw
KNBR hit postponed till 2:30 pm California time
GIANTS BASEBALL: HOPE LIKE HELL!
Derek Jeter, Ichiro!, and Bobby Abreu among them.
All three are good bat control hitters.
Melky was a free swinger last year. No way he changes that approach playing for the Giants. He probably considers it the key to hiting successfully. You also need to consider the fact that the NL West has better pitching than the AL central. And based on the photos I’ve seen of him, I’m going to say he’s not the sharpest tool in the shed.
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 11:06 AM PST reply actions
You’re aware that Ichiro’s career BB% is 6.2%, right?
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 20, 2012 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
That doesn’t relate to my point. Ichiro has awesome bat control.
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
Well, it was in reference to you saying Melky was a free swinger. You set it up as being in contrast to guys like Ichiro, who is also a free swinger, at least in the sense that he doesn’t walk.
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 20, 2012 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
Ichiro wants to put the ball in play so he can utilize his speed. His great bat control skills has allowed him to be really successful at it.
I don’t see how Melky compares to that.
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
He doesn’t, but you didn’t say “Ichiro has great speed, Melky doesn’t” Or, “Ichiro has great bat control, Melky doesn’t”
You said, “fact about Ichiro, fact about Melky that applies to Ichiro as well.”
When I look back at it now, I’m thinking you meant them as two separate comments, but I was reading them as 2 parts of a whole.
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 20, 2012 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
I’m definitely saying that Melky doesn’t have the kind of bat control Ichiro has.
During the 2006 season where Melky had a .360 OBP, he still only had a .309 BABIP. His career average is .299. Last season was .332. At the very least, the difference in BABIP between 2006 and 2011 is unsustainable.
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
Okay, but being a free swinger doesn’t mean do or do not have great bat control.
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 20, 2012 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
He just looks dumb!
And based on the photos I’ve seen of him, I’m going to say he’s not the sharpest tool in the shed.
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
Actually, Abreu K’s a lot. But he’s been discribed a very patient and smart hitter. I remember seeing a MLB Network video from last season showing Abreu taking advantage of the defensive positioning of the Royals outfielders and hitting the ball in the gap.
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
I remember seeing a MLB Network video from last season showing Abreu taking advantage of the defensive positioning of the Royals outfielders and hitting the ball in the gap.
I am dubious.
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Let me find the video.
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
if he can hit the ball into the gap at will, why doesn’t he do it every time up?
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I am dubious that he was able to do this consistently, and that what you saw weren’t cherry-picked examples.
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Of course he can’t do it at will. They just used it as an example to demonstrate that he’s a smart hitter who knows what he’s doing at the plate.
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
Then I have no idea how you can take something that isn’t true about him and use it to draw a conclusion.
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I vaguely remember the video. It demonstrated his intelligence.
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
This is good:
The highest Cumulative P/PA? That title goes to Bobby Abreu, who combined a fantastic OBP with the most P/PA.
…
Cumulative P/PA = P/PA + (OBP x lgP/PA)
Cumulative P/PA takes the average number of pitches a hitter sees during a plate appearance and adds in the estimated average pitches they generate by not making an out, which is simply their OBP multiplied by the league average for P/PA. For 2002-2009, lgP/PA was equal to 3.77.
…
For every four plate appearances, Abreu generates almost 23.5 pitches.
http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2011/10/27/2518088/which-hitters-make-pitchers-work-the-most
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
Melky
Worse than Miguel and Asdrubal
Better than Orlando and Jolbert
by AztecsKillingHim on Feb 20, 2012 11:06 AM PST reply actions
Who actually wanted Melky...
Is there a Silicon Valley Borden?
by Billy Swift on Feb 20, 2012 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
If the Giants tried to sign Manny
It would have taken a 4 year deal worth 60 million!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 20, 2012 11:10 AM PST reply actions
I don't get why all the concern troll panicking
is about Buster, and not Wilson.
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I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Cause if Wilson goes down, there’s a bunch of people who can step in and take his role (that Affeldt will be really handy). If Posey isn’t as good, there’s not much of anybody who can take his place and we’re back to last year
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 20, 2012 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
Jeremy Affeldt closing games by ______?
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
LOLROMO
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 20, 2012 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
himself.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 20, 2012 1:49 PM PST up reply actions
I just have visions of him continuing to be ineffective, throwing that crappy 2 seamer he can’t control, but being trotted out there game after game in the ninth inning anyway.
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.
Honestly, though, I think it’s because all of the media attention is on Buster, and Wilson is keeping his profile as low as he can.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
Which is to say that people have Buster on their minds, not Wilson.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
And then there’s that 10 percent that answered “Georgia,” when asked what was on their mind.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
What about Carolina?
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.
Five percent, even less that answered “Undecided/Don’t Know.”
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
I was one of those who was undecided about what was on my mind.
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 20, 2012 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
As a scientist, this is true.
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As someone who has merely heard of science, I’m still undecided on what to think about.
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 20, 2012 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
That's IN their minds
Georgia: ON
Carolina: IN
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
Melky will lead the NL with 44 doubles
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by NuschlerFace on Feb 20, 2012 11:13 AM PST via iPhone app reply actions
Andrew Baggarly @csnbaggs
Vogelsong now has an illness in addition to a back sprain. Was sent home. Best to get it all out of the way now, Bochy said.
I came, I saw, I told bad jokes and left.
he doesn’t pitch.
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Don't panic! Yes, Panik!
by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 20, 2012 1:49 PM PST up reply actions
The injury bug from last season has finally infected him!
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
but that was so 2011! Does this mean that 2012 will be the year the Giants get wiped out by the Plague?
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 20, 2012 11:27 AM PST up reply actions
AB: 557
AVG: .291
OBP: .345
SLG: .429
HR: 10
I think he’ll be tolerable compared to most of our LF in the last few years (not counting Huff in 2010 as LF)
Always analyzing the stats... don't care about scouts.
A sub 800 OPS is tolerable! Hurrah!
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Last year made me forget that OPSes could go that high
by AztecsKillingHim on Feb 20, 2012 11:27 AM PST up reply actions
It's President's Day
So, in the words of Ralph Kiner, to all you presidents out there, Happy birthday!
Twitter Blog
"I never argue with people who say baseball is boring because baseball is boring. Except, suddenly, it isn't. And that's what makes it great."
-Joe Posnanski
My boy Shawn Payne takes his walks and his VROOM to Augusta this season.
My kitty’s antibiotics made his tummy funny, but now his medicine’s all used up so he’s feeling good and running everywhere. It’s cute.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
Yay for that!
For the feeling better part, I mean, not the funny tummy.
by mrs. owlcroft on Feb 20, 2012 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
Well, the medicine was a good thing. Eventually, I need to get him some extractions. For the time being, we’re just managing things and hoping he doesn’t force the issue early.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
Anyone have a projection of .gifs made of him this coming season?
I came, I saw, I told bad jokes and left.
Something with this face
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Feb 20, 2012 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
That’s not where heads go!
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
LOLDUMB
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
This would make a good meme.
That pic with “LOLDUMB”
I am sure it would get lots of use.
GIANTS BASEBALL: HOPE LIKE HELL!
I've already started for some reason that I can't explain
Ask me about my blog.
by xanthan on Feb 20, 2012 1:35 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs
The new Big Money.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Feb 20, 2012 1:41 PM PST up reply actions
The jiggle action on the bottom GIF reminds me of those annoying online ads that try to get your attention with crazy imagery.
Also, I lol’d.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 4:54 PM PST up reply actions
He should sue
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 20, 2012 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
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My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Feb 20, 2012 11:27 AM PST up reply actions
But how do they know I’m fat?!
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Feb 20, 2012 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
That looks nothing like Zito.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Feb 20, 2012 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
I thought they were pretty funny, but I’m a broken man.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
Home from the conference.
No more SBN iPhone app. Jesus, that thing sucks.
2012 is going to be awesome!
I agree
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Feb 20, 2012 11:32 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I appreciate the app but usually just go to the website to keep up. It’s just not that practical
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 20, 2012 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, it’s pretty bad
"Can Manchester United score? They always score... Peter Schmeichel is forward... Beckham, in towards Schmeichel- it's come for Dwight Yorke. Cleared... Giggs with a shot- SHERINGHAM!"
by Useful_Idiot on Feb 20, 2012 9:41 PM PST up reply actions
Projection
At the end of the year I’ll still wish we had Dirty and had turned Belt into the every day leftfielder.
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
Proud father of the man in charge of taking your hard-earned cash.
Okay
I feel better now.
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
Proud father of the man in charge of taking your hard-earned cash.
Sounds more like What About Bob.
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
Proud father of the man in charge of taking your hard-earned cash.
lol wut
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
um
CSNBaggs Infielder Charlie Culberson dropped a weight on tip of his finger and broke it. He’s out indefinitely.
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.
Ow.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
/cue laugh track
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Feb 20, 2012 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
All Giants personnel are required to use resistance bands from this point on.
Adopted Alliterative Bryce Bandilla
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 20, 2012 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
Oww
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
AB: 602
AVG: .282
OBP: .343
SLG: .431
HR: 12
"When the Giants call up a 21-year-old Venezuelan catcher who started the year in San Jose, was hitting well with poor plate discipline, but wasn't on Baseball America's preseason list of the organization's 30 best prospects, only good things can happen."
Congratulations, Hector!
is Grant saying that the Melkman still might deliver?
Giant Dirtbags: :(
David B. Flemming is Diamond Certified.
by Giant among Angels on Feb 20, 2012 11:36 AM PST reply actions
We’re going to be Melking these jokes for all they’re worth, huh?
I came, I saw, I told bad jokes and left.
Need a projection for the date of the first
“crying over spilt Melk” joke.
2012 is going to be awesome!
Seems like everyone is projecting 10 -12 homers. Not sure why, but I was expecting more power from him.
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
He hit, what, 18 HR in 700 PAs last year? Seems pretty reasonable to project fewer him in the 10-12 range if you’re projecting 550ish PAs.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I think his career average per 162 is something right around 10.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
Middle of the order hitter!
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Need help with my sig.
I need something vaguely ASOIF-ish for my son, Gregor Blanco. “The White Mountain that Hits” isn’t it, but there’s got to be something.
2012 is going to be awesome!
You could just go with “The Mountain That Hits”.
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 leads to the hilarious scene with Asha, though!
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 Mountain That Rides A Blonco
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 20, 2012 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
The White Mountain that walks into Mordor and always pays his debts when winter comes.
Adopted Alliterative Bryce Bandilla
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 20, 2012 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
OT: shitty screencap of new GOT making of video
The flaming heart!!!
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 working in "white" just makes it awkward
by Lies and Perfidy on Feb 20, 2012 11:52 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
OT: "It was an honest mistake"
If I’m understanding the headline writer’s explanation correctly, it’s that he uses cliched sports metaphors so often in his work, it’s hard to tell when you’ve used an ethnic slur!
http://gothamist.com/2012/02/20/linsanely_racist_headline_was_hones.php
Proud subscriber to Irish Arguments Weekly ("America's only all-caps magazine")
and there are the
400+ people who didn’t think the headline was that big of a deal
The Golden Bear is ever watching
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Adopted parent of Nate Schierholtz: The Greatest Fear of All Chinese Catchers
by CalBear949 on Feb 20, 2012 11:51 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
I think what he’s saying is that he uses the phrase “chink in the armor” (which has no racial implication normally as far as I know, meaning a crack in the armor) that the fact that it would have a double meaning never crossed his mind.
Adopted Alliterative Bryce Bandilla
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 20, 2012 11:54 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I think he thought he was being funny
And underestimated the amount of outrage it would cause.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 20, 2012 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
This line. HEY HES ASIAN LETS BE RACIST LOLOLOLOL
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 20, 2012 11:56 AM PST up reply actions
Really. How often does a that term get used these days?
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
Look up chinks chaps. (SFW)
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 20, 2012 12:03 PM PST up reply actions
I doubt very many people even though what chink chaps are (shorter than full length chaps) but the fact that they are even called that shows that people use the word without much care. Granted its not common but it still does occur.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 20, 2012 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
Also, in the North East they call Chocolate sprinkles Jimmies.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 20, 2012 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
I have never supported that terminology.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
When I was in the second grade one of my classmates asked me if I knew what a jimmy hat was. I did not.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
I remember a kid using his finger to stretch out the plastic in garbage bags
and calling them condoms. Child me was very confused, as I somehow knew what a condominium was, but not a condom.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Feb 20, 2012 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
Wassa jimmy?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
this made me think about...
remember about 10 years ago maybe when some politician was referring to some budget thing and used the word “niggardly” in a speech?
oh my the fall out from that.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
The asst mayor of DC.
And IIRC, the whole room went silent, and he said, “uh… you guys know that’s not a racial term, right?” But too late! Adios, career!
I may not RC, though.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Feb 20, 2012 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
Every once in awhile, a politician or celebrity gets in trouble for saying that that they “don’t want to get Jewed on something”
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 20, 2012 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
But Gyped is acceptable
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 20, 2012 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
Whoa is that where that word comes from? I always spelled it differently in my head.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
Yikes, it is.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
/crosses that word off the list.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
Yup.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
Wow, didn’t even occur to me that “gyped” is for gypsy. You learn something knew every day.
Saying you don’t want to be “jewed” seems more obvious because, hello, name of religion is the entire word.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 20, 2012 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
I just learned
that the Romany were dubbed Gypsies because of an inaccurate rumor that they came from Egypt.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Feb 20, 2012 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
I had a class in college about Transylvania [man that class would have an overflow list now-a-days] and the history of that area was just fascinating.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Yeah, that part of the world is really interesting
Eastern Europe is fascinating in general.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Opie and Anthony once got into an on-air argument with Ben Stein about whether they had used the term “chew down the price” or “jew down the price” in one of their commercials. It ended with Ben Stein hanging up on them.
"Can Manchester United score? They always score... Peter Schmeichel is forward... Beckham, in towards Schmeichel- it's come for Dwight Yorke. Cleared... Giggs with a shot- SHERINGHAM!"
by Useful_Idiot on Feb 20, 2012 9:49 PM PST up reply actions
The wiki says the word is derived from chinkaderos, which I’m guessing is not a slur.
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
ESPN.com has used it thousands of times
"There was no torture in the end. Only rapture." - Mike Krukow
Flags Fly Forever
Don't panic! Yes, Panik!
by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 20, 2012 2:02 PM PST up reply actions
This is the first I’ve heard of it, so I have no opinion one way or the other of what is the truth, I was just giving my interpretation of what that article was saying.
Adopted Alliterative Bryce Bandilla
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 20, 2012 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
I completely agree
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.
or he could be telling the truth. it’s possible the various people at ESPN that used the phrase (all say, to my knowledge, that it was not intended to be a racial thing) did so because it is a part of their normal lexicon. ESPN.com has used the phrase so many times, it certainly seems like a reasonable explanation, but you’d really have to know the person and see him in person answering why he used it to know for sure.
"There was no torture in the end. Only rapture." - Mike Krukow
Flags Fly Forever
Don't panic! Yes, Panik!
by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 20, 2012 2:07 PM PST up reply actions
Yes, but how many times has it used that term for an Asian American player whose ethnicity is at the forefront of the discussion?
At worst, he’s a racist. At worst, he’s woefully underinformed or oblivious.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
I think you underestimate peoples’ ability to be oblivious
"Can Manchester United score? They always score... Peter Schmeichel is forward... Beckham, in towards Schmeichel- it's come for Dwight Yorke. Cleared... Giggs with a shot- SHERINGHAM!"
by Useful_Idiot on Feb 20, 2012 9:52 PM PST up reply actions
So, he's lying.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
I’m starting to think it was an ESPN planned mistake. Look at all that publicity.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
It wouldn’t surprise me. I find it a little odd that you let something like a TITLE of an article get to press and then fire the writer. Don’t a lot of other people need to be fired too? Or does he write the title on a secret piece of paper and no one else sees it?
Adopted Alliterative Bryce Bandilla
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 20, 2012 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
Well, as I understand, the writer of the headline…is the writer of the headline, nothing more. He don’t write the story.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Interesting.
Adopted Alliterative Bryce Bandilla
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 20, 2012 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
I think it was just a honest mistake.
by 49er16 on Feb 20, 2012 12:09 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I am in this line. There are very few people who would risk their job to make a clearly racist pun. The most logical scenario to me is that he was under deadline and went with the first thing that popped into his head. I think people are being very harsh assuming that he is either a liar or racist, what makes more sense to me, is that the racist meaning of the word is in no way a part of his lexicon, and it had to be pointed out to him after (in a “oh crap”) kind of manner. People aren’t robots, people make mistakes.
Matt Cain is better than you, but apparently not cool enough for Showtime.
by homegrowntalent on Feb 20, 2012 2:31 PM PST up reply actions
Projection
The Melkman will… you know…
AB: 590
AVG: .295
OBP: .335
SLG: .435
HR: 12
GW hits: 3
by KnightOfCydonia on Feb 20, 2012 11:48 AM PST reply actions
sup nerbz
SF is nice this weekend. Sadly, I completely failed to meet up with Jim at the Warren Hellman tribute.
Also, HOLYSHITBASEBALL
by Lies and Perfidy on Feb 20, 2012 11:51 AM PST via iPhone app reply actions
I followed the dramatic cat-and-mouse game on Twitter. I was hoping you two would run into one another.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
me too
Alas, it was just frigging packed by the time I finished lunch.
by Lies and Perfidy on Feb 20, 2012 11:57 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
all star
290
398
512
24 homeruns
nlcs mvp
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Come check out the McC Book Club Start Date 1/21
Proud parent of Seth Rosin: Couldn't throw an intentional walk if he wanted to
by operation carrot on Feb 20, 2012 11:53 AM PST via Android app reply actions
I'm not falling for the vogelsong trap this year
I’m predicting all star numbers for everyone so if one does break through I show off to chicks. be like hey gurl check my accurate out of no where prediction. and will be like “damn, you must be as smart as you are handsome”
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Come check out the McC Book Club Start Date 1/21
Proud parent of Seth Rosin: Couldn't throw an intentional walk if he wanted to
by operation carrot on Feb 20, 2012 12:09 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Rhetorical Question of the Day:
Why does the ESPN Radio SportsCenter Update Guy keep saying the Giants have asked Buster Olney to not block the plate this year?
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive father of Enmanuel de Jesus.
by bigboneded on Feb 20, 2012 11:57 AM PST via mobile reply actions
Because it’s really a nuisance when those sports writers run onto the field like that.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
Melky huh?
how about…“better than we expected”
for me that bar is pretty low.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Without looking at any of the other projections
AB: 600
AVG: .250
OBP: .305
SLG: .340
HR: 6
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Eeph.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
That would have been an 82 OPS+ for the Giants last year, which is pretty much equal to his 2010 (83) and much better than his 2008 (68).
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
If the offensive environment rebounds at all, it’s probably in the 75 range.
The eeph wasn’t a criticism, anyway. I think he’s going to be pretty bad. It’s just an ugly line to think about.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
Sadly, that OPS would still beat Andres Torres 2011 OPS by 3 points.
Proud subscriber to Irish Arguments Weekly ("America's only all-caps magazine")
Honestly, I’m not going to throw myself down the stairs about any hitter provided the OBP stays above .300.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
I think the average will be in the .260-275 range. I don’t know about slugging though. The .470 from last season should mean something about his abilities. I’m thinking above .400 at AT&T. His career SLG is .400. His career OBP percentage is .330. That is with a career BABIP of .300.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
OBP: .325
SLG: .413
BA: .268
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 20, 2012 12:17 PM PST reply actions
This
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
Actually, I do want them a tick higher.
OBP: .328
SLG: .421
BA: .271
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
This is pretty close to Nate Schierholtz last season.
The Giants should have taken the $6 million spent on Melky and spent it somewhere else.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
I need to tinker again:
OBP: .327
SLG: .423
BA: .270
Perfect.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
What's for Lunch?
It’s giving a whole new meaning to the term "mystery meat."
The first ever "test tube" meat could be hitting menus in the not-so-distant future. Dutch scientist Mark Post announced at a symposium on Sunday titled "The Next Agricultural Revolution" that he has come up with a method to grow meat entirely out of cow stem cells. Post said his team aims to have a couple of thousands of small tissues to assemble into an entire hamburger as early as this fall.
So wouldn’t we be eating a bunch of genetically identical meat? That sounds wrong to me.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
had leftover pizza for breakfast. That might be one of my favorite breakfasts
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 20, 2012 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
i intentionally let my pizza sit out and get cold after I purchase it
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I'm driving up to Sonoma in a little bit
Going to Cafe Citti for lunch.
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 stuff.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Feb 20, 2012 1:45 PM PST up reply actions
it was good
last time I went, it was disappointing, but the mushroom penne and garlic caesar salad redeemed 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.
That won’t ever take hold. It takes up to much lab space to be profitable. Sure cows take up al ot of space but its generally space no one wants anyway.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 20, 2012 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
Went to La Bamba in Mountain View yesterday
Still have a leftover quesadilla.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
The one on Old Middlefield
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
I don't know.
Probably a wrap of some sort.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
There’s a gyro place nearby that will put Sriracha on the gyro instead of Tzatziki sauce. To me that is pretty awesome.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
mmmmmm gyro
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.
Confession: I often think people here are strange foodwise, for example, not liking seafood, or scallops, or whatever. I eat and enjoy just about everything.
Yesterday, I had call to add cottage cheese to my dog’s diet and realized I never even tried it before. So I had a spoonful. It’s really good. Not sure how to eat it other than straight up, but I discovered something new.
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
we'll just have to agree to disagree on that one
pretty much on the same level as lumpy yogurt as far as I’m concerned. which is to say THE PROVIDENCE OF FILTHY COMMIE EUROPEANS
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
mix it with fruit or put it on top of a salad
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.
That’s the way my mom served it. Sounds like an awesome summer salad w/berries and pineapple. It’s supposed to be good for digestion and absorption of nutrients.
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
I am vehemently opposed to all things good for my digestion!
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I had a dog, a rescue,
that was only allowed to eat a mix of brown rice and cottage cheese. She knew there were such things as steak in the world, though, so my mom would see the top half of a dog appear above the edge of the table every few seconds during dinner.
Poor thing, she wound up being put down due to seizures just a couple months after we got her; if we’d known her time was so short, it would’ve been steak all the time.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Feb 20, 2012 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
My dog has cancer. We’re doing the “raw” food diet. Brown rice, mung beans, $hitake$, Krill oil, beef liver, cottage cheese. Trying to buy some time.
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
BARF!
Adopted Alliterative Bryce Bandilla
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 20, 2012 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
Sorry to hear about your dog Man. It’s tough. I been through that loss during the last year. It was comforting in a way though that my dog sort of let me know it was time… Difficult to explain, but easy to see in your own pet.
Thanks. She’s had a good life since we found her strayed 13+ years ago. I’ve had to go through this with lots of other dogs over the years, but this one’s hitting hard—perhaps it’s because my wife and I are both LOLd (51) and havent really thought about our own mortality.
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
Try a little black pepper on it,
or go classic with ketchup. It’s even good tossed in a green salad, plus look up recipes for noodles Romanoff.
by mrs. owlcroft on Feb 20, 2012 3:37 PM PST up reply actions
You say strange. I say honest about its limitations.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
The other half of a roast beef sammich I bought last night at Lunardi's.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 20, 2012 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, me too
I go there a lot. It is very conveniently located.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 20, 2012 1:07 PM PST up reply actions
/plots out possible Lars locations
Is there a Chevron nearby?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
About two blocks away
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 20, 2012 1:20 PM PST up reply actions
And what’s the nearest distance to McDonalds?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
It is kind of far. I think the closest one is in San Ramon.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 20, 2012 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
All this is readily available in the LarsGrindr app.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
I don’t know but I’m about to whip up a batch of fresh pasta for tonight….
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 20, 2012 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
McDonald’s
"Can Manchester United score? They always score... Peter Schmeichel is forward... Beckham, in towards Schmeichel- it's come for Dwight Yorke. Cleared... Giggs with a shot- SHERINGHAM!"
by Useful_Idiot on Feb 20, 2012 9:54 PM PST up reply actions
No idea.
I think he’ll hit around .280. Everything else is up in the air.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I think he’ll be acceptable on defense.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
And I'll put this out there again...
Last year, Melky’s BABIP was higher than it ever had been by about 30 points.
Prior to 2011, Melky’s career BABIP was .290, so the .332 he put up was higher than it had ever been by about 40 points, and higher than his current career average by about 30.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
Yowsh, and just 2008-2010 was .283. So if you like using three-year averages as predictors he was about 50 points higher than what your expectations might have been going into 2011.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
doomed
The Golden Bear is ever watching
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
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by CalBear949 on Feb 20, 2012 12:27 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Well that last one was all shock value. But the first one is a real concern. Saying that Melky out-BABIP’d his history by 30 points is wrong. .332 is now only 30 points higher than his career average, but it was 40 at the time.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
It’s pretty much all going to be in his secondary averages. Which I suspect will be OBP light and SLG heavy (as can be, anyway). Not an inspiring proposition.
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He doesn’t even really ISO that much.
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Melky is pretty much Hope Like Hell incarnate
If he produces well, Sabean will look like a smart GM. If he disappoints, Sabean will look foolish.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 12:31 PM PST reply actions
True.
I dont have any problems with Melky the concept, but I dislike that he’s all Sanchez returned and that he’s going to cost Belt ABs. He’s hard to rally around for those reasons.
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
Actually, I feel like he’ll be easy to rally around if he does well.
It’s Bochy I’ll blame for Belt’s situation. Peter Magowan should be blamed for Zito’s contract forcing Sabean to trade Sanchez.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
I watched Caddyshack for the first time over the weekend
Why is that movie so popular?
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-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I’ve never seen it.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
There’s a gohper?
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
Or gopher. Or whatever.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
/500 post subthread of quotes from CS.
We have a pool and a pond. Pond would be good for you.
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
“So, I tell them I’m a pro jock, and who do you think they give me? The Dalai Lama, himself. Twelfth son of the Lama. The flowing robes, the grace, bald… striking. So, I’m on the first tee with him. I give him the driver. He hauls off and whacks one – big hitter, the Lama – long, into a ten-thousand foot crevasse, right at the base of this glacier. Do you know what the Lama says? Gunga galunga… gunga, gunga-lagunga. So we finish the eighteenth and he’s gonna stiff me. And I say, “Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know.” And he says, “Oh, uh, there won’t be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness.” So I got that goin’ for me, which is nice. "
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 20, 2012 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
Cinderella story. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now, about to become the Masters champion. It looks like a mirac… It’s in the hole! It’s in the hole! It’s in the hole!
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by free f.p. #14 on Feb 20, 2012 2:53 PM PST up reply actions
B/C Chevy CHase is amazing
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 20, 2012 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
cuz people thought different things were funny 30 years ago?
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Like The Jerk!
/trollin’.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
Why is that movie so popular?
This was my response to watching “Animal House” for the first time. I didn’t laugh once through the entire movie.
Can't spell "Colletti" without LOL.
I had the same reaction to Chasing Amy. Maybe I’m just a curmudgeon.
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-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I didn’t really like either one.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
I really liked Chasing Amy but I can see how it could get the opposite reaction. Kevin Smith’s movies are full of really clunky dialogue usually bad acted and it’s all in how you can overcome all of that.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 20, 2012 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
I mostly just hated Ben Affleck’s character in that movie. He’s such a dumbass.
And he’s the main character, so that makes it rough going.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
He’s supposed to be a dumbass, though. Or at least your typical dumb male type with all sorts of hangups he never thought he had
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 20, 2012 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I know. I can accept that he’s supposed to be what he is. I don’t have to like it.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
for whatever reason, my brother stupidly allowed himself to go see “Chasing Amy” with my mother, thus leading to several hours and several days worth of uncomfortable silence
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 20, 2012 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
Chasing Amy was my favorite, but not because it made me laugh the most.
Adopted Alliterative Bryce Bandilla
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 20, 2012 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
I liked Animal House well enough. We watched the Exorcist that same night, though, and it made me laugh more.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
Because when you’re a 16-year-old boy, there is no greater comedy than that your mother sucks cock in hell line.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
that's true
And it brought Rodney Dangerfield to the world of film
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-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
just a thought
I don’t find that movie funny anymore in part because so many of the jokes have been ingrained into pop culture that I know half of them already (I’ve also seen the movie about 20 times). Same with Animal House. So it could be that.
Or you just have lousy taste in comedy :)
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 20, 2012 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
in addition to being really funny, there simply aren’t a lot of great golf movies.
"There was no torture in the end. Only rapture." - Mike Krukow
Flags Fly Forever
Don't panic! Yes, Panik!
by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 20, 2012 2:50 PM PST up reply actions
AB 560
AVG .267
OBP .328
Slg. .401
HR 13
"Don't trust anyone under the age of 30" - Brian Sabean
by Smotheredinhugs on Feb 20, 2012 12:36 PM PST reply actions
BA: .296
OBP: .333
SLG: .440
HR: 13
Parental Bias!
My old boy, Ryan Verdugo, was discovered missing recently. They sent some kid named Melky to my door and I took him in. I still yearn for you, Ryan.
People who are predicting a batting average in the .290 range are subscribing to the idea that he can maintain a high BABIP. Before last season, the highest he ever hit was .280 in 2006. That was with a OBP of .360.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
keithlaw @keithlaw
KNBR hit postponed till 2:30 pm California time
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 20, 2012 12:52 PM PST reply actions
WTF?
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
is Radnich finally going to get whacked?
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 20, 2012 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
Dude is doing an interview or something on KNBR at 2:30
I’m surprised KNBR is airing “live” programming on a holiday.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Doesnt Klaw hate the Giants?
Is he doing every team in the league or something?
2012 is going to be awesome!
This is why I want to listen.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
don’t the regular dudes have the day off?
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I obviously haven’t been listening to the radio much.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
How is this possible? How does anyone have Presidents’ Day off?
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
Another reason to be bitter at state employees.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
as I sat in my room last night, listening to them drinking and carrousing well past 3:00 AM
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
LOL U
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 20, 2012 1:17 PM PST up reply actions
I think this depends on your diet
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 20, 2012 1:18 PM PST up reply actions
I was none too pleased when I called the local chapter of the Red Cross for confirmation on a story and was told the place was closed.
For what? People don’t need assistance because Washington was born at some point in February? Give me a friggin’ break.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
Apparently accidents and injuries have the day off, how do you not?
Adopted Alliterative Bryce Bandilla
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 20, 2012 1:25 PM PST up reply actions
Right? I should have stayed home. Because we have presidents!
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
You’re anti-presidential vitriol has been… noted, I assure you.
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 20, 2012 1:45 PM PST up reply actions
No need to call him an anti-presidential vitriol. That’s downright vituperative.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
SONOFA-
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 20, 2012 1:48 PM PST up reply actions
Last night’s episode? Most of the people online have been saying it was the first really good episode in awhile.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 20, 2012 1:07 PM PST up reply actions
I mean, I want to be good because good zombie stuff is always good it’s just that this show is frustratingly not good and I was hoping it was getting better.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 20, 2012 1:08 PM PST up reply actions
Well, watch it and judge for yourself
but it was still horribly stupid, imo.
2012 is going to be awesome!
Hey the Sharks CAN win something!!!
The Mascot of the San Jose Sharks, S.J. Sharkie, claimed the title “Most Awesome Mascot” at the second annual Cartoon Network Hall of Game™ Awards on Saturday, Feb. 18.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Building 2 of these things was pretty wasteful, especially since they were so easy to blow up...
economics students at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania have tabulated the cost of the Death Star…a blog post estimates the size of Darth Vader’s spherical death factory to be 140 km in diameter (87 miles). That’s about the size of Baltimore…the students counted up the estimated amount of steel: "Scaling up to the Death Star, this is about 1.08×1015 tons of steel. 1 with fifteen zeros," the blog said…At today’s rate of steel production it would take 833,315 years to produce…"Oh, and the cost of the steel alone? At 2012 prices, about $852,000,000,000,000,000. Or roughly 13,000 times the world’s GDP.*"
Can't spell "Colletti" without LOL.
But it was a long time ago, and in a galaxy far, far away…
Adopted Alliterative Bryce Bandilla
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 20, 2012 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
Metals are a lot easier to come by when you can accomplish interstellar travel on a routine basis
Most of the random bits rock in space is largely metal.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 20, 2012 1:25 PM PST up reply actions
An 87-mile diameter seems awfully small to mistake for a moon.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 3:12 PM PST up reply actions
If you don’t have a point of reference, you could mistake its size due to mistaken distance away.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
That’s true.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 3:18 PM PST up reply actions
Ok which one of you is this
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
LOL CANADIANS
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 20, 2012 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
I guess where stuff is from maps are all the rage now. Here is a move one, I just saw
"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
Out of the ones I can actually read, I’ve seen four.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
I've seen all but two.
Rocket Boys and Gone With the Wind.
Although I HAVE seen The General’s Daughter and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil which were set in Georgia.
And Borat had a scene in Atlanta.
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive father of Enmanuel de Jesus.
by bigboneded on Feb 20, 2012 1:56 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
YOU GO OUT AND SEE ROCKET BOYS RIGHT THIS VERY MINUTE!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 20, 2012 1:57 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve seen October Sky…did they change the name?
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
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by bigboneded on Feb 20, 2012 2:01 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Same movie
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Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 20, 2012 2:02 PM PST up reply actions
Ok. Seen it. Love it. Understand your vehemence.
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive father of Enmanuel de Jesus.
by bigboneded on Feb 20, 2012 2:05 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Ok. Seen it. Love it. Understand your vehemence.
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive father of Enmanuel de Jesus.
by bigboneded on Feb 20, 2012 2:05 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Guy who wrote it made the book seem like quite a bit more memoir than it actually was. Noises were made and the story was changed. Thereafter, a new name.
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-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Was gonna
agree, but yes it’s October Sky now.
by McCutchenIsTheTruth on Feb 21, 2012 8:24 AM PST up reply actions
Umm…whoops…I thought TGD was set at Fort Benning…my bad.
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
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by bigboneded on Feb 20, 2012 1:57 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
New England got the shaft on this one!
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I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Poor bigboneded. Alaska always gets left out.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
And Hawaii
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 20, 2012 1:44 PM PST up reply actions
Do we have McCoven in Hawaii?
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Goofus is honorary.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
must be a few
I understand that Hawaii is Giants territory
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Wasn’t Rolfyboy lamenting about the blackout rules in HI last thread?
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I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
I think of it more as 49ers territory. For baseball, the Reds & Padres had triple-A teams there, so I think of it less as a Giants territory.
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
The Islanders were barely affiliated with those teams, of course.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Mr and Mrs McPenisButter
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 20, 2012 1:45 PM PST up reply actions
I didn’t know they lived there. Now see, there’s a map-of-words we need to make.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
PenisButter?
Adopted Alliterative Bryce Bandilla
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 20, 2012 1:47 PM PST up reply actions
Geographic distribution of McCoven.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
I wonder how many states we’d have filled.
Adopted Alliterative Bryce Bandilla
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 20, 2012 2:02 PM PST up reply actions
They don’t live there but Mr. McPenisButter likes to rub it in that he has a apartment there.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 20, 2012 1:50 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, but nobody saw 30 Days of Night, so this one gets a mulligan.
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
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by bigboneded on Feb 20, 2012 1:52 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Wasn’t that in Iceland or Finland or some shit?
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by bigboneded on Feb 20, 2012 1:58 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
LOL New Hampshire and Vermont
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 20, 2012 1:45 PM PST up reply actions
Can’t read: Utah, Mississippi, West Virgina, Kentucky, MD, NJ, CT
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 20, 2012 1:49 PM PST up reply actions
SLC Punk, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Rocky (?) Boys, Something Daughter, no idea, no idea, and Good Will Hunting (multiple states)
A couple of those I only figured out based on context though.
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Coal Miner’s Daughter and Rocket Boys. Get with the program, Smitty.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
Oohhhh, duh, should’ve figured out Rocket Boys, since I’ve actually seen that.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I don’t see many movies at all, but I’ve seen a few depicted on the map. That brightened my day.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
The General’s Daughter
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive father of Enmanuel de Jesus.
by bigboneded on Feb 20, 2012 2:06 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
They totally left out Hairspray.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
And that Jim Carrey movie set in Rhode Island and Deleware…Me, Myself, and a Chick That Likes To Suck On Lemons.
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
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by bigboneded on Feb 20, 2012 2:03 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
of all the movies set in california they pick fast times at ridgement high?
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They needed a name long enough to fill up the whole state.
Hence “No Country For Old Men” in Texas.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
They should have done two, one for Northern California and another for North Mexico.
Magnum Force on top, Salton Sea on the bottom.
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
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by bigboneded on Feb 20, 2012 2:09 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Or Chinatown. I just downloaded that yesterday, I might watch it right now.
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by free f.p. #14 on Feb 20, 2012 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
I mean, I just bought it yesterday. Yeah.
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by free f.p. #14 on Feb 20, 2012 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
That's insulting to Mexico
It’s called West Arizona.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Wow. I’ve seen 30 of these.
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by free f.p. #14 on Feb 20, 2012 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
I’m stunned that they picked Fargo for North Dakota, over all those other movies set in that state.
"Can Manchester United score? They always score... Peter Schmeichel is forward... Beckham, in towards Schmeichel- it's come for Dwight Yorke. Cleared... Giggs with a shot- SHERINGHAM!"
by Useful_Idiot on Feb 20, 2012 10:02 PM PST up reply actions
This is pretty close to his 2009 season with the Yankees.
It’s hard to accept a slugging percentage so low when you look at his .470 from last season.
Pablo in 2010:
AVG: 268
OBP: .323
SLG: 409
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 1:49 PM PST up reply actions
Increased BABIP means increased SLG as well.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
How much are we talking about here? What can .30 translate into?
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 1:52 PM PST up reply actions
Oops, meant .030
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 1:52 PM PST up reply actions
Not 30 points. 50 points.
As Howie pointed out his 3-year average before 2011 was .283.
The answer is quite a bit.
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That’s right.
I’m using Matt Kemp as an example:
Between 2010 and 2009, his BABIP dropped exactly 50 points. His slugging percentage dropped 40 points. His home run tally was nearly identical.
So using that as an example, Melky’s slugging should drop down to .420 under similar conditions as last season. But you also need to translate that into AT&T numbers.
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 2:00 PM PST up reply actions
I feel like my prediction of .423 is what his slugging will be next season. He’s in the prime of his career and being in the Best Shape of His Life matters because he was so out of shape before.
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 2:04 PM PST up reply actions
My Tangerines this year are outstanding
Seeded, but sweet and juicy.
You are all jealous.
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/glances
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 20, 2012 2:03 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, but then the Huffster wouldn’t drop by from time to time.
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
I’m solidly with Lars: Why won’t MLB Network show classic games? I’d love to see something like that. Instead, we get filler and sixteen repeats of Hot Stove.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
Did you catch any of the “Greatest Games” series? Bob Costas and Tom Verducci sit down with a player from each team involved and they go through the game, inning by inning. I watched the Number 1 Greatest Game yesterday, but I won’t spoil which game it was. You can probably guess.
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by free f.p. #14 on Feb 20, 2012 2:12 PM PST up reply actions
I’m guessing it wasn’t the Giants vs Tigers rain delay game from last year.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 20, 2012 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
It was not. But that Sam Miller article was hysterical.
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by free f.p. #14 on Feb 20, 2012 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
The Jack Morris/John Smoltz was fascinating. Definitely my favorite, but I remember that one and was only a year old for the #1 game. Not as fascinating.
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by bigboneded on Feb 20, 2012 2:15 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
They’ve got the 2003 Marlins game as number 19.
For some reason the 2002 World Series game isn’t on the list. I’m thinking Giants fans voted to make sure it wasn’t.
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
Let me also point out that game 6 of the 2002 series is the only classic game I have saw aired on the network before 2011. It was shortened to an hour.
I also recall it being the most voted game at one point. For some reason it ended up missing the list entirely. Giants fans unite!
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 2:20 PM PST up reply actions
My annoyance with them is different than "Greatest Games"
We don’t have to be shown highlights from the same 10 or so games once a month (or however many times that show is on). They should show us lots of games from their huge archive with all of the pauses in action edited out. And they should skip the Costas interviews in between segments.
More baseball on the baseball channel, please.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 20, 2012 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
I would seriously sit and watch that all day.
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In the channel’s early days, they used to show old games. A few years back, I got to see a few of the games in the 1965 World Series on MLB Network, and it was amazing. I don’t see why that’s not still a part of the channel’s central mission.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
Because MLB has a ton of money to spend and they spend it on original programming that mirrors ESPN and CNN.
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 2:26 PM PST up reply actions
for sure
the amount of available footage must be immense. The guys they have yappin’ away are struggling to come up with enough words to fill the airspace.
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I’ve got my DVR set for some of those.
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
I'm not making this up
From tonight’s primetime listings:
9:30 p.m. MLB Network Countdown: Best Facial Hair
From natural to handle bars to horseshoes, a look back at the 25 best examples of facial hair in MLB history.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
countdown of the best facial hair
I’m recording this!
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 2:22 PM PST up reply actions
They’re trying to make their programming similar to ESPN and the cable news networks.
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
Exactly. I don’t disparage the original programming. But I do wonder about the wisdom of running a program like Hot Stove or MLB Tonight several times back-to-back.
Alls I’m saying is, they need to create a morning show. And have a weatherman.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
Some sort of morning show to go over the previous nights highlights, a few interview segments, and the weatherman trying to predict if a game will be rained out.
And there’s already a perfect weatherman for the job, right?
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That’s exactly what I mean. It’s a first look at the day ahead, recaps of what you missed last night, and other pertinent information. And I think that would include weather forecasts for various games around the nation. Plus feature interviews, in-depth examinations of topics in baseball and much more. There’s no darn good reason not to.
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Rise and Shine, Kevin Youkilis!
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Morning Wood
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 20, 2012 2:48 PM PST up reply actions
I find it annoying.
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perfect!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 20, 2012 2:50 PM PST up reply actions
There it is.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
You could even have Brandon Wood cohost with you.
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Every Friday, we patch in Belt, McCarthy and Crawford for a roundtable segment called “Brandon, Brandon, Brandon, Brandon and Brandon.”
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by TheLetter2 on Feb 20, 2012 2:57 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
If only you were talking about sponsorship deals.
"Brandon, Brandon, Brandon, Brandon and Brandon on brands"
Sundrendy!
A mornign show for each market!
“And now your host of Good Morning Giants, GRANT BRISBEE!”
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 20, 2012 2:32 PM PST up reply actions
Heh...you got heeem-uh
I agree. He’s totally Linsufferable. But I like the player interviews.
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by bigboneded on Feb 20, 2012 2:11 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
This is really getting ridiculous.
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 2:24 PM PST up reply actions
OT: The Oatmeal + GOT = funny
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/game_of_thrones
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by bigboneded on Feb 20, 2012 2:30 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Douchiest. Prince. EVER.
Can't spell "Colletti" without LOL.
Klaw on KNBR right now
If you were interested.
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OK, this time for reals: I’ll be on KNBR with Damon Bruce at 2:30 pm local time, about five minutes from now.
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by free f.p. #14 on Feb 20, 2012 2:32 PM PST up reply actions
Well, as soon as they stop blabbing with a caller about inherited runners and assigning earned runs.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Not even remotely.
There’s a reason he was banished to 1050.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
I find Tolbert to be fine, though relatively speaking he doesn’t know all that much about baseball. Good enough that it’s worth dealing with Barbieri.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
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Ralph has just gotten too bad for me to even listen them everyday. He cuts off people he’s interviewing which drives me nuts.
let's talk about Biedrins!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 20, 2012 2:47 PM PST up reply actions
I like Tolbert so much more than Ralph. Ralph really pisses me off. He can’t ever wait for someone else to finish speaking and he just starts asking more dumb questions as if he wasn’t even listening to what the guest is saying.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 20, 2012 2:47 PM PST up reply actions
Marty Lurie
and the Hooked on Golf guys
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by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 20, 2012 2:46 PM PST up reply actions
ah
Murph and Mac are the least objectionable
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by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 20, 2012 2:48 PM PST up reply actions
it took me awhile to warm up to them. for a long while I just referred to them as the KNBR morning douchebags. But now, I just download the podcasts, so at least there’s a guest with something interesting to say.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 20, 2012 2:53 PM PST up reply actions
Mac is an insufferable glad-hander, and Murph shoulda stuck to being a writer.
I read The Cooler religiously.
Tolbert and Barbieri, I like, and Woodson is smart and somewhat SABR inclined, but I get irritated by his delivery quickly.
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by bigboneded on Feb 20, 2012 2:52 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Really,
this Klaw hit almost isn’t worth it.
He’s such a professional douche.
GIANTS BASEBALL: HOPE LIKE HELL!
Liev blawg plz
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by bigboneded on Feb 20, 2012 2:43 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Not much here.
Regarding the Giants:
Need to ride out Cain, and KLaw has no idea what Cain is looking for in a new contract.
Regarding A’s: Manny no big deal. seems to like the Cespedes deal
Bruce’s highlight was asking KLaw what he thought about the migration of high priced sluggers to the AL becaue they have greater margin for error because of the DH.
GIANTS BASEBALL: HOPE LIKE HELL!
Liev blawg plz
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
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by bigboneded on Feb 20, 2012 2:43 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
So painful.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 2:43 PM PST up reply actions
just called him Kieth Smart.
Twice.
Then mispronounced Mark “Appel”
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And then said that Anthony Rizzo was still on the Padres.
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by free f.p. #14 on Feb 20, 2012 2:49 PM PST up reply actions
what a moron
do some fucking homework
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by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 20, 2012 3:02 PM PST up reply actions
Then he officially endorsed Rick Santorum.
"Can Manchester United score? They always score... Peter Schmeichel is forward... Beckham, in towards Schmeichel- it's come for Dwight Yorke. Cleared... Giggs with a shot- SHERINGHAM!"
by Useful_Idiot on Feb 20, 2012 10:06 PM PST up reply actions
Anthony Rizzo is now a Cub!
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 2:49 PM PST up reply actions
LOL
Just said Pads number one farm ranking was all due to Anthony Rizzo.
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the only place I've ever heard--or heard of--Keith Law is right here.
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HitFX and FieldFX talk just gave me a boner.
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by bigboneded on Feb 20, 2012 2:46 PM PST via mobile reply actions
I haven't
but “The Soul of Baseball” is one of my favorite books of all time.
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by free f.p. #14 on Feb 20, 2012 2:59 PM PST up reply actions
I will never be able to read all the baseball books I’d like to read. There are so darn many of them.
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Way more than other sports. I wonder what it is about baseball that lends itself so well to the book format
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by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 20, 2012 3:52 PM PST up reply actions
an Englishman once waxed at me a bit over the intellectual appeal of ‘small ball’ games like baseball and cricket. he cited the abundance of books devoted to the sports as evidence. maybe he’s right.
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Oh, it's about the '75 Reds
And here I thought it was going to be about Pat Burrell.
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
Dan Szymborski on the Giants past two offseasons.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
"And besides, if I wanted to participate in a mindless patriotic ritual where my voice isn’t really heard, I would vote." - Chris Marcil
I love this
Ryan Theriot, a sleek combination of the stylish glovework of 2011-vintage Tejada and the slugging bat of Adam Everett
And by that, I mean I hate it.
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C.R.E.A.M.
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Tyler Walker getting greased up = standing out in the sun for a few minutes.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 3:28 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
haha
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 20, 2012 7:15 PM PST up reply actions
Outman is his arch-nemesis.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 4:51 PM PST up reply actions
Bob Walk
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by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 20, 2012 5:00 PM PST up reply actions
Wilson
braking from Schulman:
We just spoke to Brian Wilson ab0ut his bullpen session. He said he was pain-free, the most important thing.
That was not the case last year. Wilson revealed that his pitching elbow hurt in all of 2011, not just in August when he went on the disabled list. He also said the hip/slash back ailment that delayed his pitching last spring training also was persistent throughout the year.
Wilson said that in response to a question about why some of his stats were worse last year. He suggested the elbow pain was enough to sideline a pitcher for a few days to let it rest.
"A lot of people in the room are OK with that. I’m not OK with that," Wilson said. "I don’t want to take days off."
In his bullpen session this morning, Wilson said he was supposed to throw 75-80 percent of normal velocity. But he topped that easily with his last few fastballs.
"Just testing the waters," he said.
"I feel like I’m right on schedule. We have a pretty detailed map of bullpens and throwing. This was just another check off the checklist. Standard bullpen. I’m not really looking too deeply into it. As far as pain, there were no ailments, no tweaks."
Manager Bruce Bochy said Wilson looked better than he did throwing three days ago, and Bochy expects Wilson to pitch during the second week of exhibition games.
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this kind of shit is so annoying.
why should I believe anything you say now, since you just admitted you were lying every time you opened your mouth all last season?
2012 is going to be awesome!
You know what else bugs me about Wilson?
All that machismo “I just throw hard and worry about tomorrow when I’m hurt” BS. I prefer the Buster approach “I want to catch, I’m a catcher, so I will do whatever the doctors and trainers tell me to so I don’t ruin my career.”
2012 is going to be awesome!
its his personality
He was raised that way. It definitely hurts him from time to time, but I dont think he gets where he is today without being that type of “im a macho guy who throws hard no matter what”
ok, for the english majors out there
For my baseball class, I need to write a film analysis about a baseball movie. I chose Bull Durham because its my favorite of all time, but I need a guiding point, a thesis if you will, about the film.
My first thoughts for a thesis are about the role of a mentor guiding a prodigy, superstition in baseball, and baseball as religion.
Any other glaring themes in Bull Durham?
never fuck with a winning streak
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by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 20, 2012 3:53 PM PST up reply actions
oh, right
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by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 20, 2012 3:54 PM PST up reply actions
I have nothing to say because I haven’t seen Bull Durham, but it seems like Bang the Drum Slowly would be good for this.
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I thought this was about AIDS. Is there a similar title I’m thinking of?
by Monkeyking42 on Feb 20, 2012 7:35 PM PST up reply actions
I think you’re thinking of And the Band Played On.
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I am. I’m amazed you got that; they aren’t even close.
by Monkeyking42 on Feb 20, 2012 7:39 PM PST up reply actions
There’s the whole Crash Davis dynamic — the oddity of having longevity in a world (the minors) where the point is to not be there very long.
by non sequitur on Feb 20, 2012 3:54 PM PST up reply actions
That’s the 1st thing I thought of, but I framed it in a “do what you love; never give up” sorta way.
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
Garrett Broshuis’ writing features both ways of looking at it. It’s why I find him so intriguing.
by non sequitur on Feb 20, 2012 3:59 PM PST up reply actions
I just watched The Perfect Game
It was very good. I recommend it.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 20, 2012 6:44 PM PST up reply actions
cool, I’ll check it out. Another baseball movie that I really liked was the one about the Dominican kid (Puerto Rican?) who was groomed to play ball in the states and then hurt his arm? I forget the name. He ended up playing in amateur leagues in NY, just because he loved the game.
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OT: game of thrones
Alright so my girlfriend bought me the game of throne books, however I haven’t seen the show, should i read the books first or watch the show.
I has twitters https://twitter.com/#!/APR_studios
thanks!
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by Romosexual42 on Feb 20, 2012 3:57 PM PST up reply actions
They're a lot easier to follow in the beginning.
Lots of characters, families, locations, etc. With the books, there are reference lists, maps, and the like if you get lost.
2012 is going to be awesome!
The show is also only through book one, so you could watch it after you read the first.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 20, 2012 6:36 PM PST up reply actions
I agree, books first
I can verify that the show is still really fun, even if you know what’s coming
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Feb 20, 2012 6:58 PM PST up reply actions
Shoulda taken Durant
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Greg Oden will miss the duration of the 2011-12 season after undergoing microfracture surgery on his left knee bit.ly/ybedez
Proud Papa of right-hander Clayton Blackburn whose pro debut made him look like one of the steals of the 2012 draft, as he allowed just six runs in 33 1/3 innings in the rookie-level Arizona League. Signed by Giants area scout (and former big leaguer) Dan Murray in the 16th round, Blackburn would touch 94-95 mph, sitting in the low 90s, with good feel for locating the pitch, and both his curveball and changeup project as above-average pitches.
wow, i feel so bad for oden
Must be tough to constantly be sidelined from a game you love…or at the very least are incredibly gifted at.
he should just retire. too bad, though. he had game.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 20, 2012 4:26 PM PST up reply actions
Poor fella
probably gonna go down as the worst draft bust in league history, considering how good Durant is.
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by slackersphere17 on Feb 20, 2012 4:31 PM PST up reply actions
sup
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Yusmeiro Petit: dingerz.exe
Mayor of Smug.
We invented a morning show for MLB Network that will be hosted by fifteen men named “Brandon.”
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
I heard that the less talented Brandons will be given starring roles, while the better Brandons will be stuck behind the scenes.
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Yusmeiro Petit: dingerz.exe
Mayor of Smug.
Face for radio lawls
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Did y'all see the little video of Crawdad packing
for ST, I mean. Cute in the glasses and toque.
2012 is going to be awesome!
Can there be a"Brendon"?
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
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by bigboneded on Feb 20, 2012 4:34 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Hopefully it is a firm, satisfying one.
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Yusmeiro Petit: dingerz.exe
Mayor of Smug.
I’m a little disturbed that it’s up, either way.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 4:26 PM PST up reply actions
How were the brewskies?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Great. I hit up Founders and New Holland brewery and New Holland distillery on Saturday, Bells and Olde Peninsula on Sunday. I was going to do Arcadia Brewing in Battle Creek on the way out of town today, but I caught a cold and wasn’t up to it.
There are so many breweries I didn’t have time to see. Western Michigan is basically like the Beer version of Napa valley.
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Yusmeiro Petit: dingerz.exe
Mayor of Smug.
Where’s the corn dog version of Napa valley? That’s what I want to tour.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
Either this is a weird coincidence, or you already know I love Kansas City.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
I’ll make sure to hit this up on my Milwaukee-Detroit roadtrip later.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
That sounds like a fun trip. I’ve never been to Milwaukee, but I can be of some help with food and beer rec’s in the Ann Arbor area.
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Yusmeiro Petit: dingerz.exe
Mayor of Smug.
I will probably take you up on your offer at some point. I’ve got a friend of a friend who has box seats at the Twinkies new stadium, so I might range as far as there this summer. I’m going to try to get to ~10 stadiums this year; it should be fun.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Target Field is pretty nice. Went there last season on a trip to see the Twins, Brewers, White Sox and Cubs. We missed seeing Wrigley because that was the Giants/Cubs game that got rained out.
I came, I saw, I told bad jokes and left.
Your loss was my gain: that’s the game I was able to see as a make-up game.
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Lucky. We ended up eating the money we paid for our tickets because we couldn’t find any takers through Stubhub =(
I came, I saw, I told bad jokes and left.
I’m sorry; if I’d known I might have seen if it was possible to snag your tix (though we needed 4 all together, so it may not have worked out).
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Milwaukee has Lakefront Brewery, which I highly recommend the tour. They have the original Bernie Brewer chalet and beer mug that he would slide into.
But the beer is what Mrs. Rogue and I really liked.
I came, I saw, I told bad jokes and left.
John Shea on Fitz & Brooks(KNBR)
Shea wonders if Angel Pagan’s confident preseason declarations are a “New York thing”. He says Bochy probably wants Pagan to win the job of lead off hitter because he’s “got speed”. Despite Pagan’s ten errors last season, the Giants like his defense. Pagan said he was “overly aggressive” in the outfield last season. Shea says the additions of Pagan and Melky Cabrera in the outfield represent an “offensive upgrade”.
Shea also sees irony in how Posey and Bochy were discussing Posey possibly catching 140+ games last April. No catcher in Giants history has caught more than a 143 games. Shea believes 110 games next season for Posey would very much please the Giants. Shea says Posey is “genuine and honest” when talking with reporters. Posey has said his injury “has not healed” and it won’t heal “for a while”. Shea says the 200 squats Posey needs to make on average during a game is “torturous”. His “bat is too valuable to risk further injury” and Shea believes he’ll play a lot of first base regardless of whether “Aubrey Huff is hitting or not hitting”. Brian Sabean has even said Posey might take days off completely. Shea fears that the bottom of the lineup might resemble last season a lot of the time with a weak hitting back up catcher and shortstop. Shea jokes that maybe Matt Cain might be best hitting seventh on days he’s pitching.
Shea thought Pablo looked pretty good a few weeks ago when he saw him in SF. He thinks the memory of Pablo from late in the 2010 season might be affecting his judgment on the issue of Pablo’s weight. At the time, Pablo “was so huge” he “couldn’t bend over”. Shea remembers seeing Ron Wotus hitting Pablo high chopping ground balls before every game with no one else on the field because Pablo “couldn’t throw across his body after charging the ball”. Shea says he “doesn’t see much of a concern” for Pablo from the Giants. Though, now that Pablo has some financial security from his new three year contract, all eyes will be on him to see if he’ll “get lazy and eat himself out of the lineup again” or stay focused on proper training.
http://knbrfitzandbrooks.blogspot.com/2012/02/216-john-shea-on-fitz-and-brooks-show.html
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
And Buster is featured in NPR’s blog The Two-Way.
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LOL!!!
Belt excited for first full season in the Bigs
poor little guy
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 20, 2012 4:45 PM PST up reply actions
He actually seems like he’s improved a lot as an interviewee.
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God, Cain is a beautiful man.
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He’s an athuh-lete.
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He can pronounce it incorrectly if he wants. He’s earned it.
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Not raggin’ on him. I just love dialectic idiosyncrasies.
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I like how in Crawford's video of him packing for spring training
His entire house is filled with Giants stuff. He has a Giants comforter!
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by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 20, 2012 5:38 PM PST up reply actions
I hope it's his wife's dog, tho.
I liked his swagger, “defense never really goes away.”
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It seems like a lot of young women have dogs like that
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by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 20, 2012 5:50 PM PST up reply actions
I just don’t like any breed that is overly styled. Terriers are fine when they’re not made up for the dog show. And the fucking Scotties get all the attention.
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They’re hiding their eye infections.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 5:59 PM PST up reply actions
the trade for Melky was not a trade of a bottom of the rotation guy, or did we trade Zito.
Jonathan Sanchez, could easily be a middle to top of the rotation guy if he can garner even the slightest bit of
control to keep his walk rate down by just 15 to 20 % off of what he was doing. More control, less walks, less pitches per inning, sounds like a maturing 28 year old lefty pitcher. Trading an aging Gaylord Perry for a younger Sudden Sam
McDowall really didn’t work out too well for the giants. McDowall’s liver was twice as old as Perry’s, despite their chronological ages.
if he can garner even the slightest bit of control to keep his walk rate down by just 15 to 20 % off of what he was doing.
Sadly, at this point Sanchez has demonstrated that this is not particularly likely. That’s why he’s more Oliver Perez than Clayton Kershaw.
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The evidence points toward your Oliver Perez, but when you look at some other lefties in this age group you will
see that this is essentially a critical age, and this year and perhaps next should be the crucial year(s) in determining if he is indeed Perez, or he turns into a real top of the rotation guy, ie; Lee, or perhaps a smaller version of the big Unit.
except Lee and Johnson are the exception to the vast majority of pitchers who washed out
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by CalBear949 on Feb 20, 2012 4:58 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
All Jonathan Sanchez has to do is something he’s really, really terrible at doing. And then do it over 30 starts. For an entire season. It could happen.
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that's the spirit!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 20, 2012 5:00 PM PST up reply actions
and repeat
for the next 7-10 years
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by CalBear949 on Feb 20, 2012 5:00 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
I think the key with Sanchez is less “will he take the next step?” and more “will his arm allow him to throw at pre-2011 levels?”
That is, if you believe like I do that his additional troubles last year were health related. If he’s 2008-2009 Jonathan Sanchez, he’s a good pitcher.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 5:00 PM PST up reply actions
the annals of baseball history are filled with these “only if” guys.
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Annals, with two N’s.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 4:52 PM PST up reply actions
Playing along is not the same as falling in.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 4:54 PM PST up reply actions
and filled with guys who did the ifs and became the guy. Sandy Koufax, Randy Johnson, and the Philles Lee.
Late blooming lefties. They all can’t be Kershaw/Bumgarner types.
even Koufax and Johnson became consistent at 25-26. Even Lee, but he had more wild swings. Steve Carlton, same thing. I don’t fault the Giants for trading him for a guy coming off a 200-hit season.
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It’s really easy to have a 200 hit season batting in the two-spot if you don’t walk very much.
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And get 700 PAs.
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He only had to hit .300 to get there.
26 qualified batters hit .300 this year. Only 5 of them amassed 200 hits. Michael Young had the fewest number of PAs among them, with 689. It’s pretty much entirely a function of hitting in the top third of the order: the other three are Jacoby Ellsbury, Starlin Castro, and Adrian Gonzalez.
You know who else batted .300 last year? Carlos Beltran.
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well, they’re getting all those PA’s for a reason…cough, cough, brandon belt
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Because they were playing for one of the league’s top offenses, or for one of the league’s worst teams.
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so, it really wasn’t his bat that hit the ball all those times?
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Complete mischaracterization of my point.
Melky got 200 hits because he got a lot of PAs. Melky got those PAs because he was a typical “top of the order guy” on a bad team that happened to be one of the better hitting teams in the league (5th in OBP).
Hitting .300 isn’t that easy, but it isn’t that hard, either. Take any .300+ hitter (which is roughly one-fifth of the league, by the by), and given him 700 PAs, and he’s going to get 200 hits.
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Not really. 200 hits is an arbitrary milestone that is as much a product of circumstance as it is one of skill. And in Melky’s case, probably luck, too.
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it’s just that avg & hits & AB’s is the formula. so, if you hit .300 with 200 hits, you’re gonna have a lot of PA’s. If you have a lot of PA’s, you’re gonna have a lot of hits. If you have a lot of hits and PA’s, you’re gonna hit .300, probably. Kind of like electricity, watts = volts x amps.
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
The batters that got 200 hits this year got those PAs more as a product of their teammates than as as a product of their own skill. Their skill can help determine where in the order they hit, but batting at the top of the order is usually determined by archaic means.
Remember: Aaron Rowand, leadoff hitter. Freddy Sanchez, #2 hitter.
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I realize that around here it’s kind of a religion that the bat hitting the ball is actually some kind of a virtual occurrence, rather than a reality, so I’ll just leave this discussion as a difference in viewpoints.
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Okay.
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Don’t judge.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 20, 2012 7:25 PM PST up reply actions
I know one thing, I would have preferred Sanchez have stayed and been the 5th man in the rotation than Zito.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 4:50 PM PST up reply actions
Who wouldn't?
But we weren’t going to upgrade our lineup by trading Zito. Course, I’m expect we didn’t upgrade our lineup by trading Sanchez, either…
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
whats the deal with the twitter account Horse eBooks?
They have like 14000 tweets and all of them are completely nonsensical
.
Ray Ratto:
The hook of the day is that Bruce Bochy has told Buster Posey not to block home plate. The sidebar is that he is going to help train Posey how to do it anyway.
"I mean, you never know, right," the manager said in his office while his catcher was holding his first State Of The Squat address in the dugout at Scottsdale Stadium. "I’d like him to have all those fundamentals down by the time we leave here, because you can’t always avoid those situations."
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
Shift A
I am betting on Melky being his career self, and we will probably wish we had kept Sanchez.
Melky Cabrera
AB: 587
AVG: .274
OBP: .310
SLG: .400
HR: 11
Good defense, but not what we wanted.
“Not what we wanted” essentially describes Melky to me.
by Natto on Feb 20, 2012 4:51 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs
Not in this case.
Frank Robinson, a Giant among managers
by mrs. owlcroft on Feb 21, 2012 4:09 PM PST up reply actions
Rec'd with a vengeance.
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Um
If Pagan has a career year, he will merit MVP consideration.
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LOL U MAD, HANK?
Henry Schulman @hankschulman
Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach. Those who can’t do anything sit in their mothers’ basements making fun of
Henry Schulman @hankschulman
hard-working writers who go above and beyond to Tweet photos from spring training.
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bunch of drunk skanks cracking wise at a man who once had a beautiful head of hair and a robust physique and
CAN’T YOU SLUTS SEE THAT YOU’RE WASTING YOUR TIME WITH THESE IDIOT ATHLETES WHEN THERE IS A SENSITIVE INTELLECTUAL MAN WHO CAN CARESS YOU BUT RIGHT WITH THE SOFT AND SUPPLE HANDS OF A WRITER AND THE THOROUGH PASSION OF A SPORTS ENTHUSIAST AND WHO WOULD NEVER LEAVE YOU OR LIE TO YOU OR DO ANYTHING THAT MIGHT EVER HURT YOU CAN’T YOU SEE THIS WHY CAN’T ALL OF YOU JUST SEE ME FOR ME??!?!?
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
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by Alex_Lewis on Feb 20, 2012 5:08 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Hank Schulman will never:
1. Give you up
2. Let you down
by Hyoton on Feb 20, 2012 5:52 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
A read or two makes me think that it could be sarcasm.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
http://badspringtrainingtwitpics.tumblr.com/
Proud Papa of right-hander Clayton Blackburn whose pro debut made him look like one of the steals of the 2012 draft, as he allowed just six runs in 33 1/3 innings in the rookie-level Arizona League. Signed by Giants area scout (and former big leaguer) Dan Murray in the 16th round, Blackburn would touch 94-95 mph, sitting in the low 90s, with good feel for locating the pitch, and both his curveball and changeup project as above-average pitches.
If you have to explain the humor value of the photo… it’s probably not a very good tumblr.
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Yeah, most of the photos I saw there were just regular photos.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 5:27 PM PST up reply actions
LOOK, THEY ATTEMPTED RULE OF THIRDS! BAHAHAHA NOOBS
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That does look like a pretty useless site.
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Mayor of Smug.
of things to make fun of it is not one of the things i woudl choose
i still want to make a tumblr devoted to funny home run reactions but that probably already exists
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It's called Lookout Landing.
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by Solidarity on Feb 20, 2012 5:14 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I’m so starved for baseball that you could take a picture of Brian Wilson farting into a catcher’s mitt and I would love it.
Ask me about my blog.
/turns
/sniffs
“Hmm… good bouquet…”
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Apparently, he took an hour out of his rigorous writing schedule to snap a few photos on his iPhone and tweet them. Going above and beyond to click “post” daily.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 5:26 PM PST up reply actions
Disgusting idiom.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 5:24 PM PST up reply actions
Meanwhile, the Hank-GP bromance continues.
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Logan Dobson @LoganDobson Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
@hankschulman I want you to know I only make fun of you from attics
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Am I the only one worried that Belt is gonna be really tired this year?
He’s had like no time off for over a year and a half.
I thought he only played a few weeks in the Dominican.
Plus, he’s 23. I’m sure he’s rested enough.
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So hard to tell around here sometimes.
At least for me.
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Shift-A's: So is Man-Ram still suspended for 50 games?
This will turn out like all their “get an old slugger on the verge of retirement” since 2007. Only with more tears.
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
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by Murray, Present on Feb 20, 2012 5:31 PM PST reply actions
It was a 100-game extension, now shortened to 50 games because he voluntarily sat out last season, I guess. He still has to serve it, but… it’s a minor league deal worth $500,000 if he makes the big league roster.
It’s about as low-risk, high reward as you can ask for.
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Yeah, but if I were an A’s fan I’d still be pissed off. In the totality of their offseason, this was the best they could do to make me care about this team, this year? Granted, the Cespedes situation will be fun to watch, but I’m not very optimistic that deal will turn out well for Oakland, and even if it does I think he’ll probably spend at least half this season in the minors, meaning that the two most entertaining additions will both be somewhere other than the big league lineup for a big chunk of the year.
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by Smoke on the Water on Feb 20, 2012 5:53 PM PST up reply actions
Hey maybe they won’t sweep the series in Oakland against us this year!
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by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 20, 2012 5:55 PM PST up reply actions
To be honest, if I’m an A’s fan, I’d be better served watching the RiverCats this year. But I still think Beane did the right thing to make the team better.
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They were fucked. The Rangers have a similar team to last year, and the Angels got Pujols and Wilson. How were they supposed to compete with that?
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And they got a ridiculous hall for what they traded. That was probably one of the best fire sales of all time.
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I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
I don’t like that they loaded up on so many pitchers. They really needed bats, and they got what, Norris and Cowgill?
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And I guess Reddick, depending on how you feel about him.
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It also remains to be seen how the Cespedes signing turns out.
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Sure, I wasn’t including him in the trades.
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Yeah. I think most of their offensive upgrades are supposed to be FA or in-house in the short term: Cespedes, Manny, Gomes, Choice.
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Bingo.
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They should have held out for a study or a media room.
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Dammit.
I cannot spell today.
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Probably not 1989. Unless they lost their house in the quake…..
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by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 20, 2012 5:59 PM PST up reply actions
No one live blogged the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show?
Damn.
"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
I usually try to catch some of it, but no cable, no Westminster.
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When I turned it on, they were doing the terriers.
Not a fan. I like hounds and working dogs.
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I watch for specific breeds, but I like the herding group pretty well.
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You’re speaking to someone who used to own a chihuahua. Tread incredibly lightly.
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I actually love chihuahuas.
And dachshunds. It’s not the size, it’s what they do to them. I don’t like when they dock dobermans and boxers, either. Danes are such lovely dogs when they have their ears and tails.
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We had great danes when I was growing up. Wonderful dogs.
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They don't live long enough, tho.
I love big dogs, deerhounds, wolfhounds, etc.
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It’s true. My mother — who has a lot of experience in this field — says the short lifespan is a result of the selective breeding that gave danes their current standard. Anecdotally, lifespan seems to be inverse to size.
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Yeah, weird. I wonder if they've figured out why.
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Dog size makes no particular difference to me, but Chihuahuas are a difficult breed. I heard that they’re one of the most “returned” breeds going right now. I blame Paris Hilton (in jest, in part) and the fashion dog trend landing a bunch of high-maintenance Chihuahuas in the laps of people who didn’t actually want that. Sad.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 6:15 PM PST up reply actions
My boss' grandkids' dog just had a litter
and they’re a cross between a dachshund and a chihuahua. I think they called it a chiweenie.
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I used to want to do crazy breeding combinations to see what came out.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 6:20 PM PST up reply actions
Ahem
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
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I don’t anymore. There are irreconcilable ethics issues with such things.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 6:44 PM PST up reply actions
You’re right on target about the trendy nature of chihuahuas working against them. It’s not the dog’s fault.
I was sorta kidding about the “tread lightly.” The breed itself doesn’t hold particular appeal to me, but my chihuahua was perhaps the Best Creature on the Face of the Earth, and when she died last summer it was one of the worst events of my recent life. So for me, it’s a very specific case of devotion.
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My friends had two dogs
a chihuaua and a bull mastiff. The chihuahua was the alpha. They are tough little dogs.
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Poor puppy. And you. :(
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 6:45 PM PST up reply actions
I like the bigger/ medium sized terriers a lot
Many of them are working breeds that just happened to be classed as terriers. But yeah, most of that group is smaller dogs. Not a fan.
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by Smoke on the Water on Feb 20, 2012 5:55 PM PST up reply actions
Wheatons, Kerry Blues, and Irish Terriers as well, from my experience are also awesome dogs (particularly the latter two). All three were basically bred to be"jack of all trades" dogs in Ireland, since the British put all sorts of crazy restrictions on the kinds of dogs Irishpeasants could own. Kerry Blues, in particular, have been used for everything from police dogs to sheep herders to ratters and hunting dogs. They’re like the super utility man of the dog world.
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by Smoke on the Water on Feb 20, 2012 6:11 PM PST up reply actions
I once knew a Border terrier that was pretty cool.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
I'm also biased
Since at least many terriers don’t shed, they’re great for me as someone with dog allergies who nevertheless loves dogs.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Feb 20, 2012 6:14 PM PST up reply actions
Wow, haters.
My dog is better than any dog you’ve ever had.
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.
What’s the Volkswagon League?
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It put some good players onto MLB’s radar screen.
Derek Jetta, Miguel Cabrio…
I came, I saw, I told bad jokes and left.
Not to mention it’s where Jeff Passat first cut his teeth as a sportswriter.
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I heard Michelle Beetle put in some time there as a sideline reporter.
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
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by Murray, Present on Feb 20, 2012 5:55 PM PST up reply actions
Melky projection: not good
AB: 450
BA: .260
OBP: .325
SLG: .380
HR: 13
Defense: Mediocre
Playing time: Too much
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by Smoke on the Water on Feb 20, 2012 5:46 PM PST reply actions
Baggs
Burriss became a utility-man extraordinaire, getting experience at left field, third base and even first base. He did surprisingly well at all positions, giving him an edge to win the last spot on the Giants’ opening-day roster as he enters spring training.
It’s not funny anymore, you can stop now.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
I feel like Baggarly is irrationally bullish on Burriss.
He hit .204/.253/.212, and played a total of 2 innings in the outfield and 8 at first base, totaling 3 plays and 10 putouts.
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I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Hey Andrew
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I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
There’s a blast from my past
I still have a ton of those cards somewhere
I came, I saw, I told bad jokes and left.
Me too
Waaaaay too many binders full. I wonder if they are worth anything? Probably not
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by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 20, 2012 5:59 PM PST up reply actions
Dunno.
I know I don’t have many good cards left. Someone stole a ton of my rares out of my deck one day. I couldn’t prove it but my friends and I are sure we know who did it
I came, I saw, I told bad jokes and left.
I am super lame because I never actually played, just collected. (I didn’t have anyone to play with :{)
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by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 20, 2012 6:01 PM PST up reply actions
Burriss seems like such a nice young man.
It’s easier for us to hate on him just for his baseball since we don’t talk to him every day.
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If there’s one thing where we kind of have free reign to hate on him, it’s his ability as a baseball player.
Real nice guy. Can’t play.
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Grammar nerds,
isn’t it “free rein” as in horsies? Or am I the idiot?
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Google agrees with you.
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pretty sure you’re right, “free rein”
by Random Giants Fan on Feb 20, 2012 6:03 PM PST up reply actions
Yes.
But apparently both have entered common usage
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by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 20, 2012 6:03 PM PST up reply actions
Pretty sure it is free rain. As in, the rain costs no money. Because, hey, it’s true.
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Yusmeiro Petit: dingerz.exe
Mayor of Smug.
It’s a moo point.
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I'm not crazy. My mother had me tested.
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Crap, my new sig doesn’t work.
@legaleagle88
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I hope this doesn’t devolve into a debate about spacing after periods…
by Monkeyking42 on Feb 20, 2012 7:52 PM PST up reply actions
One space, you monsters.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 7:56 PM PST up reply actions
Is Mavis Beacon gonna have to choke a bitch?
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I don’t know what that means, but possibly.
There is no modern advantage to two spaces, unless you consider “sometimes forgetting the second space and sometimes accidentally doing three spaces” to be an advantage.
I’ve seen people do six spaces. SIX! This would not happen if we just did the sensible thing and limited that shit to one.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 8:01 PM PST up reply actions
If he likes two spaces, then he teaches communism.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 8:03 PM PST up reply actions
lol my male pronoun bias
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 8:07 PM PST up reply actions
Mavis isn’t even typically a boy’s name.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 8:07 PM PST up reply actions
I thought the same thing for a long time, actually.
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I always knew she was a chick
We also didn’t use Mavis Beacon in middle school. I don’t remember what product we used.
But I now type 120+ WPM because of it!
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I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I can’t type quite that fast, but that’s probably because I only use my thumb, index finger, and pinky on my right hand for some reason. Other than that fact, though, MB developed a lot of good habits for me.
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I think I’m 60 wpm after warming up.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 8:24 PM PST up reply actions
sweet jesus you type 120?!?
man I thought 75+ was good
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
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this mavis beacon person must know her typing
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
i didn't even use mavis beacon
we had this qwerty dude
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.
now I have to download that and kick the hell out of it
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
this typing instruction is a little silly. shouldn't you teach children to type words?
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I learned about world history from Mario.
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I played that one too!
It’s pretty convenient how all those cities are only two streets wide.
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I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
I have heard of it, but sadly have not had occasion to play it.
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I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Probably one of my favorite gaming systems
9/9/99, such an awesome day
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weird how you never hear about something and then it comes up several times in a short period of time. In a conversation held on Friday evening …the Mr. had never heard of her either.
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TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
They made us use some weird typing software in elementary school
What I hated was the orange covers they put over the keyboards so that we couldn’t see what we were typing.
FUCK YOU ORANGE KEYBOARDS
Those covers never even helped, because I would always lift them up and peek under when the teachers weren’t looking. But now I can type without looking. You know how? By spending a shitload of time on the Internet, that’s how. Certainly not through any typing covers.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
I like this is both the title of the program and an appropriate explanation.
And Howie, for the record I agree with you. Doesn’t the origin of the two spaces have to do with typewriter quirks or something?
I used got taught with two spaces, but weaned myself off with spell-check or something along the way.
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I don’t remember why it was; I want to say it had to do with preventing it from getting jammed, but I think that’s the QWERTY layout that I’m thinking of.
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I think it had to do with the monospace font looking smushy at the ends of sentences or something.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 8:16 PM PST up reply actions
I always double space
Yes, I learned how to type on a typewriter.
LOL OLD
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
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yup good ole IBM Selectrics
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TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
We still have some in our office.
Some people use them to type envelopes.
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My mom used to take me into work on Saturdays and I’d just plug away on a typewriter writing all kinds of stories an adolescent boy thought was cool. By 7th grade I took typing and was already the fastest in the class.
We had a couple typewriters in the class that had the correction ribbon built into it. If you didn’t get one of those you had to put in the ribbon cartridge and type over what you messed up.
Backspace… pfft…
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Same. I wrote my first poem on a typewriter, even. It was called “Yummy Yummy Chocolate”.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 9:07 PM PST up reply actions
I feel like Baggarly is irrationally bullish on Burriss.
That’s one way to put it.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 5:55 PM PST up reply actions
He seems like he's a nice guy and a pretty good quote
You could also argue that he adds an intriguing story angle for lots of reasons: being from DC, because of his race in the current MLB where there aren’t a lot of African American players compared to years past, being a speedy, super utility type. And then he’s sort of the current version of the last chance prospect for the Giants— was highly drafted, has been around awhile, has yet to stick at the ML level. Add it all together and journalists might tend to subconsciously root for a guy to make the team, just so they have more stories to tell about them.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Feb 20, 2012 6:02 PM PST up reply actions
I’m sure Burriss being the only African American player with a shot of making the Giants opening day roster is a factor. They haven’t had anyone like that since Fred Lewis.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 6:06 PM PST up reply actions
Yes, it is I.
Don’t kill the messenger.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 6:09 PM PST up reply actions
Well maybe it is. That could explain why they seem to be taking him so seriously.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 6:08 PM PST up reply actions
So Latin players of African heritage don't count, I guess.
Reminds me of an Idris Elba quote along the lines of, “I’m not African American, I play one on tv” or something like that.
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"People see dark faces out there, and the perception is that they’re African American," Los Angeles Angels center fielder Torii Hunter says. "They’re not us. They’re impostors."
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 6:12 PM PST up reply actions
Impostors?
So their ancestors weren’t brought over in the slave trade?
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I remember there was some article after TGWTWS about how they were the first team since 1960-something to win the WS without an African-American player on the team.
::rolls eyes::
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by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 20, 2012 6:21 PM PST up reply actions
Well, if we want to be technical… they’re not African Amrican. They’re Afro-Caribbean.
They both face different sorts of adversity in getting to the big leagues, but they are culturally distinct.
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“They” being Juan Uribe, Ramon Ramirez, Guillermo Mota, Pablo Sandoval, Edgar Renteria, and Santiago Casilla.
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At least two of those people are not "Afro-Carribean"
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Afro-Latin American, though we’re really splitting hairs about the wrong thing here.
African American representation in the sport is in decline across the sport, while Afro-Latin American representation is probably at an all-time high.
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Both Panda and Renteria are South American.
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Afro Latin American and Afro South American.
Sorry for not properly PC-ing to death those two countries that border the Carribean and are directly adjacent to the arbitrary border of Latin America.
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Venezuela borders the Carribean?
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Colombia does (which is where Renteria is from). And Venezuela borders is seperarted by less than the distance from SF to LA.
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Simpler version: All squares are rectangles. All rectangles are not squares.
All African Americans are black people (though there’s obviously a loaded construct at play here, go with me on keeping it simple). Not all black people are African American.
The black people on the Giants in 2010 were not African Americans, which is symptomatic of larger demographic trends affecting the sport, some of them troubling.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 6:49 PM PST up reply actions
Correct.
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Ford and Burriss
were on the WS roster, tho.
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I remember them in the dugout
was I hallucinating?
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They let non roster guys in the dugout for the playoffs.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 20, 2012 6:56 PM PST up reply actions
Like Velez.
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Z
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 20, 2012 7:00 PM PST up reply actions
Velez was on something.
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 7:02 PM PST up reply actions
Cloud nine
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 20, 2012 7:06 PM PST up reply actions
I love this picture
I love Eugenio Velez
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C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
I always loved Gino, too.
Even more now that he broke sucking records for the Dodgers.
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If nothing else, he was great for comedic purposes.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 20, 2012 7:05 PM PST up reply actions
He will forever have a place in my heart.
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Indeed. But the thrust of the article really made it sound like the Giants were a “white guys club”
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by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 20, 2012 6:27 PM PST up reply actions
That’s a different matter entirely. The fact you cited, in itself, is probably correct.
But unless you want to paint it like Peter Magowan was the last egalitarian among an ownership group of secret racists, that doesn’t make much sense.
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Nope. I’m pretty sure it was some sensationalist headline to get pageviews. But it annoyed me so it stuck with me I guess.
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by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 20, 2012 6:31 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah
Conflating the two groups does a disservice to both.
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C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
The point isn't to conflate the groups
but that splitting people up into groups and saying there aren’t enough of certain “kinds” is kind of weird.
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Given the role that African Americans have played in the history of the sport, concern about dwindling numbers making it to the big leagues is probably warranted.
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It's probably more about socio-economics
than race.
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It’s about a lot of things. A more specific investigation than that would be longer than we can probably spare in the thread.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 6:52 PM PST up reply actions
Again, splitting hairs that don’t really need to be split.
I’ve been through this discussion on here before, and would not care to get into it again. There are hurdles to access to the sport, representation by African Americans is down, and that’s probably not a good thing for anyone.
/thread
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I can agree with all of that.
I think my bugaboo is more about lumping a continent and a half of different countries into “Latin America” (or worse “Afro Carribean”) more than the African American thing.
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You realize these are technical terms formally recognized by census groups, right? And that they are entirely arbitrary socio-political constructs?
For purposes of this discussion, the distinction are probably completely irrelevant.
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I like that Idris Elba quote. He is…what is the accepted term? English-African? All the British tv shows I can recall just use the term black.
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by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 20, 2012 6:14 PM PST up reply actions
One of the funny new episodes!
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 5:57 PM PST up reply actions
I haven’t looked back on it as groups of episodes. I remember having the phenomenon of either loving or hating each one, though, with scant middle ground.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 6:18 PM PST up reply actions
I have the sets
So I can recognize them by there seasons. I am a little upset that they are only doing half seasons at a time and releasing them now.
Half-season box sets piss me off.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 6:52 PM PST up reply actions
utility-man extraordinaire LOL
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by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 20, 2012 5:50 PM PST up reply actions
Just keep reminding yourself of the 25-man on opening day 2010.
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You gotta be kidding me
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“Ladies and gentlemen, your starting first baseman for the San Francisco Giants…..MANNY BURRISS”
by Random Giants Fan on Feb 20, 2012 6:06 PM PST up reply actions
Dude works for the Giants now
heh
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 20, 2012 6:52 PM PST up reply actions
San Francisco Giants @SFGiantsFans
#SFGiants Clay Hensley said that Bonds gave him a signed bat after Clay gave up Bonds 755th HR. Said he uses it to close AC vents at his pad
Give it to me, you jerk!
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 5:52 PM PST up reply actions
/cue Lin head
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 20, 2012 6:46 PM PST up reply actions
WHY ARE YOU THERE
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anyone looking forward to American Experience tonight & tomorrow?
/Bill Clinton
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
I’m watching it right now. I guess the thing that hits me the most is that the president when I was in grade school is now the subject of an historical documentary.
I’m old.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
Man, what if they just RELEASE him? Glad Kobe’s looking out for the best interests of the team.
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and will ESPN be able to handle both Kobe sulking AND Linsanity.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 20, 2012 6:25 PM PST up reply actions
CARMELOL
Proud Papa of right-hander Clayton Blackburn whose pro debut made him look like one of the steals of the 2012 draft, as he allowed just six runs in 33 1/3 innings in the rookie-level Arizona League. Signed by Giants area scout (and former big leaguer) Dan Murray in the 16th round, Blackburn would touch 94-95 mph, sitting in the low 90s, with good feel for locating the pitch, and both his curveball and changeup project as above-average pitches.
OH MY GOD YOU GUYS
I just remembered: Today is Brian McCann’s birthday!
Now I understand why people had the day off. Happy birthday, big guy. Stay beefy.
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I remember seeing that he likes playing Call of Duty, sleeping for long hours, and hitting in a batting cage until he tires out. He also plays golf with Chipper Jones during the off season.
He’s married as well.
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 6:53 PM PST up reply actions
1. Richard Madden Scottish brogue!
2. Why don’t the Black Watch wear something on their heads? They would totes freeze to death IRL.
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Richard Madden's accent was OMG
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I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Watched it 3 times
just for that. Also, STANNIS! and Tyrion with the nitro (I forget what they call it in the book). Although, its supposed to be in clay pots.
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WILDFIRE
stannis looks so amazing imo. i am beyond excited to see him in action.
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I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
yes
they’ve kept Jaqen and Asha (Yara) under wraps so far, but I’m excited for them too.
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.
Asha is badass.
Who did they cast?
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the substance
MELISANDRE!
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
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by Murray, Present on Feb 20, 2012 7:36 PM PST up reply actions
I really need to hop on things and get Clash of Kings read already. I started it and then stopped a few months ago.
Ask me about my blog.
Wow, really? 5 minutes on the presidential mascot race thing?
Ugh.
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TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
ha ha!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 20, 2012 7:30 PM PST up reply actions
What does that Daniel Day Lewis movie come out?
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 6:53 PM PST up reply actions
Here we go:
Filming began Monday, October 17, 2011 and ended on December 19, 2011. The film is scheduled for release in the fourth quarter of 2012
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 6:56 PM PST up reply actions
“Fourth quarter of 2012” according to Wikipedia.
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, however, comes out on June 22nd.
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by free f.p. #14 on Feb 20, 2012 6:56 PM PST up reply actions
Yup, he’ll be killing Vampires first. I remember reading that in my history book……..or am I confusing that with watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer after school
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 6:58 PM PST up reply actions
what do you think the Confederate Army was really made up of?
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 20, 2012 7:25 PM PST up reply actions
They’re dressed up as Eugenio.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Feb 20, 2012 8:11 PM PST up reply actions
Optimism FTW
AB: 550
AVG: .289
OBP: .340
SLG: .450
HR: 17
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
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Almost unchanged from last season.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 6:59 PM PST up reply actions
but THE DIFFERENT STADIUMS!
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Raging since 2009
MLB Network has reached the bottom of the barrel with their countdown shows. Today they had the top 25 best facial hair.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Also Breaking...Brian Wilson made the list!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
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by bigboneded on Feb 20, 2012 7:22 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
jim joyce should make that list too
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Rod Beck number 15
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 7:32 PM PST up reply actions
Man
If only they had like, over 70 years of footage of old time baseball that they could be showing instead.
Too bad.
Something about Melky makes me think of Edgardo Alfonzo. As such, I’m going to predict he does what Edgardo averaged during his tenure with the Giants:
AB: 467
AVG: .275
OBP: .338
SLG: .385
HR: 9
I suddenly feel bullish on that average. I honestly suspect closer to a .250 average.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
Reading over everyone else’s predictions, I think mine is WAY off. Now I’m expecting:
AB: 467
AVG: .254
OBP: .309
SLG: .385
HR: 8
I don’t know, something about him inspires absolutely no confidence in me.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
Congrats Shooter on your Top 25 facial hair!
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by bigboneded on Feb 20, 2012 7:11 PM PST via mobile reply actions
And boo MLB for using only Cubs and Red Sox clips in his segment.
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by bigboneded on Feb 20, 2012 7:13 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Ugh. The point is that he should be remembered as a Giant because he established himself there. I don’t care they showed him on other teams, I hate the didn’t show the Giants ALSO, Guy.
Gaah…
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by bigboneded on Feb 20, 2012 7:18 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I saw the first episode of Downton Abbey last night
seems like it could be quite good. any other opinions?
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Downton
Things will be great when you’re
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Get the money
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Downton
No finer place for sure
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Downton
Everything’s waiting for you
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
A pile of powdered cinnamom on a saltine in the Sonoran desert said “Looks dry…”
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by bigboneded on Feb 20, 2012 7:20 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I feel like a hipster
I used to really like it the first season. I hated the second season and am sick of people saying “Oh, have you tried Downton Abbey? It is sooo good.”
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by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 20, 2012 7:43 PM PST up reply actions
The 2nd season was a bit ridiculous with it's story
but I’m already hooked on the characters so I guess I’ll see it through to the end.
It was just soooooo predictable.
Adopted parent of Chris Stewart. Hey, at least he isn't Eli Whiteside or Bengie Molina!
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 20, 2012 7:47 PM PST up reply actions
Then Im a hipster, too.
I tried a few eps and felt it had all been done before and better.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
I really should just go back and rewatch Upstairs Downstairs
Adopted parent of Chris Stewart. Hey, at least he isn't Eli Whiteside or Bengie Molina!
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 20, 2012 7:52 PM PST up reply actions
That was my feeling.
But if you’re young enough not to have seen it, then I guess Downton Abbey would be fun.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
Yeah, I'm in this line.
Did you see the Making Of special last night. The actresses on the show are super hot when they aren’t in their frumpy maid clothes. Even Mrs. Patmore looks nice.
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
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by Murray, Present on Feb 20, 2012 8:14 PM PST up reply actions
or just get some deodorant and you’re good!
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Masking the stink,
only makes it that much stronger
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I would go lower on the slugging and HRS
I’m guessing somewhere in the .420 mark and 10-12 home runs. However, I do think we’re underestimating his plate patience, which was poor last year, but very good when he was with the Yanks. Remember, he did have a very good 2009 in NY, and posted a great OBP and good BB/K ratios that season (which is why the Braves acquired him). I think the power and high average will go down, but I do think he’s going to post an OBP in the .330-.345 range, maybe higher if he can sustain as high a BABIP as he did last year (which as everyone has said, is probably unlikely).
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We’re watching “Agent for H.A.R.M.” on MST3K.
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ooooh good one
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by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 20, 2012 7:53 PM PST up reply actions
The spy’s name is Adam Chance. LOL
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
Unpopular opinion:
I prefer Mike to Joel.
Adopted parent of Chris Stewart. Hey, at least he isn't Eli Whiteside or Bengie Molina!
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 20, 2012 7:55 PM PST up reply actions
Watched Immortals and Hugo today
I totally didn’t know Hugo was a drama film. Kept waiting for the action to start. lol me.
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
BUY BULK AND SAVE!!!!
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
Best... BUY... EVAR
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Only $1500!
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Ricky "Light Tower Power" Oropesa
that’s less than 30 bucks per gallon. Which works out to be roughly 8 dollars per Liter.
That’s hella cheap actually.
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
lasts forever too
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This made me laugh
What are you going to do with all this lube?! Wrestling match? Biggest adult party ever?
"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
That is a real thing?
"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
That was random
and awesome
"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
LOL Comments
As a Fertility Specialist for Pachyderms, this was exactly what we needed to help rebuild elephant populations all over sub-saharan africa. It’s not all just Medications and IVF treatments. Some times you need a loudspeaker, a Barry White CD and a 55 Gallon drum of Lube.
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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
Avg: 337
HR: 37
RBI: 105
SB: 30
Slg: 575
Obp: 390
2012 MVP
by 49erEmpire on Feb 20, 2012 8:04 PM PST via mobile reply actions
If you’re going to Hope Like Hell, you might as well go for broke.
Also, this is pretty similar to Rich Aurilia’s numbers from 2001.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 20, 2012 8:14 PM PST up reply actions
Lol you're right
Didnt notice that
by 49erEmpire on Feb 20, 2012 8:25 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I bought Mass Effect 1 on a whim the other day. It arrived today.
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.
Was this a 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.
My understanding is that it is more RPG-y and less shooter-y than 2.
If you have the option, install it on your HD unless you really, really like elevators.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
i loved KOTOR
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’m playing on 360, so idk
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.
You should be able to install it; it’s just a matter of having HD space.
The loading times are supposedly reeeeeally long if you load from the actual disk.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
ME1 is flawed, but you can just feel the potential dripping off of it. Flaws and all, I still found it to be video game crack.
ME2 fixes so many things. It’s great.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 8:22 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve still only made it about 3 hours into ME2, so I’m hardly an authority on the subject.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Mordin’s loyalty mission is one of the best things I’ve seen in a game in a while in terms of cinematic quality and emotional investment. Oh man.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 8:34 PM PST up reply actions
I want to give it a chance, but just when I tried to start into it my work schedule basically doubled. God of War 3 seemed easier to commit to in small chunks.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Oh, and play as Female Shepard. The voice actor is like 100x better than male Shepard.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 8:23 PM PST up reply actions
I always prefer playing as the male version. IDK. I could analyze it in terms of my id or whatever but I won’t.
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.
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.
Hopefully she doesn’t stand too close when doing that.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
I played the Dragon Age games the first time through as a male (despite being female)
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by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 20, 2012 8:28 PM PST up reply actions
Well, male Shepard isn’t bad or anything. His voice actor does a good job. Hers is just really great.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 8:30 PM PST up reply actions
They’re both $20 on Amazon, so I figured I’d give this one a shot first, and then buy 2 if I enjoyed this one (or actually played it through to the end!)
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 elevator parts are the best part!
especially the one in the Citadel with Wrex and Garrus
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 20, 2012 8:45 PM PST up reply actions
After a while, my people stopped talking to each other.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 8:53 PM PST up reply actions
I was so entertained by the elevator convos that I would try to get the most random pairs in the elevator just to hear what they would say
but yea, eventual it just becomes a lame elevator ride, so I would just use those rapid transit things.
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 20, 2012 9:00 PM PST up reply actions
i'm intrigued
time to go play.
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.
Such a good choice.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 8:20 PM PST up reply actions
It’s pretty fun. I like the story better than the second one, although the gameplay in 2 is more fun.
I think the presentation and writing in 2 are also better. It’s hella funny.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 20, 2012 8:22 PM PST up reply actions
shift-A
What’d I miss? Anyone have a special line on TGV tix if the normal channels are booked out?
A fifty-five gallon drum of Passion Natural Water Based Lubricant.
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My boy Shawn Payne takes his walks and his VROOM to Augusta this season.
by free f.p. #14 on Feb 20, 2012 8:21 PM PST up reply actions
the hell does Passion Natural Water Based... i am so lost
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by free f.p. #14 on Feb 20, 2012 8:23 PM PST up reply actions
Also, I was answering the first question, not the second.
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by free f.p. #14 on Feb 20, 2012 8:23 PM PST up reply actions
oh i saw it, i just didn't know what natural water based meant, haha
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
that's just nasty
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
rocking out on bruce springsteen
i saw a musical last night called ‘spring awakenings’. it was super depressing
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the new bruce album is solid
way better than working on a dream
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 my what.cd ratio for it is already at 12.6!
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.
Both
obv.
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
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by bigboneded on Feb 20, 2012 10:25 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
And I know I'm being optimistic
AB: 524 (at least one stint on DL)
AVG: .287
OBP: .340
SLG: .401 (lots of doubles)
HR: 12
Please play him RF! This guy is NOT a CF.
Don't believe everything you think.
Should I see the Descendents or the Artist tomorrow?
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
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by Murray, Present on Feb 20, 2012 9:03 PM PST reply actions
Wasn’t that the one written by Jim Rash?
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Oh yeah
I wonder if it has dalmatians in it.
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
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by Murray, Present on Feb 20, 2012 9:06 PM PST up reply actions
I'm leaning toward The Artist
because it seems like the kind of film that has to be experienced in le cinema.
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
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by Murray, Present on Feb 20, 2012 9:08 PM PST up reply actions
You got it, skip.
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I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
MLB TV
I tried to cancel three times (renewal came up). I tried to remove my credit card information. They charged card yesterday. They cancelled today thus charging me but giving no service. Phone call got nowhere. Try to remove a credit card from mlb.tv site. You can’t. Talk about dishonest. Now have to challenge charge on card, MLB said they wouldn’t undo it.
I can only be nice to one person a day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow doesn't look good either.
by GiantMalcontent on Feb 23, 2012 4:54 PM PST reply actions
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