Spring!
by Grant Brisbee on Feb 22, 2012 2:47 PM PST
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PrintFrom 1997 through 2004, the Giants contended every year. There used to be a beautifully annoying stat that people kept on how many meaningless games the Giants played in the Brian Sabean Era, and they weren't just talking about Giants/A's games.
In 2005, Barry Bonds broke. That was not supposed to happen. Apparently Mrs. Bonds held him by the knee when she dipped him into the River Styx, possibly because she was distracted by the amazing groove of "Renegade." Bonds missed all but a couple of weeks of the season. The Giants replaced him with Pedro Feliz. Mistakes were made. The streak of contending seasons was over (though there was some September silliness in an awful division, but that doesn't count).
Before the 2006 season, then, there was hope in the spring. Everything was as it should be, and Bonds was going to lead the offense again. In retrospect, it seems silly that reasonable people expected that. Bonds was a year older, and there was a rubber band and some old chewing gum where there once was a ligament. It was sort of insane to hope a 41-year-old player could come back from a serious injury like that at anything close to 100 percent.
Even more insane: Bonds was awesome. He wasn't as good, but neither was anyone else. He had a .454 OBP and 26 home runs -- no Giants player has hit more homers in a single season since. Well, Bonds hit 28 the next year, but other than that….
It was so crazy that it just might have worked. And it did. And the Giants were still terrible. But that's not the point.
This keeps popping into my head when it comes to Buster Posey's return. Hear me out. The 2006 Giants were something of an abomination. There was Shea Hillenbrand. There was the beginning of Noah Lowry's end. There was Mike Stanton, closer. It wasn't good times. I'm not suggesting that the 2012 Giants will be as bad -- or come anywhere close to being as bad -- as the 2006 Giants. But when I read this:
Buster Posey virtually brought batting practice to a halt with a long, towering homer into a tree beyond the LF barrier. He just hit another
… it brings me back to the hope that I had with Bonds before the 2006 season. It was unrealistic to hope a 41-year-old player could recover as well as he did. It's unrealistic to hope that a catcher can bounce back from a serious leg injury without any complications or ill effects. I don't care. When I read that tweet about Posey hitting a long, towering home run, it was the first time spring training felt real to me, with all the hope it offers, unrealistic or otherwise. The other stuff -- Player reports early, player throws off flat ground, player gives interview filled with platitudes and clichés -- doesn't make me fell like baseball's coming.
Posey hitting dingers deep into the Arizona horizon makes me feel like baseball is coming. And it makes me think good thoughts about the Giants, even if there's a very logical case to be made that Posey's first season back will be more Jason Kendall, 2001 rather than Jason Kendall, 2000.
That pesky 2006/2012 Giants comparison isn't especially useful. They share the story of a star coming back from a serious injury. Other than that, they're two different teams, especially with regards to the pitching staff. The path the 2012 Giants take will be up to them. Can Brandon Crawford hit as well as a 39-year-old Omar Vizquel? We can hope.
Spring has sproinged. Didn't feel like it until news broke of Buster Posey's first batting-practice homer. And that reminds me of the last time there was this much anticipation over a star's return. The last time turned out just fine on an individual level, but it was awful on a team level.
We still have a a few months to figure out if the Giants' offseason rely-on-Buster-to-fix-everything strategy is a successful one. In the meantime, I'll pretend it was successful, and that we already know this because Buster Posey is hitting dingers, everyone. Buster Posey is back, and he's hitting dingers.
Spring!
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HE HITS IT HIGH
"For science. You monster."
OUTTA HERE!
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 always had the feeling that the other guys were never really fond of Joe Angel
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 22, 2012 3:04 PM PST up reply actions
Do you have co-workers who suck at their job?
It’s like that!
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
He and Jon had been paired together in Baltimore.
I think Jon probably liked him OK, but I doubt he thought he was very good.
Joe seems like a good guy but he’s not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 22, 2012 4:54 PM PST up reply actions
I remember him working with Lon Simmons doing Giants games.
They seemed to have a lot of fun in the booth, but then who wouldn’t have fun with Lon?
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by mrs. owlcroft on Feb 22, 2012 5:11 PM PST up reply actions
Adios, pelota!
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Giants now up 1-0 and Cain will be going to up his record to 3-27
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If he hits 31 home runs
In 36 starts, then he’ll be 31-0. The other 5 will be called at 0-0 in the 25th inning due to exhaustion of the other team.
I'm just a simple Niners fan trying to make my way in the universe.
by Tim Lincecum's Bong on Feb 22, 2012 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
Winter couldn't be any further away, nerds.
Baseball time.
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I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Put me in Coach, I'm ready to play
Ah, spring is coming.
"It's too LATE to stop now!" - John Lee Hooker
Spring is here, spring is here
Life is skittles and life is beer
Always analyzing the stats... don't care about scouts.
I assure you, sir
that such a thing does not exist.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Feb 22, 2012 3:05 PM PST up reply actions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhuMLpdnOjY
Not skittlebrau!
Always analyzing the stats... don't care about scouts.
This was my first thought too.
It’s a swirling pop culture garbage patch up there.
by Monkeyking42 on Feb 22, 2012 5:13 PM PST up reply actions
I think the loveliest time of the year is the...
Oh man, you spoiled it.
"Your curses do not compare to those of Houston fans or Detroit fans, and especially not to those of fans from the northside of Chicago. You are not Hamlet. You are Valerie Bertinelli. Your victim act is schlocky, and totally unconvincing. You fancy yourself tormented. You are merely insecure."
-- Scott Burton to Red Sox fans, 6/12/02
http://espn.go.com/magazine/burton_20020612.html
clearly this year Buster will hit
.333/.427/.542 with 25 HR.
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 45 doubles.
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 bring world peace
and dollar beer, and make all the children above average, and …….
"It's too LATE to stop now!" - John Lee Hooker
wait…who will Cain save then?
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The puppies
and kittens
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by imstillhungry95 on Feb 22, 2012 6:46 PM PST up reply actions
Terrible Movie
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but
Eliza Dushku!
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only reason i like watching “The New Guy”
by KnightOfCydonia on Feb 22, 2012 3:10 PM PST up reply actions
True
You would think it would be pretty hard to mess up a cheeleader movie with Eliza Dushku and Gabrielle Union, but they managed it.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 22, 2012 3:10 PM PST up reply actions
IT’S
ALREADY
BEEN
BROUGHTED
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by troymccluresf on Feb 22, 2012 3:24 PM PST up reply actions
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I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
First?
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Ski School II. I don’t think anyone has heard of it, it is mildly entertaining and contains a solitary, amazing scene.
I vaguely remember these movies. At least one of them. When your lead actor is best known as Chain Saw from Summer School, you are fighting an uphill battle.
Now Summer School is underrated.
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Directed by Carl Reiner, which makes it rated more highly than SS2. But it’s a nice one.
Full disclosure: I love Carl Reiner.
Spring has sproinged.
Beautiful
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Steak: rare
Hot Dogs/Sausages: no ketchup or mayo…ever
Fries: ketchup or gravy
Pie: Not cake
Women: Crazy
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
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by Monkeyking42 on Feb 22, 2012 5:15 PM PST up reply actions
Actually I agree with all of this. By “Pie: Not cake” you mean that pie is bad because it’s not cake, right
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?
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
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Me and you, ResDog.
Me and you.
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 22, 2012 6:06 PM PST up reply actions
i had no idea that was even a word
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He’s finally ran out of booze. Someone storm the castle while he’s out at the market!
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Take your time.
He still has to panhandle the cash.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 22, 2012 3:01 PM PST up reply actions
He has a sign that says
“Will Make Cultural References for Food”
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 22, 2012 3:03 PM PST up reply actions
Grant's Hobo Sign
“Caddyshack References: $0.01”
“Red Dawn References: $0.05”
“Game of Throne References: $0.10”
“Gremlins References: $0.25”
“References to Delorean’s Band: $0.50*”
“Snort Like a Pig: $1.00”
*$0.25 if Delorean.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 22, 2012 3:12 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t understand how Red Dawn only got 6 of 10 on imdb.
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Because Grant only got one vote.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 22, 2012 3:16 PM PST up reply actions
I tried watching it for the first time a month or so ago and found it laughable. I think growing up in a post-Cold War era makes it hard to relate to.
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by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 22, 2012 3:16 PM PST up reply actions
The Cold War was awesome
Duck And Cover drills in case we get nuked!
I bet the guy who wrote the last Indiana Jones movie was a Cold War kid. Once you hear that ducking under your desk can save you from a nuclear blast, the whole fridge things seems plausible.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 22, 2012 3:20 PM PST up reply actions
I think it was the old War of the Worlds movie where they set off a nuclear bomb several hundred yards away from the sandbagged bunker they were all sitting in.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 22, 2012 3:21 PM PST up reply actions
the Tom Cruise War of the World
was pretty good.
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The news is out
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 22, 2012 2:59 PM PST up reply actions
the closet is outed
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Autocorrect messed up your lyrics something bad.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 22, 2012 3:04 PM PST up reply actions
Nah
that’s all me…on the computer
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They finally found me.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 22, 2012 3:04 PM PST up reply actions
The renegade who had it made
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by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 22, 2012 3:07 PM PST up reply actions
Retrieved for a bounty.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 22, 2012 3:13 PM PST up reply actions
I know this song from having listened to it on vinyl, but it’s all right because I was 12, it was the ‘70s, and I DIDN’T KNOW ANY BETTER.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 22, 2012 3:44 PM PST up reply actions
I learned it from its use in an awesome episode of Supernatural
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by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 22, 2012 3:48 PM PST up reply actions
Ah, nice. I just caught up.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Feb 22, 2012 3:52 PM PST up reply actions
I remember one day sitting down with a lyrics page to learn it by heart.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 22, 2012 3:52 PM PST up reply actions
Just some dates:
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Saturday, March 3 vs. Arizona 12:05 PM KNBR 680
Monday, March 5 vs. Milwaukee 6:35 PM CSN-BA MLB.com
Saturday, April 7 @Arizona 1:10 PM FOX
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by CalBear949 on Feb 22, 2012 2:59 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I have the ST schedule on my wall at work.
Looking forward to those KNBR afternoons.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Feb 22, 2012 3:07 PM PST up reply actions
Thanks for reminding I won't get the April 7th game.
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by mrs. owlcroft on Feb 22, 2012 3:22 PM PST up reply actions
You’re near Seattle, right? So you would get Royals-Angels.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I hate Fox.
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by mrs. owlcroft on Feb 22, 2012 7:10 PM PST up reply actions
How can you hate Joe Buck
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must've opened up a can of worms on this one...
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Eh... i didn't say i "liked" him
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Raging since 2009
so you either hate or like? there's no in between?
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DAMN! well, if i had to choose... i'd listen to radio over that any day
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This is the internet
Pick a side or GTFO!
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Proud father of the man in charge of taking your hard-earned cash.
I must say, his Twitter has made me like him much more.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
This is definitely true
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I’ll say this. He wasn’t as bad when he was teamed with Francona.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Buck is awful with McCarver and Aikman
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
To be fair, McCarver and Aikman are terrible.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 22, 2012 7:34 PM PST up reply actions
Here’s a nearly impossible question: who’s worse?
I say McCarver, but I had to think about it for a while.
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by free f.p. #14 on Feb 22, 2012 7:37 PM PST up reply actions
Subjectively, probably McCarver. Based on my personal bias, Aikman.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 22, 2012 7:38 PM PST up reply actions
McCarver by a mile. Amazing they put him in the broadcasters wing of the baseball hall of fame this year.
McCarver barely knows what even he's talking about
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Raging since 2009
Thinking about it too hard is probably bad for your health.
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I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Matt Cain invented spring
Before Matt Cain, we had to endure two winters and then roll right into summer.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 22, 2012 2:58 PM PST reply actions
I like this spring because...
I just heard back from my first grad school – accepted!
UNM
by KnightOfCydonia on Feb 22, 2012 3:07 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Yay! Congrats
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by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 22, 2012 3:08 PM PST up reply actions
Congrats
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 22, 2012 3:08 PM PST up reply actions
Hell yeah!
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Woohoo!
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
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by Murray, Present on Feb 22, 2012 3:11 PM PST up reply actions
HELL YEA! CONGRATS!
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T/F?
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2) I like My imagination crushed to dust.
3) I enjoy being a professor’s slave.
4) My idea of a good time is using jargon and citing authorities
5) I feel a deep need to continue the process of avoiding life.
If you answered T to any or all of these, Congrats!
GRAD SCHOOL IS FOR YOU!
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by The Gene Hackman on Feb 23, 2012 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
I used to eat steaks well-done but have moved to medium. I don’t think I can handle rare.
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I’m pretty sure most kids eat steaks well-done. It’s like ketchup on hot dogs.
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Ketchup on hot dogs has never stopped being good.
I don’t think kids eat steaks well-done specifically. I think they eat beef well-done, and sometimes transfer that to steaks. Fast food generation.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 22, 2012 3:17 PM PST up reply actions
I’m on the deli mustard/relish camp.
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Mustard and relish can go on there too.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 22, 2012 3:18 PM PST up reply actions
ketchup on a hot dog is an abomination agains all of mankind
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
And a delicious one, at that.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 22, 2012 3:22 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve never understood how defensive people get with hot dogs.
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by troymccluresf on Feb 22, 2012 3:27 PM PST up reply actions
Ha! try doing that in Italy.
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with REAL ITALIANS
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
This is what I'm saying.
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deli mustard, chopped onions and sauerkraut
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Nathan's Hebrew National!
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This is correct. Again! You’re on a roll today.
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by free f.p. #14 on Feb 22, 2012 3:30 PM PST up reply actions
ICWYDT
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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
LOL. Completely unintentional. I wish I had thought of that.
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by free f.p. #14 on Feb 22, 2012 3:31 PM PST up reply actions
Everything available to you.
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If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
ew
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"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 22, 2012 4:25 PM PST up reply actions
Done and done.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 22, 2012 3:31 PM PST up reply actions
I mean, if that’s what it takes to get ketchup on my hot dog, no problem.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 22, 2012 3:32 PM PST up reply actions
I thought ketchup on a hot dog was pretty universally accepted as normal?
Except for me weird friend who doesn’t like ketchup.
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"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 22, 2012 4:26 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I like ketchup on my hot dog and nothing else.
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by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 22, 2012 4:27 PM PST up reply actions
Ketchup is a VEGETABLE!!
No relation to Matt Cain...
by Caine Black Knife on Feb 26, 2012 3:51 AM PST up reply actions
Is kids eating beef well-done really a thing? The kids I was around as a kid (that is my siblings and I) prefered to eat steaks medium-rare.
Bye Travis and thanks for 2010! Good luck with the Brewers!
Llama me JESUS!! VROOMING to second base somewhere near you.
most kids don't care for blood with their meat.
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I mean, who says? I just ate what my parents cooked and ordered in the style they ordered. I’m betting most kids just do this.
Bye Travis and thanks for 2010! Good luck with the Brewers!
Llama me JESUS!! VROOMING to second base somewhere near you.
Yeah…my daughter does not proscribed to this theory.
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term use fail
prescribe
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I’d probably be happy to eat a steak raw if I trusted the source.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 22, 2012 3:15 PM PST up reply actions
But do you eat cake that is cooked medium?
Frank Robinson, a Giant among managers
by mrs. owlcroft on Feb 22, 2012 3:23 PM PST up reply actions
my uncle cooks them that way
i hate 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.
medium rare.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 22, 2012 3:11 PM 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 22, 2012 3:42 PM PST up reply actions
Why do news people expect us to care about this stuff?
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Because people who have their steaks cooked well done should be thrown into jail for crimes against good taste.
No.
It does not fucking matter. Does. Not.
Lebron could do whatever he wants to his steaks short of soaking them in the blood of the innocent, and I would not give a damn.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Some people like Beef Jerkies
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
You pay extra for that
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 22, 2012 3:21 PM PST up reply actions
This comment is well done
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
That someone got paid for “leaking” this story is a far greater embarrassment to Western culture.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
THE WORLD MUST KNOW WHAT KIND OF PERSON THEY ARE WATCHING PLAY BASKETBALL AND WE FOUND OUT TODAY IT’S SOMEONE WITH TERRIBLE TASTE. THAT’S IMPORTANT!
Many athletes have terrible taste. Just look how many Ed Hardy / Affliction tshirts they wear
Adopted parent of Chris Stewart. Hey, at least he isn't Eli Whiteside or Bengie Molina!
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 22, 2012 3:25 PM PST up reply actions
How could you do this to me Jumbo?!
I only take comfort from the fact that this picture was from several years ago. I chose to believe he has learned the error of his ways.
Adopted parent of Chris Stewart. Hey, at least he isn't Eli Whiteside or Bengie Molina!
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 22, 2012 3:34 PM PST up reply actions
I have pictures of myself with both Jeff Keppinger and Mike Fontenot. They are both wearing Affliction t-shirts in the pictures.
@legaleagle88
I'm not crazy. My mother had me tested.
Adopted Giant: Chris Heston
Right, and they would have politely answered me, I’m sure.
@legaleagle88
I'm not crazy. My mother had me tested.
Adopted Giant: Chris Heston
LOL.
My theory: They are expensive t shirts so it is probably a particularly comfortable kind of status symbol. Like a woman having a Louis Vuitton bag.
Adopted parent of Chris Stewart. Hey, at least he isn't Eli Whiteside or Bengie Molina!
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 22, 2012 4:13 PM PST up reply actions
I always assumed that, as well. A lot of ballplayers wear that crap.
@legaleagle88
I'm not crazy. My mother had me tested.
Adopted Giant: Chris Heston
So that blood of the innocent thing is faux pas again? Man, I need to keep up.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 22, 2012 3:18 PM PST up reply actions
I wonder how Kobe likes his beef
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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
some serious beef there
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
He’s named after beef.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 22, 2012 3:20 PM PST up reply actions
Ironically, I’ll bet he prefers Kyoto beef.
by non sequitur on Feb 22, 2012 3:20 PM PST up reply actions
I like my burgers well done and my steaks medium-rare
Adopted parent of Chris Stewart. Hey, at least he isn't Eli Whiteside or Bengie Molina!
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 22, 2012 3:14 PM PST up reply actions
*
Rare to medium-rare.
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.
This is correct.
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by free f.p. #14 on Feb 22, 2012 3:16 PM PST up reply actions
I had a buddy who worked at a steak house in Texas. A good ol’ boy came in one night and ordered a steak, saying “Just cut off its horns, wipe its ass, and put it on the plate.”
This story may well be apocryphal, but I like it anyway.
Also, I just found out I had no idea how to spell “apocryphal” and that’s a true story.
Pablo's not fat. He's just got body.
by LeMasterBlaster on Feb 22, 2012 5:38 PM PST up reply actions
LeBron: Steak. Well-done.
ROBIN WAITER: Which? There’s the Man of Beef, there’s the—
LeBron: Steak. Well-done.
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
none of you nerds get 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
Steak: rare
Hot Dogs/Sausages: no ketchup or mayo…ever
Fries: ketchup or gravy
Pie: Not cake
Women: Crazy
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive father of Enmanuel de Jesus.
Women: Crazy
Crazy women are fine until they set your shoes on fire in the bathtub which eventually leads to your entire house burning down.
Somewhere, Andre Rison is nodding.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
Golden Gate Beer Bars | Tweetybox
by troymccluresf on Feb 22, 2012 4:08 PM PST up reply actions
Rare is the correct way to cook a steak
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
Spring
Rolls!
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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
Hell yeah!
Wheelin' it big in the outer outfield.
by rightcenterfielder on Feb 22, 2012 3:14 PM PST up reply actions
I am happy that Buster Posey is hitting baseballs very hard.
I would like my favorite baseball squadron to be more victorious than it was in 2011 and surpass the number of wins the teams in its division earns in 2012. Good things, please!
Eli Manning to Manningham!
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
LOL Patriots
Can't spell "Colletti" without LOL.
oh what i would pay for a gif of that batting practice homerun…
Never in doubt.
by TimLincecumIsGod on Feb 22, 2012 3:19 PM PST reply actions
Ostensibly,
“(Expletive).”
— Gardenhire, when asked by a reporter what his thoughts where when the Tigers signed Prince Fielder.
by Hyoton on Feb 22, 2012 3:28 PM PST reply actions 3 recs
LMAO
That is funny. M&M even 100% just became the second best 3-4 combo in division.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 22, 2012 5:57 PM PST up reply actions
Quiznos apparently has lobster and seafood salad
This is terrifying to me.
The first six innings are overrated.
Probably heavy on the 'seafood'
Mmm… simulated lobster
Wheelin' it big in the outer outfield.
by rightcenterfielder on Feb 22, 2012 3:37 PM PST up reply actions
I seem to recall
that McDonalds in Maine and Nova Scotia had McLobster Rolls on the menu but I never wanted to try one.
Joan Gregorio is six foot seven and can throw a ball really hard -
it's probably best not to make fun of him for being named Joan.
by crazedcrustacean on Feb 22, 2012 3:52 PM PST up reply actions
Does McC sponser any B-R pages?
Like, as a community? Because, if someone would be interested in organizing a Pay-Pal/community fund, Duane Kuiper’s page is available for sponsoring for $90.
If we really wanted to go crazy, Bobby Thompson’s is available for $95.
Follow me on Twitter
My boy Shawn Payne takes his walks and his VROOM to Augusta this season.
Good call. I’d be down.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Feb 22, 2012 3:36 PM PST up reply actions
Bonds’s is available for merely $1,055!
Follow me on Twitter
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by free f.p. #14 on Feb 22, 2012 3:38 PM PST up reply actions
Readers? Absolutely
Posters? I don’t think so. At least not regularly.
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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
Is Zito sponsored for $109
Because he should be.
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
I keep saying I need to sponsor my adoptees page and then I forget to do it.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Oh, well, off the hook somebody already done did it
The Lounge at Baseball Think Factory sponsor(s) this page.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I could sponsor my adopted son for $35. But I don’t think I will. I am a terrible parent
Adopted parent of Chris Stewart. Hey, at least he isn't Eli Whiteside or Bengie Molina!
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 22, 2012 3:46 PM PST up reply actions
I’ll sponsor him if you give me weekend custody!
by Random Giants Fan on Feb 23, 2012 9:39 AM PST up reply actions
I say we all get together and spend our money to advertise Grant's website
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Waiting for Boof?
I don’t think that’s really a viable website anymore.
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
Now that's interesting
Kevin Goldstein @Kevin_Goldstein Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
Back in 2006, a team told me they wanted to draft Lincecum and make him a 160+ inning reliever a la Gossage/Marshall. Still love the idea.
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My boy Shawn Payne takes his walks and his VROOM to Augusta this season.
Dusty Baker, is that you?
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
I'd rather he throw, like, 200+ innings
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I agree
I just thought it was interesting.
Follow me on Twitter
My boy Shawn Payne takes his walks and his VROOM to Augusta this season.
by free f.p. #14 on Feb 22, 2012 3:52 PM PST up reply actions
Mike Marshall
actually threw over 200 innings in relief one season.
Joan Gregorio is six foot seven and can throw a ball really hard -
it's probably best not to make fun of him for being named Joan.
by crazedcrustacean on Feb 22, 2012 3:54 PM PST up reply actions
dumb
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 22, 2012 3:52 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t get why he still loves the idea now that Timmy is a proven starter
Adopted parent of Chris Stewart. Hey, at least he isn't Eli Whiteside or Bengie Molina!
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 22, 2012 3:52 PM PST up reply actions
May be more the idea of that type of role making a comeback in general rather than how Lincecum is specifically utilized.
by non sequitur on Feb 22, 2012 3:57 PM PST up reply actions
Yep
Kevin Goldstein @Kevin_Goldstein Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
@hangingsliders Both, but there is some romanticizing going on. Just would love to see some team do it with someone. He was ideal candidate.
Wendy Thurm (@hangingsliders) asked if he liked it from here on forward, or back then.
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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 22, 2012 3:58 PM PST up reply actions
Little League
First game of the season next Tuesday…..
Go (little) Giants!
It probably looked something like this
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=13856697&c_id=mlb
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
Tejada and Rowand there to give him love afterwards.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Feb 22, 2012 3:53 PM PST up reply actions
Baseball America
Giants C Tommy Joseph was No. 100 until Yoenis Cespedes signed.
I encourage you to check out Fish Stripes, Catch-28 and my twitter.
Go draft your adopted Giant!
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by free f.p. #14 on Feb 22, 2012 3:58 PM PST up reply actions
I’m abstaining from the draft. Hopefully I’m higher in the pool next year and can get a recent draftee I like. :(
I encourage you to check out Fish Stripes, Catch-28 and my twitter.
So, is a ToJo invading Cuba joke out of line here?
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 22, 2012 3:59 PM PST up reply actions
I really want to be excited about Cespedes' potential
But then I remember a player his age (even the “age” he’s provided) putting up his kind of numbers against AA to AAA level talent isn’t completely groundbreaking.
The first six innings are overrated.
Hey
you were thrown into the secondary pool for the prospect draft!
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
Anyone seen this yet?
http://espn.go.com/espn/commentary/story/_/id/7602812/bruce-bochy-rules-buster-posey-solve-problem
I'm a failure. I can't even fake the death of a stripper.
-GOB Bluth
Dumbest defense ever
For a catcher, blocking the plate is instinctual. It’s also extremely risky, and catchers know it. It’s great theater, too, guaranteed to make the “SportsCenter” Top Ten. And if it’s really good, well, there probably isn’t a fan or player who hasn’t seen Pete Rose dive-bombing Cleveland catcher Ray Fosse at the 1970 All-Star Game. Yes, the All-Star Game. Fosse suffered a broken collarbone, and many say he was never the same.
Yeah…who cares about concussions. Haven’t been a problem in football or hockey!
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
So very dumb
What next? Should managers tell their best fielders to pull up before crashing into a wall to make a catch?
Yes.
Do we tell runners not to barrel into second base to break up the double play?
Yes.
Better yet, should New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi say to Derek Jeter, “Hey, Cap, forget about turning two at the bag. Guys coming in hard at you, cleats up. Nah, fuhgedaboutit.”
That’s covered by the telling runners not to barrel into second base to break up the double play. But hey, fun colloquialism!
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
by GiantPain on Feb 22, 2012 4:09 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
read to the end..
It’s time to retire the medal. Just as the NFL has changed its rules to protect quarterbacks — some say so much that QBs should wear tutus Major League Baseball should ban home-plate collisions. Under no circumstances should they be allowed. No matter what.
I'm a failure. I can't even fake the death of a stripper.
-GOB Bluth
To be fair, spiking middle infielders is super fun.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Also you never actually seriously injure anyone because everyone jumps out of the way.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
The fear in their eyes is rewarding.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 22, 2012 7:18 PM PST up reply actions
It really is
I hate middle infielders.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
/single tear
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
Proud father of the man in charge of taking your hard-earned cash.
MAYBE IF YOU ALL HADN’T DROPPED SO MANY OF MY THROWS DOWN TO SECOND THINGS WOULD BE DIFFERENT
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 22, 2012 7:29 PM PST up reply actions
When I played 2nd I’d just show off my Blake Griffin skills.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 22, 2012 7:39 PM PST up reply actions
He does make a fair point at the end
Moreover, consider this: Posey wasn’t even blocking the plate, something he has long maintained. He was mostly in front of the plate, and he initially even slid to his right, pulling his left leg away from the plate, toward the throw.
Certainly on the field, decisions are made in less than an instant. In viewing video of the play several times, it looks as if Cousins would have been safe had he slid — even had Posey caught the ball. Of course Cousins didn’t know that at the time, and he hasn’t revealed how his brain was processing all the options as he sprinted down the third-base line. Yet a discerning eye suggests that the word “slide” was not even pondered. (Cousins later apologized for the hit.)
So even if he had been playing by Bochy’s new rules, Posey might have been hurt anyway. By contrast, if there had been a rule against collisions, Cousins would have approached the plate differently, and Posey likely would have played out 2011.
But that is a separate issue from whether home plate collisions should be banned, which they should be.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
by GiantPain on Feb 22, 2012 4:13 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Posey's footwork was bad.
Other than Cousins going for the tackle, poor footwork is what got Posey hurt.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Yes, if you remove from the equation the human throwing his body at Buster Posey, Buster Posey would’ve still hurt himself with his poor footwork.
I had a catapult aimed right at ’em just in case.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
trebuchet?
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
he does look rather hitterish
but that means nothing
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Well, he does say
The discussion went nowhere.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Feb 22, 2012 4:13 PM PST up reply actions
Bad writing, worse editing. As usual.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
so who will be baseball’s tebow/lin in 2012.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
brett pill
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 old roommate is in this line.. I groan. He says Pill is better than belt because he hit dingers in his first game and is clearly better adjusted to the majors..
I'm a failure. I can't even fake the death of a stripper.
-GOB Bluth
Just like Crawford!
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Feb 22, 2012 5:17 PM PST up reply actions
i forgot about that guy
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.
BRETT PILL
Or Justin Christian
I'm just a simple Niners fan trying to make my way in the universe.
by Tim Lincecum's Bong on Feb 22, 2012 4:16 PM PST up reply actions
Hopefully some Pagan
Bye Travis and thanks for 2010! Good luck with the Brewers!
Llama me JESUS!! VROOMING to second base somewhere near you.
It’s got to be from a media market/fanbase that has a national presence. I think the Broncos still fit this description. Of course, the Knicks certainly do. We must forget about all non-Dodgers west coast teams because nobody in the national sports media gives two shits about those teams… I guess that leaves the south (Atlanta, Miami, Tampa Bay — Sam Fuld was starting to get some Tebow/Lin shine on him last season) and, what, Pittsburgh or Philadelphia?
Also, baseball usually has multiple Tebows every year, as the media jumps on ever amazing small sample size success story.
Baseball already has its Tebow in Jack Morris.
Jeremy Lin, I have no clue.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Jack Morris is no Tebow.
He might be ridiculously under-qualified for Hall of Fame talk, but he had a very solid career. For his era, his stats are pretty solid and he got 57 fWAR over his career. Tebow’s just bad.
I'm just a simple sports fan trying to make my way in the universe.
Proud adoptive father of perhaps the best long reliever/7th starter in the MLB, Guillermo Mota.
by Tim Lincecum's Bong on Feb 22, 2012 4:30 PM PST up reply actions
Career ERA+ of 105.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
HE BEAT THE BRAVES THAT ONE TIME 1-0
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
105 is above average
Tebow is… well… not.
I'm just a simple sports fan trying to make my way in the universe.
Proud adoptive father of perhaps the best long reliever/7th starter in the MLB, Guillermo Mota.
by Tim Lincecum's Bong on Feb 22, 2012 4:42 PM PST up reply actions
Tim Tebow will be a hall of fame fullback
you just wait.
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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
Baseball already has one
Plus Range, Plus Plus arm centerfielder
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
Why does he have to be a Red Sock?
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Feb 22, 2012 6:40 PM PST up reply actions
Brandon Crawford @bcraw35
Heading to the @Warriors game with J Williams and Manny B. Supporting the hometown team. Do it big @StephenCurry30. #BayAreaSports
Retweeted by Andrew Baggarly
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.
JACKS??
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.
There really isn’t enough outcry over Whiteside and Stewart blocking Jax as our backup catcher.
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 22, 2012 4:41 PM PST up reply actions
Brandon Crawford, hanging out with fucking terrible 1st round supplemental picks.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
And Mike Stanton was drafted 76th!
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.
That was the most disappointing thing ever
That supplemental pick was for losing Mike Stanton.
The Giants could have drafted Mike Stanton as compensation for Mike Stanton.
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
I am still soooo upset over this.
Also, I just read that Mike Trout was the 29th pick in 2009. Curious, I looked that draft up to see what the Giants did. Zack Wheeler. I had a sad, all over again.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Feb 22, 2012 6:10 PM PST up reply actions
Eh
The Giants had 6 picks that year in the first & supplemental rounds. Jax, IIRC, was one of the cheaper ones they had to grab to fit into their draft budget.
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
Proud father of the man in charge of taking your hard-earned cash.
I wonder if they look up to him now that he is a starter for a major league team
Adopted parent of Chris Stewart. Hey, at least he isn't Eli Whiteside or Bengie Molina!
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 22, 2012 4:44 PM PST up reply actions
There was someone who said that during the AFL…something like “Crawford has major league experience so I was getting advice from him”
“Be sure to be the only option for your position and be on a team that will only trade for even worse players at your position”
Adopted parent of Chris Stewart. Hey, at least he isn't Eli Whiteside or Bengie Molina!
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 22, 2012 4:48 PM PST up reply actions
I found the article!
Guess which prospect was getting advice from Big Leaguer Brandon Crawford.
It's
“I definitely am maturing,” [Bryce] Harper explained. "I’m trying to learn from the older guys like [Brandon] Crawford and that has been huge. I’m learning when to run and not to run, I’m learning to see better pitches and I’m busting my butt every day.
burris gotta go
to the warriors game
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Can we leave him there?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I second this
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Speaking of well done steak
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Or get tofu. MT @tyduffy: If you’re going to order your steak well done, you might as well have it precut and wash it down with an Appletini
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More!
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No. It’s like dancing on the cow’s grave. RT @jonf1220: @keithlaw Is there any point in ordering a steak well done?
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There might be a point if you are overseas and have questions about the sanitiariness of the meat
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by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 22, 2012 4:47 PM PST up reply actions
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I like my steak well done. But then again, I don’t really like steak.
The Giants finally won the World Series. Now what?
by jordanovich on Feb 22, 2012 4:56 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Woh
@Kevin_Goldstein: Back in 2006, a team told me they wanted to draft Lincecum, make him a 160+ inning reliever a la Gossage/Marshall
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BREAKING
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
Bah
I blame Jonah Keri for just no RTing it
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.
Breaking ^
Adopted parent of Chris Stewart. Hey, at least he isn't Eli Whiteside or Bengie Molina!
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 22, 2012 4:49 PM PST up reply actions
Supercollider? I just met 'er.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
BOOM
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RT @JGallagher24: By “it”, does he mean the 4th inning? RT @AlexPavlovic: Jonathan Sanchez: “It was my time to move on”
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
This is the year he becomes Randy Johnson
I totally feel it this time, guys.
The first six innings are overrated.
His fastball velocity averaged under 90 mph last season, so that’s good news.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 22, 2012 5:42 PM PST up reply actions
That’s pretty good for a guy Randy’s age.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 22, 2012 5:43 PM PST up reply actions
LOL
These seated debates are so silly
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And Mitt Romney just butchered a Seinfeld quote
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.
poor awkward robot man.
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 ‘crash is talking about him when he’s complaining about Dracula, but I’m not sure because, you know, ’crash.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 22, 2012 5:15 PM PST up reply actions
He got cut off by applause
And he said something like “Like George Costanza would say, when they’e applauding stop”
I assume he was going for: “I knew I had hit my high note so I thanked the crowd and I was gone.”
Same gist I guess
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.
Yeah
Despite that being a terrible paraphrase, he actually got the spirit of it… I expect my politicians to be old and out of touch, so that’s actually pretty good when graded against the curve.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Feb 22, 2012 6:13 PM PST up reply actions
“These pretzels are, uh, causing me to crave liquid!”
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
“That’s not to say that there is any sort of problem with the thing we are discussing.”
The first six innings are overrated.
Is Rick Santorum IN THIS THING!?
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 22, 2012 5:29 PM PST up reply actions
WIN NOW!
(Note: This is not actually an endorsement of Rick Santorum. Rather, it is a hilarious reference to that one season when the Giants really didn’t have a chance to win, but thought they did. Hilarity and numerous memorable images on this site ensued. Look it up, newbs.)
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Feb 22, 2012 6:14 PM PST up reply actions
This is the only thing that seems to matter this GOP election season, so it's interesting news:
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2012/02/romney-fundraising-shows-weaknesses/1#.T0WXsXkk6nA
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 22, 2012 5:37 PM PST up reply actions
So I hear a team wanted to draft Lincecum and make him a 160+ inning reliever.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Clubhouse Confidential thinks Ichiro can bounce back next season
His infield hit total dropped from 59 in 2010 to 38 last season. That equals the drop in total hits.
I looked on Fangraphs and it says his LD% was actually 2 points lower in 2010. His speed score last season was higher than the previous two seasons.
The Seattle Mariners are moving him to the third spot in the order for the first time.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
Baggs article on Crawford
The Giants do not believe they will be screwed at such a critical position. Although they seldom hand jobs to players with such a short track record, Crawford is not trying to win a place this spring. Manager Bruce Bochy reiterated that the 25-year-old needs no audition to claim an everyday role in the next six weeks.
"We plan on putting him out there on Opening Day," Bochy told me. "Spring training, for the most part, is the time to prepare for the season. It does play a role in some decisions and it doesn’t mean you don’t change, but we plan on Brandon being our shortstop."
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.
Interesting choice of words:
The Giants do not believe they will be screwed at such a critical position. Although they seldom hand jobs to players
Also, LOL Belt
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 22, 2012 5:34 PM PST up reply actions
Is it wrong that even though I do think relying on Crawford as the everyday guy at short this year isn’t smart, I will probably never let it go (and never let certain people forget it) if he does turn out to be acceptably productive at the plate? And that I will never bring it up if he turns out to be wholly inadequate?
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 22, 2012 5:36 PM PST up reply actions
I think they'll be plenty of people squawking if he sucks
And plenty of people squawking if he’s halfway decent
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.
I’m standing by it.
I accept that based on his numbers this is not a warranted belief.
That’s cool with me.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
I am unabashedly rooting for him to do well, and I think it’s definitely possible he will be merely an unproductive hitter and not the utter disaster he is made out to be. But I, like you, accept that this is not supported by the numbers.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 22, 2012 6:13 PM PST up reply actions
It’s still a dumb decision based on what he’s done up to this point in his baseball career.
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
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I don’t know that it’s as cut and dried as all that when looking at the totality of his development (injuries, playing hopscotch with the minor league system), but yeah.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 22, 2012 6:15 PM PST up reply actions
To me it’s to the point where I think the eyes of the scouts see something in him that he can adjust to this level. I hope for our sake they’re proven right. But I’m expecting us to see Ryan Theriot: Starting SS by May.
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
Proud father of the man in charge of taking your hard-earned cash.
I thought the stuff in the article about getting his hands higher was interesting.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
I didn’t like the #8 hitter ideology that it’s protecting him. Sometimes that guy is forced to swing at crap with runners on base because he’s getting pitched around. How many fastballs is Crawford going to see there? Throwing a young player there isn’t helping him (I may have pulled that out of my ass).
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
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Which article is that?
Do you have a link? I’ve been saying he should lift his hands since he first got called up.
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It’s in the article linked to by the OP.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 22, 2012 7:20 PM PST up reply actions
Aye.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Who?
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
Proud father of the man in charge of taking your hard-earned cash.
Mike Fontenot
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I'm just glad they're not relying on some washed up old useless dude like Tejada or Cabrera.
It’s refreshing to see all these players in their 20s on the Giants.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
He'll last at least until Freddy starts playing.
Actually, I’m really rooting for him because I want to see that glove.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
If Crawford sucks
I’ll be quiet. Or at least try.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
You'd totally be entitled to be a dick about it.
If he doesn’t suck, you know people will be all over you (including me).
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
I don’t get why “I told you so” has been deemed to be necessary on either side of this discussion.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
No fucking way
"Most decisions get made by time and space.." Brian Sabean
I feel like he’ll be a bit better than last year, but I find it odd that he’s the sole youngster the Giants have ever had faith in.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 22, 2012 7:42 PM PST up reply actions
They should just give him the starting SS job. It will be his to lose if it happens
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- SF 49ers Football 2011-2012 = *sigh* Home of the 5.5 Super Bowl Champs ( Aaron Rodgers should of been a Niner)
- WHO'S GOT IT BETTER THAN US??? The ny giants sadly =(
- A fan of the Warriors and Lakers.
This is why the Giants are stupid
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 22, 2012 8:04 PM PST up reply actions
Reason #124
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I’m gonna live-blog tonight’s Rock Center. Starting…now.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
I think he’s talking about Rock Center
Pedro Feliz.
also, proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
That would titled “My shitty movie”
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Poor Nick Cage’s agent
Adopted parent of Chris Stewart. Hey, at least he isn't Eli Whiteside or Bengie Molina!
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 22, 2012 6:13 PM PST up reply actions
It's funny to see how bad TGS is, but that's the sort of thing that works best as a cutaway gag
Plus Liz’s life is really interesting.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Only the best NBC newsmagazine that airs Wednesdays at 9:00/8:00 Central.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
Well, there it is, then. De-friendings all around.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
I will not watch Nightline. There’s your fluff right there.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
no doubt. it is horrible unless there’s some major world event that requires actual news reporting
Pedro Feliz.
also, proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
history nerd hypothetical
if you could hear one famous historical orator give oratory, who would it be? which speech would you choose to hear?
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Not what you are asking… but we heard Jesse Jackson speak live once. He was a remarkable speaker.
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TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I saw Jesse Jackson speak too- in college in ‘88 when he was running. Don’t remember much of it. Obama’s speech at the 2004 convention, the one that made him famous, is easily the best speech I’ve ever seen or heard. I think I almost cried at that moment
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 22, 2012 7:51 PM PST up reply actions
his one after Tuscon is a speech I watch fairly often
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-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
he's gotta be doing something right
that’s pretty cool. I’d still go with Julius Caesar or something
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Man, he was such a good speaker everybody killed him
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 22, 2012 7:53 PM PST up reply actions
That’s definitely a contender for me. But, you know, with Lincoln.
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-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Good question. I guess I’d like to hear Lincoln deliver either the Cooper Union address or his second inaugural address.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
I read the Cooper Union transcript just yesterday
He killed that one.
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-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Cow Palace, July 1964
Luckily, there’s video. Woulda liked to be there.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Apart from my Republican fever dreams, though
Honestly: Malcolm X.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
That would be something.
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 22, 2012 8:05 PM PST up reply actions
That Jesus guy was supposed to be a pretty good speechmaker. He had that one about how blessed are the cheesemakers that people seem to like
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 22, 2012 8:05 PM PST up reply actions
Hard to hear back then. That may be a misquote.
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The beaks shall inhereit the earth
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 22, 2012 8:13 PM PST up reply actions
That was Dinosaur Jesus.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 22, 2012 8:14 PM PST up reply actions
That'd be very interesting
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Well, now. That’s not a very fair attitude.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
I’ve always found it totally weird that the Republicans held two conventions at the Cow Palace in eight years. I would have even voted Republican in 1956.
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C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
You knew this was coming
Today covered both. Dave Garroway and Jack Lescoulie anchored the ’56 convention, the first time Today originated in San Francisco. I believe newscaster Frank Blair was also there, scoring a difficult interview with Richard Nixon and turning it around in time to be broadcast for the East Coast at 4:10 a.m. Pacific.
And in July 1964, Hugh Downs, Lescoulie, and Today Girl Maureen O’Sullivan went back for that year’s convention.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
Where do you find this information?
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
What about one of those historical dudes, like Patrick Henry or somebody?
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I would have loved to see Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declare for independence in 1971 at the racetrack in Dhaka.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Nice hypothetical
It’d be cliche, but I’d want to see Cicero in action. Probably one of his Catilinian orations, but his opening speech for Verres’ trial would have been great.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
Yes on item the first, no on the second.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
Also Williams hosted the very first NASCAR race on NBC in the late 90’s.
/NASCAR is my secret pleasure.
Very cool, have you ever been to a racing event?
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
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Ever been to an F-1 race?
still want to make it out to Sonoma for that even
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
Probably one of my favorite events to ever attend
was an F-1 event… Indy 500 was amazing, even though you couldn’t see much, never really had an appreciation for NASCAR or F-1 until i went to a race
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NASCAR is one of those sports I found out you’ll never really like until you go to the event. It’s spectacular in person, especially if you’re on the infield.
As much as I like to mock it, I’d love one day to go because I bet it’ll be a lot of fun to see it in person. A friend went to the Indy 500 once and described it as a 24 hour keg party
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 22, 2012 7:57 PM PST up reply actions
If you go to a NASCAR race, try to go to the race in Vegas. The Sonoma race is fun, but someone new to a race might not be able to see everything at that track because it’s a road course. And the Fontana track sucks for racing.
So the one in Sonoma it’s best to sit up in the stands or is that the only place to sit?
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ah, so you're basically staring at the video board the whole time
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Now i see why you’re saying the Vegas event would be more awesome. But i do suggest you check out the Indy 500, it’s more than worth it
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I’ve been to that track, but didn’t see the race.
Which this reminds me, I liked Churchill Downs more than the Louisville Slugger factory while I was in Louisville. I feel dirty for feeling that way, but Churchill Downs is a venue everyone should see.
To be honest, as a whole, Indy is a verrrrry nice city.
Churchill Downs was pretty fun, went there to see the Breaders Cup there, sooooo much fun, and it really is a sight people should see.
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well.... yea it pretty much was
we tried to bring in a few ice boxes of beer, they wouldn’t let us, so we literally got a HUGE trash bag and filled it with beer.
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No doubt, the infield was by far the best experience for that. So much fun, plus during a crash you rarely ever see it, since you get maybe like a 2 second window of seeing each car then they’re gone. But yes, it is a MUST see in person and in the infield
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still dubious that Williams is a big NASCAR fan. Think it’s all part of his “I’m cool….hip…a man of the people act….”
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 22, 2012 7:52 PM PST up reply actions
I’m not dubious. I’ve heard him talk about Tim Richmond once and I was convinced that he truly does love NASCAR.
still don’t trust him. He’s just too….too…much of a perfect news anchor
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 22, 2012 7:55 PM PST up reply actions
I’m at a special lecture by Ilan Pappe’.
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 22, 2012 6:10 PM PST reply actions
It's the Dodgers' turn to panic
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Ace epidemic! RT @dylanohernandez: Kershaw’s bullpen pushed back because of mild back stiffness. Precautionary.
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oh my, I’m sure you all already saw this, I’m just seeing this now:
Actor Daniel Von Bargen has been hospitalized in Ohio after shooting himself in the head. The 61 year old, who played Mr. Kruger on the hit TV sitcom "Seinfeld" attempted suicide on Monday.
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I saw that. My first thought was, he’s only 61 now? That means he was somewhere in his late 40s during his Seinfeld appearances. He seemed a lot older.
by non sequitur on Feb 22, 2012 6:41 PM PST up reply actions
That's so depresssing, damn :(
hope he gets through this
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I hope while he's in the hospital they check that mole for cancer
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Feb 22, 2012 8:26 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Wow
Mike Silver’s twitter page is down.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
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by CalBear949 on Feb 22, 2012 6:23 PM PST via Android app reply actions
HOLY SHIT
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 22, 2012 6:32 PM PST up reply actions
Who is Mike Silver and why is that important?
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Would you think less of me if I admitted that I didn’t know?
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 22, 2012 6:38 PM PST up reply actions
would you still love me tomorrow?
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 22, 2012 6:46 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
He is a writer for Yahoo
who covers the NFL
He wrote a not so nice article about Tebow in GQ
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
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by CalBear949 on Feb 22, 2012 6:42 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
OK, so now answer the second question.
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 22, 2012 6:43 PM PST up reply actions
Jesus shut it down
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.
Tebow fans unite!
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by CalBear949 on Feb 22, 2012 6:46 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
I'M RIGHT HERE
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
but Rock Center!!!???
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by CalBear949 on Feb 22, 2012 6:47 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
What the heck happened again? he wrote an article for GQ on Tebow?
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yeah
it wasn’t that bad. Pretty honest
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by CalBear949 on Feb 22, 2012 9:24 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
i'll have to check that out later
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Squeee!
There are ones for Peggy, Joan and Betty, too.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
I can't believe they thought Johnnie Walker Red would impress the Japanese
At least give them the Black.
Also, I watched the episode of Firefly that Christina Hendricks guest starred in, and she looked completely different. As Joan, she seemingly towers over everyone, but as Saffron, she played a very small and meek role.
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
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by Murray, Present on Feb 22, 2012 6:52 PM PST up reply actions
They've made Pete somewhat likeable now
In the whole “he may be a weasel, but he’s our weasel and he won’t bite us” type of way.
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
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I like Pete when he's maximum weasel.
Dumbed down Pete needs to go.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
He needs to kill Ken with his bare hands.
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No way. Ken could totally take Pete.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
Ever since LA Noire, I can’t look at Ken the same way.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
He’s not dumbed down. He’s COMPLEX.
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
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by Murray, Present on Feb 22, 2012 6:59 PM PST up reply actions
I’m actually interested in what happens to him. That’s kind of cool.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Like, Pete’s the most interesting character.
Cash rules everything around me
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Peggy is the best. THE END.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
I’ve mentioned this before, but there’s something about the idea of devout Catholic Norwegians that bugs me.
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Yeah, that part was not well researched.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
If only they had made her Polish or German.
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That would have worked too. I would imagine it would be a lot easier to write for a religious Catholic than a religious Protestant, though.
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Get the money
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Lutheranism is mostly about hot dish
from what I can tell.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
True story
My grandmother was Norwegian, but Methodists. They had to worship in secret.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
Hmm interesting
My aunt went from Lutheran to Methodist and it wasn’t a big deal at all. Now if she became a Catholic though it would have been a different story.
Pete is an unlikable wienie.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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by can of corn on Feb 22, 2012 7:16 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
And a rapist, too.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
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No, no papist.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 22, 2012 7:30 PM PST up reply actions
Hypocrites
Totally unacceptable on this board. Others have apologized and still have not been forgiven for the same word.
So it is not the word so much, it is the context that the word is used in? Whether Mods like or don’t like the Poster, or the Opinion of the Poster, rather than the offensive nature of the word.
Why?
It’s a pretty straightforward description of what happened.
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C.R.E.A.M.
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Please put your pants back on.
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
Proud father of the man in charge of taking your hard-earned cash.
yep gonna love spring and summer!
Cant wait for baseball season. Baseball should keep me occupied and distracted from the incoming political news bombs.
Pitching and defense wins championships, but oh those dingerz....
/puts hand to ear
“You can see the jubilation behind me. They’re dancing in the streets here in West Berlin, celebrating the reunification of these two halves of a great city. The moment came just hours ago—I’m sorry. I’m now being told that I am in fact not in Berlin, but on a Giants blog. We return you now to regular programming.”
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
What is this new Alberto Gonzales memë?
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There’s a meme now?
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No, a memë.
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 22, 2012 7:07 PM PST up reply actions
How’d your game go?
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 22, 2012 7:13 PM PST up reply actions
None of our pitchers could locate the strike zone at all, so we lost 14-1
I was 1-for-3. I started at third and moved to right later.
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Meaningless games
There used to be a beautifully annoying stat that people kept on how many meaningless games the Giants played in the Brian Sabean Era
And the most annoying thing about that stat is that it was literally incorrect. They never counted the games played after the Giants had clinched home field advantage through the playoffs. Those were meaningless too.
"Your curses do not compare to those of Houston fans or Detroit fans, and especially not to those of fans from the northside of Chicago. You are not Hamlet. You are Valerie Bertinelli. Your victim act is schlocky, and totally unconvincing. You fancy yourself tormented. You are merely insecure."
-- Scott Burton to Red Sox fans, 6/12/02
http://espn.go.com/magazine/burton_20020612.html
C'mon Dirty!
It’s a new life, a new team, a new league, a new color – blue. I think I look good in blue
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/Sanchez-looking-for-fresh-start-in-Kansas-City-05322555
Pitching and defense wins championships, but oh those dingerz....
I hope he wins the Cy Young award.
"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.
Blue is a great color, i guess?
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Except Dodger blue
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
powder blue is pretty awesome
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Yale Blue.
Adopted parent of Chris Stewart. Hey, at least he isn't Eli Whiteside or Bengie Molina!
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 22, 2012 7:54 PM PST up reply actions
Cool piece. I hope he does very well there. SANCHIZE!
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
Yeah, I’ll be happy for him if he succeeds.
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Get the money
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I’ll laugh if he succeeds and Cabrera fails.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I’m expecting this result.
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C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
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They had Grienke
So they’re probably accustomed to dealing with complete head cases.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Here's where I don the GiantPain hat
Walks =/= Headcase
"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.
It’s not the walks. It’s the brain farts and meltdowns that happen. Not to mention the velocity falling off a cliff after like 80 pitches.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Yea, i'm rooting for him, definitely want him to do well
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I always felt that he got a lot more shit than he deserved here.
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C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
I never stopped liking him. He was my adopted Giant. 27th round pick out of Ohio Dominican University!
"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.
COLUMBUS!!!
He was alright, inconsistent, but alright
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
Really?
I thought he got a big more adoration than he deserved.
Of course, I thought he should have been traded long ago for maximum value.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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by can of corn on Feb 22, 2012 7:22 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
It would have been nice if he had been traded earlier, but it wouldn’t have made sense to trade him after last year (they didn’t have anyone to replace him, and he was kind of an important part of the team), and they all but had to trade him this offseason. Things just worked out badly.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
They don't really have anyone to replace him this year
/stares at Zito with disgust
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 I remember correctly.
He was our best pitcher, by ERA, in 2010.
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 22, 2012 7:22 PM PST up reply actions
Bumgarner beat him in ERA+
But in 80-something less innings.
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 22, 2012 7:24 PM PST up reply actions
I agree
For a 3rd/4th starter he was pretty damn good
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.
I think people just got annoyed that he never seemed to care about improving his BB rate. He was all like “Yeah I walk people, so what? I strike people out a lot too. It works. Fuhgedaboutit!”
It was annoying.
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 22, 2012 7:32 PM PST up reply actions
Lulz
‘’I like to strike out people. That’s the way I pitch,‘’ he said. ’’I walk guys, (but) as long as they don’t score, I’m good.’’
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.
KC's problem now!
Boof Bonser - not A.J. Pierzynski!
by Scooter Ellis on Feb 22, 2012 7:24 PM PST up reply actions
CONTROVERSIAL STATEMENT WARNING
I really like the Modern Jazz Quartet.
SUCK ON THAT, SOCIALISTS
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
I think they opened for Motorhead last summer.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
A great jazz group that got together in about 1952 and absolutely ruled until their dissolution in 1974. Not for nothing, but they also performed the closing theme for Today in the late Hugh Downs years (1969-71). They perform the kind of jazz I love.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
GTFO
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Raging since 2009
but i agree
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Raging since 2009
Yeah!
/hug
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
wow! one of my dad’s fav’s
Pedro Feliz.
also, proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
I learned all about them in Jazz appreciation. Django is amazing, I think the vibes are what do it for me.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 22, 2012 7:48 PM PST up reply actions
Milt Jackson if I remember correctly.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 22, 2012 7:49 PM PST up reply actions
I extend to you an open invitation to open, with me, all the boxes and boxes of jazz albums that my pop left behind
Pedro Feliz.
also, proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
Attention: Ponry, J.
Calvin Coolidge became the first president to deliver a radio address 88 years ago today, February 22, 1924.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
Did he have a plucky Australian speech therapist to help him?
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.
has anyone seen the preview for that W./E. film?
It’s basically The King’s Speech, but told from the other brother’s POV. Also, it’s produced by Madonna.
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
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by Murray, Present on Feb 22, 2012 7:33 PM PST up reply actions
The best brother was Prince George, the Duke of Kent. He was kind of rock n roll
Both before and after his marriage, Prince George had a long string of affairs with both men and women, from socialites to Hollywood celebrities. The better known of his partners included the African-American cabaret singer Florence Mills; banking heiress Poppy Baring; socialite Margaret Whigham (later Duchess of Argyll and involved in a notoriously scandalous divorce case); Barbara Cartland, later known as a romantic novelist;8 and musical star Jessie Matthews.
The Duke of Kent is said to have been addicted to drugs (notably morphine and cocaine) – a weakness which his brother the Prince of Wales was deputed to cure him of during the latter part of the 1920s – and reportedly was blackmailed by a male prostitute to whom he wrote intimate letters. Another of his reported sexual liaisons was with his distant cousin Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia; art historian Anthony Blunt was reputedly another intimate.
Prince George was killed on 25 August 1942 when the Short Sunderland flying boat in which he was a passenger crashed into a hillside near Dunbeath, Caithness, in bad weather.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_George,_Duke_of_Kent
Adopted parent of Chris Stewart. Hey, at least he isn't Eli Whiteside or Bengie Molina!
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 22, 2012 7:58 PM PST up reply actions
That’s just like some guy’s opinions.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Feb 22, 2012 7:39 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, but what about Joe Biden?
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 22, 2012 7:49 PM PST up reply actions
He will never be Calvin Coolidge.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
I wonder if there’s still any magic left in the old Rally Coolidge.
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.
NEVER FORGET
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.
Sure
If Rebecca the Raccoon has anything to say about it.
Giant Dirtbags: :(
David B. Flemming is Diamond Certified.
by Giant among Angels on Feb 23, 2012 6:00 AM PST up reply actions
The first black Vice-President?
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 22, 2012 9:21 PM PST up reply actions
Based on what his voice sounded like, everyone probably turned on the radio, heard him for a bit and said, "God this guy has an annoying fucking voice. And why does he pronounce the “n” in government?"
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.
LOL WARRIORS
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
weren’t they trouncing the Suns just a short while ago?
Pedro Feliz.
also, proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
Hence the LOL.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 22, 2012 7:51 PM PST up reply actions
huh?
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NOT ANY MORE!!!! TANK CITY!!!!!
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
The origin of The Seatbelts name is amusing.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
By the way, it certainly felt like spring today here on the coast, 75 degrees in Aptos?
PERFECT
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Way too warm in Sunnyvale. I felt like I was going to boil to death at third base.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
If the old saw about youth being wasted on the young is true, let me add that heat is wasted on northern Californians.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
I hate that saying. What do you want us to do? I stay up all night and have terrible eating habits and my aprents just get mad at me. Is you supposed to be spent reading The Wall Street Journal?
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 22, 2012 8:17 PM PST up reply actions
There is a level of appreciation that is only reached when something has been taken away.
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 22, 2012 8:20 PM PST up reply actions
Like my precious hot, humid summers.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
You can have the hot, humid summers. I’ll take the nice cool foggy weather.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
nope
I like cool 60 degree weather.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I'll take this, the most beautiful sight is to see
the fog rolling over the east bay hills into the evening
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Raging since 2009
THIS... although i do like the snow in the Midwest...
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
The beautiful midsummer Storms?
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
Those can be nice. But mostly, I just like hot weather.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
Head down to the river, enjoy the nice weather
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Raging since 2009
just don’t do what i did and get lost driving through downtown Knoxville… ended up at the downtown island airport when i was there
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I don’t think that’s likely, but I appreciate the tip.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
ha, stupid GPS system took me there, was trying to get to the main airport in Knoxville
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Oh, yeah. McGee-Tyson is down in Alcoa, actually. But you know that now. I’m not sure Downtown Island is used for anything more than the occasional light craft now.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
I’m the complete opposite. If the temp hits over 70, I go crazy.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Best part about it? NOOOOOO AIR CONDITIONING
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
Yeah
I know someone who works for PG&E and his average bill during the summer is over $500 a month (he gets a discount). Lives in a hot weather area.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
No. All your time was supposed to be spent trying to get laid.
"Most decisions get made by time and space.." Brian Sabean
/taking notes... DAMMIT
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Raging since 2009
enjoy your youth, that’s all
take the chances now that you won’t be able to take when you are saddled with a job, a spouse, 5 kids, and a mortgage.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
This is exactly what i'm learning
Got to take chances/risks because you’re young for only so long. That’s why i looked at my options when i walked away from Walgreens
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Raging since 2009
You’re never too old to take a risk.
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
Proud father of the man in charge of taking your hard-earned cash.
Well i'm soon to take my first one by just moving out to the Midwest i think
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Raging since 2009
Good luck. Life’s not where you live, it’s how you live it.
(I got plenty of these)
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
Proud father of the man in charge of taking your hard-earned cash.
No doubt about that. Just be happy, and that’s been my state of mind lately. We already own a place out in Detroit, and i want to live in the Midwest since my girls out there, so yea
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Raging since 2009
Woh is this for real?
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
Windows tablet?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 22, 2012 8:12 PM PST up reply actions
MS Office for iOS - iPAD
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
Ah
I’m not sure how use a tablet spreadsheet program would be. But I am not too experienced with tablets yet.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 22, 2012 8:15 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve had mine for 5 days, I find it very frustrating.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
It’s supposed to be something to keep me occupied during my recovery, unless I throw it out the freaking window.
You know like…Why can’t I put all the apps and shit on one fucking screen? Is it not hipster enough if I’m not scrolling through pages of shit? I don’t have a youtube account or a photowhatever account…why can’t I delete the icons?
And kripes, I have teeny tiny fingers and I still can’t get some stuff to work.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
When I first bought my iPad, I wasn’t sure how much I’d use it but now I find myself using it constantly. I keep it beside me while studying to look up terms I don’t know or get greater info, or with me while watching TV to kill time during commercials. In bed before sleep, I can read McC, or read a bit of news or watch a couple of videos on youtube, etc.
Its become pretty ubiquitous and I’m pretty surprised about it.
by Random Giants Fan on Feb 23, 2012 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
I have a Samsung Tab 10.1. It’s good for watching video (I watched a stream of the Super Bowl on it) and reading e-books. That’s pretty much it for me. Web browsing is kind of uncomfortable. Typing anything significant into it (e.g., an email message) isn’t exactly a chore, but it’s nothing that I’d want to do regularly, either. I can’t imagine wanting to use office software on it.
by non sequitur on Feb 22, 2012 8:36 PM PST up reply actions
I have an iPad
All I use it for i reading books. Think once I get an Ultrabook I’ll just give the ipad to my brother and get one of those cheap kindle tablets for reading.
Some students at school tried using tablets for note taking in class, briefly, and even with the external keyboard. Laptops are still the way to go.
extrabaggs
"Just your typical Giants scoring rally: A faceburger on the basepaths, two errors from the second baseman and a bases-loaded balk."
by Badly Browned on Feb 22, 2012 8:39 PM PST up reply actions
I have a first edition kindle, but it’s uh, buggy.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
First gen though?
The new ones seem alright, and at $75 seems pretty good.. Just need something to read books with is all I need.
Laptop/smartphone takes care of all the other media/work stuff I’d want to do.
extrabaggs
"Just your typical Giants scoring rally: A faceburger on the basepaths, two errors from the second baseman and a bases-loaded balk."
by Badly Browned on Feb 22, 2012 8:48 PM PST up reply actions
I’m certainly in the laptop camp. It will be interesting to see if Intel’s ultrabook initiative (trying to create a new market out of sheer will?) will eat into tablet sales.
by non sequitur on Feb 22, 2012 8:45 PM PST up reply actions
Rumors that Microsoft would be bringing Office to the iPad have been circulating for a while, particularly since The Daily reported in late November that the suite would arrive in early 2012 at a $10 price point.
If what The Daily reported Tuesday is true, it’s possible that Microsoft Office for iPad could land concurrent to — or even onstage with — Apple’s first public iPad 3 demo, which is expected to be held the first week of March. It would certainly make for an interesting presentation, as Apple doesn’t actively evangelize its Microsoft synergy. Microsoft will be demoing its Windows 8 OS consumer preview on Feb. 29 so the timing of an early March Office for iPad unveiling would seem to work: Microsoft’s big platform-wide announcement wouldn’t be upstaged by its smaller Apple announcement.
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
Ten dollars? Why the shit did I pay like $80 for a real version?
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
I have a feeling it is a "mostly read" type of application
and wouldn’t have full capabilities
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
So the equivalent of, say, Adobe Reader? Because I see “new” document on that effing screen.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Oh i'm sure you can create documents and stuff
just some of the functions isn’t really convenient on a pad. And with no USB support, it is not the most convenient either.
I’m guessing you have to pay 10 bucks for the app, and it requires you to enter some sort of product key or something. IE, buy the real thing, use mobile for 10 bucks.
I have no clue. I’m just jcb’s assing right now.
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
Oh God this would make my life at work so much easier.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
I thought they said it was real, then it wasnt real?
Giant Dirtbags: :(
David B. Flemming is Diamond Certified.
by Giant among Angels on Feb 22, 2012 8:33 PM PST up reply actions
We can hope. So far, I am 100% unimpressed with Mrs. B’s iPad
"Most decisions get made by time and space.." Brian Sabean
yea... my friend bought the Kindle Fire, definitely looks intriguing
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Raging since 2009
kindle fires are amazing
I have one and I love it
and its not to hard to put ICS on it if you want to
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 22, 2012 8:16 PM PST up reply actions
ebook burning
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 22, 2012 8:18 PM PST up reply actions
is that how it works?
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Raging since 2009
Please please please
dont let wright or monta take a long shot here
let curry shoot or monta drive
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 22, 2012 8:18 PM PST reply actions
I have no idea how he made that turnaround fadeaway jump shot, that was incredible
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Raging since 2009
I’ve never heard Monta’s accent quite that much. Wow. Deeeeeeeeep south.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
The best is that the guy just doesn’t know how to talk well, everything is “UHHHHH, WELL UHHHH UMMMMMMMMM YOU KNOW, UHHHHHHH”
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
So the Warriors fucked up by winning.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Pretty much this.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
2 pts, 3 boards, 4 fouls. God Biedrins is fucking useless
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
HAHA, is he seriously one of the most horrific big men you've seen?
It’s pretty bad too, almost feel bad that he went from being not bad to just being plain BAD, just doesn’t look like he cares
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Raging since 2009
without those 2 points this game is going to ot
Game 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 22, 2012 8:27 PM PST up reply actions
Whatever, i’m done caring about it, halfway through the season, they got a roadtrip coming up, so i expect to see a ton of LOL, but we’ll see
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Raging since 2009
NBA TV showed the Suns feed. Man, their play by play guy is worlds better than Fitzgerald.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Hahahaha, I heard Portland’s were by far the worst ever, and just incredible homers
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Raging since 2009
Portland’s TV announcers are nothing compared to Portland’s radio announcer Brian Wheeler in terms of homerism. Check out the free NBAtv audio and listen to a Portland game one day. Wheeler sounds like he’s going to jump off a bridge when Portland is losing.
I’ll probably do that their next game. Can’t wait now, because i dont know if it’s possible to be worse than Bob Fitzgerald
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Raging since 2009
I would rather hear Tim Roye.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
VERY good announcer
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
Here’s the link for the audio league pass http://www.nba.com/broadband/alp_schedule.html
Take note MLB: The NBA gives away the radio broadcasts of games.
Sweet, thanks for the link, buddy!
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Raging since 2009
NBA also allows video to be posted on You Tube.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Seriously?
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
oh well that is just AWESOME
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
Watch this game Pika
It probably the greatest NBA game ever. The one that features Kevin McHale clotheslining Kurt Rambis. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaU-LhvG8fg
My dad’s favorite player of all time, Kurt Rambis, Santa Clara grad. Dad to this day hates McHale because of it. But man, i love watching highlights like this. 80s pistons, LOVE EM.
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Raging since 2009
plus you could sit here for hours
just watching old games, it’s just awesome
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
Yes the NBA is creates new generations of fans via You Tube
MLB doesn’t want you to watch their product at all.
Which is just BS… So many videos/highlights i want to watch from years ago on the Giants, too bad
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Raging since 2009
This is the same MLB that has a stupid black out policy. The NHL just had “Hockey Day in America”. The games not available in your area was available online for free on NBC’s website.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
BUD SELIG'S FAULT
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Raging since 2009
Oooh I remember those opening graphics well.
by non sequitur on Feb 22, 2012 8:51 PM PST up reply actions
You post a video of you catching a foul ball with NO game footage. MLB wants it taken down.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Is the NFL as bad?
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Raging since 2009
NFL can be but I think not as bad as MLB.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Last time I looked the Raiders pigeon video was still up.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Raider pigeon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2msmYpNXic
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
That kinda sucks too, especially since
MLB.com only has videos up for so long. Like if i wanted to find video of Bonds hitting a game ending home run vs. the Rockies in 2005 i believe? or 06, it was in the 9th
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Raging since 2009
game ending... WALKOFF
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
No NFL isn't nearly as bad
I actually wrote a term paper on this last semester, but the NFL is moving in the direction of letting most highlights go online. Only MLB is still acting the fool on this.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Feb 22, 2012 8:53 PM PST up reply actions
The NFL won’t allow full games, but you can at least watch Montana throwing to John Taylor to win Super Bowl 23.
In general they’re much less vigilant about policing, too. A couple of months ago, I found all of the 1995 Super Bowl on YouTube.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Feb 22, 2012 8:55 PM PST up reply actions
These last few years it seems the gov’t goes on a large sweep of streaming sites just before the Superbowl.
extrabaggs
"Just your typical Giants scoring rally: A faceburger on the basepaths, two errors from the second baseman and a bases-loaded balk."
by Badly Browned on Feb 22, 2012 8:40 PM PST up reply actions
HAHA
Matt Kemp @TheRealMattKemp
Why isn’t Monte Ellis in the All-Star game?! One of the best wit a game winner 2nite! l
Some people just never get it right
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Raging since 2009
Matt Kemp said this? Then I know Ellis doesn’t deserve an All star spot. Dodgers are always wrong.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
He's also a Niners fan, right?
Man, if it wasn’t for the uniform he wears and the city he represents, he’d be an easy guy to root for.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Feb 22, 2012 9:04 PM PST up reply actions
yea, he is also a 49er fan... i don't get it, he's also rooting for the warriors?
maybe just the player, but he’s from Oklahoma, right?
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
I thought the players had longer days than this
WTF did I just watch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbtTxDVvYAU
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
Yeah, not clicking that link.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
O_O, i'm very skeptical about this
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
I FEEL LIKE I WAN TO RAGE
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
"I'll be calling you Brandon Crawford pretty soon."
My friend to my brother who is playing a baseball game on Xbox and complaining about not getting a hit.
I have business requirements to write and have no motivation whatsoever
bleh
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 22, 2012 8:29 PM PST reply actions
SHIT FUCKER
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Feb 22, 2012 8:38 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I am including both of these in my overview statement.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 22, 2012 8:41 PM PST up reply actions
lol, Surkamp was at the Sun's game too.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
They must all be warriors fans
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
Maybe just basketball fans. They happen to be in town when the Suns are home.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Haha, yea, gotta believe Crawford’s a warrior fan though
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
I was going to joke about this but no
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Well, Crawford is a local, at least.
But Surkamp is from Cincy, Burriss is from D.C., and Jax is from Tulsa.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
is that every6thday?
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
I love him.
Adopted parent of Chris Stewart. Hey, at least he isn't Eli Whiteside or Bengie Molina!
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 22, 2012 8:33 PM PST up reply actions
Hola.
Adopted parent of Chris Stewart. Hey, at least he isn't Eli Whiteside or Bengie Molina!
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 22, 2012 8:46 PM PST up reply actions
so, that Dorell Wright is lousy
Pedro Feliz.
also, proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
Durrel Wrong you mean
extrabaggs
"Just your typical Giants scoring rally: A faceburger on the basepaths, two errors from the second baseman and a bases-loaded balk."
by Badly Browned on Feb 22, 2012 8:34 PM PST up reply actions
For some reason we are watching rugby 7s
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I’m bored and my GPA is climbing back up towards a 3.0, so I’m going to start season 3 of Dexter. I finished season 2, like, a really long time ago.
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 22, 2012 8:33 PM PST reply actions
nah
Watch something good.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
People get killed for less than that, around here.
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 22, 2012 8:41 PM PST up reply actions
For not recognizing that Dexter kind of blows?
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
hey now the 4th and first season of dexter are amazing
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 22, 2012 10:06 PM PST up reply actions
There are a lot of better things to watch
For instance, Party Down. Everyone should go watch that immediately, if not sooner.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
party down was ok
I like adam scott but It wasnt that great
I did like the porn awards epi though
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 22, 2012 10:18 PM PST up reply actions
Party Down is the best show to watch when you’re in a really crappy mood because it’s a really funny show about people who are just slightly more fucked up than you
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 22, 2012 10:55 PM PST up reply actions
I could never get into it.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 22, 2012 11:04 PM PST up reply actions
Lets see
An asshole headline
A stupid premise
WHY IT MUST BE A KAWAKAMI column
http://www.mercurynews.com/tim-kawakami/ci_20022498?source=rss&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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.
/click to begin slideshow
why yes.
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
Hey
The California 8th District is featured tonight in Stephen Colbert’s 435-part series, Better Know A District.
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My boy Shawn Payne takes his walks and his VROOM to Augusta this season.
I have the feeling it is a lot of the people on here’s district.
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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 22, 2012 8:50 PM PST up reply actions
well.. my district is much better than your district
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Raging since 2009
2cnd district representing
ole wally herger is finally retiring
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 22, 2012 10:05 PM PST up reply actions
Comedy Central? Sweet! Also Futurama is on right now
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
What is that thing on Colbert’s forehead?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
SPOILER ALERT
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Serious question? Ashes— it’s Ash Wednesday.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Feb 22, 2012 8:56 PM PST up reply actions
OK
I didn’t know
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
No worries, just never sure when I might get chasm’d around here. The ashes on the forehead is a Catholic thing and Colbert is Catholic. Not sure if any other denominations also do it.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Feb 22, 2012 8:59 PM PST up reply actions
I think Tony Reali also does that.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Yep
Given the Italian last name, I’d guess he’s probably catholic too
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Feb 22, 2012 10:43 PM PST up reply actions
Colbert is Catholic.
Adopted parent of Chris Stewart. Hey, at least he isn't Eli Whiteside or Bengie Molina!
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 22, 2012 8:57 PM PST up reply actions
And yet, Norwegian. What gives?
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
LOL
Adopted parent of Chris Stewart. Hey, at least he isn't Eli Whiteside or Bengie Molina!
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 22, 2012 8:58 PM PST up reply actions
=/
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 22, 2012 9:01 PM PST up reply actions
almost got into an accident just trying to get some coffee
because so many people were trying to parallel park at the church
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Raging since 2009
Exactly. This was about 2 and a half hours ago.
They were darting across the street to get back to their cars.
Crash Wednesday?
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Were they Norwegian Catholics?
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
I have to question your effort then. Surely you could have gotten at least one.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 22, 2012 11:06 PM PST up reply actions
Is that the punchline?
Giant Dirtbags: :(
David B. Flemming is Diamond Certified.
by Giant among Angels on Feb 23, 2012 6:04 AM PST up reply actions
Rugby is confusing.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I like when they are doing a throw in and they hoist a dude up so he can catch it. It amuses me.
Adopted parent of Chris Stewart. Hey, at least he isn't Eli Whiteside or Bengie Molina!
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 22, 2012 9:10 PM PST up reply actions
Matt Kemp said he thinks he can go 50/50
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.
Sure, you all like gallo, but then you don’t have to spend 20 minutes on the phone with him trying to get the DVD player working.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
haha
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 22, 2012 9:22 PM PST up reply actions
Natto spends 20 minutes on the phone with Gallo just chatting about stuff!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 22, 2012 9:24 PM PST up reply actions
Looks like Natto’s going to be your new daddy.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
Follow My pointless Twitter @Soulbrother16
by Soulbrother16 on Feb 22, 2012 9:27 PM PST up reply actions
This was my job the last year or so of college.
Customer service rep for Funai. Teaching old people how to set up their DVD players.
"It won't let me"
the most damning phrase in the history of man
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Me: "Ok, you should have a cord with 3 color plugs.
on the back of your DVD player there are colored jacks. Plug the matching colors into the colored jack."
…./silence
Them “It’s not working”
Me: “Are all the colors in the correct matching place?”
Them: “No the red one is plugged into the yellow one.”
Me: /facepalm.
I’ve heard that people have tried plugging power strips into themselves. Ever come across that?
by non sequitur on Feb 22, 2012 9:34 PM PST up reply actions
I had to help my 93 year old great grandfather with his computer the other day because he “couldn’t get the internet to work.” He had changed his home page from Yahoo! and was completely lost. I give him credit for trying at that age.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
Follow My pointless Twitter @Soulbrother16
by Soulbrother16 on Feb 22, 2012 9:28 PM PST up reply actions
I did tech support for about 6 months. Luckily it was a small company because I ended up just walking over to the person’s desk 80% of the time. People. pffftt….
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
Proud father of the man in charge of taking your hard-earned cash.
Real Sports about that hockey team which died in a plane crash
little dusty in here
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
:(
Adopted parent of Chris Stewart. Hey, at least he isn't Eli Whiteside or Bengie Molina!
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 22, 2012 9:44 PM PST up reply actions
their opposition suiting up the next night with no one to play…. pretty intense
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
eastern europeans are experts at mourning
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
The European team from a couple of months ago?
"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
yeah
it’s mostly about how russia is an unpleasant place
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
LOL Strike out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk3VAUwCQ9w&feature=related
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
Man this is actually really badass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=gH7RLVsINs4
I can’t believe I missed that live.
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
Rowand would have swung thinking that was close
"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
WTF Monta
waxing his hands? I thought that was for arthritis.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
So the linux mint hates ati graphics cards and it was cooking my computer so I have to use windows until they patch it
ughhh
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 22, 2012 10:08 PM PST reply actions
SUPPORT NVIDIA
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
Apropos of a discussion from yesterday
Todd VanDerWerff @tvoti
The Regional Holiday Music commenters have created an AV Club within the AV Club. Like in Synecdoche, New York.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Damn you, stay out of my Seinfeld discussions, ya here.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 22, 2012 10:53 PM PST up reply actions
You never venture to that page, anyway, so I don’t see the problem.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
The Seinfeld page or the new Community4Eva page?
PS- hope they stay out of the Suburgatory thread ‘cause I’m in there now
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 22, 2012 10:56 PM PST up reply actions
The old Community4Eva page with 22,000 comments.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
That page now features reviews of the first 17 episodes of Community.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
I think Murray mentioned that. Anytime I go near a Community thing I have to leave real fast because it’s like 20-30 people just reciting either lines of dialogues or message board in jokes. The one time I did to propose the idea that an episode wasn’t very good, I got walloped
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 22, 2012 11:14 PM PST up reply actions
It’s a rule in Denzel Washington movies that you have to shoot him seven or eight times before he starts to show signs of wear and tear.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Denzel Wasshington... BAD ASS
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
Another good rule of thumb:
In post-apocalyptic films, the man who has the Gatling gun is generally gonna be in charge. So when the holocaust happens I’m beelining it to the nearest available Gatling gun and putting up shop.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Like the protagonist in videogames he has a health bar.
Adopted parent of Chris Stewart. Hey, at least he isn't Eli Whiteside or Bengie Molina!
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 22, 2012 10:30 PM PST up reply actions
Theres a tank parked at the bottom of my street. For some reason. So I’m good.
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 22, 2012 11:51 PM PST up reply actions
I had no idea until today that Kevin Johnson was mayor of Sacramento.
How did they almost lose the Kings with a former NBA player as their mayor?
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
K.J. in Sacramento, Dave Bing in Detroit.
by non sequitur on Feb 22, 2012 11:04 PM PST up reply actions
Bing's at least doing slightly better than the last mayor, Kilpatrick...
damn
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
Reason no. 9,856,221 why it's time for baseball again
Viewed Ashkon’s 2010 Journey rewrite and got a little misty-eyed at the mention of Oooooo-Ribe. Is secret agent Juan a meme here yet? If not, it should be.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Feb 22, 2012 10:59 PM PST reply actions
You couldn’t pay me to listen to Ashkon.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Not even THAT song?
I dunno man… Given what happened next, I think I’ll always be a fan of that one. Plus, the final line involves shout outs to FP and Marty Lurie— where else can you find quality name dropping like that in the music world, I ask you?
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Feb 22, 2012 11:07 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve never been able to watch the video straight through.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 22, 2012 11:09 PM PST up reply actions
I'm with you
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Feb 22, 2012 11:14 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I did not mind the original song. Enjoyed it, even.
Everything that followed was fucking obnoxious.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
I didn’t mind the original as a kid. But hearing the White Sox and Dodgers use it. Hearing every middle of the 8th home game when the Giants were down it got old quickly.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Correct.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Ashkon makes a song parody. Gets to ride in the WS parade.
I create an original drawing. Get a bootleg t-shirt made.
I hope you’ve learned your lesson. Your youth should have spent in karaoke bars, not learning to draw.
by non sequitur on Feb 22, 2012 11:40 PM PST up reply actions
considering
the last Giants playoff song I remember was Who Let the Dogs out…I am okay with Ashkon’s song
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 23, 2012 12:07 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
Back in Seattle.
Failed at meeting up with both Jim & son of GGF. Truly I am a marvel of social engineering.
SF was great, though!
by Lies and Perfidy on Feb 22, 2012 11:44 PM PST reply actions
Man, Colbert is killing it tonight.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
He routinely kills it. I still think Daily Show is funnier and more biting social commentary, but last week I had to sit down because I was laughing so hard at a Colbert bit.
Follow me on Twitter
My boy Shawn Payne takes his walks and his VROOM to Augusta this season.
by free f.p. #14 on Feb 23, 2012 12:04 AM PST up reply actions
I usually think Colbert is funnier actually. But the Daily Show definitely has more substance.
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 23, 2012 12:10 AM PST up reply actions
Colbert is hilarious when you see him for the first time, but after a while it can get kind of grating. I watched him four days a week for a couple of years before stopping. Of course, now I don’t have time to watch The Daily Show, either, so I rely on my mom to point me to the good stuff.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
This is how I feel.
Though whenever he busts out The Word it is basically the best thing ever
Adopted parent of Chris Stewart. Hey, at least he isn't Eli Whiteside or Bengie Molina!
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 23, 2012 12:51 AM PST up reply actions
The Word has far and away the best writing of any recurring segment they do. You always know it’s going to be special.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Fuck you, Grant.
We’ve had a great winter and as soon as you start with your spring BS we get snow.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
High 70s in Dallas. ResPup went to school in shorts.
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
Proud father of the man in charge of taking your hard-earned cash.
Should be near 70 here today, too. Then, severe thunderstorms tonight.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
So, last night, I ate natto for the first time. It was a little slimy and chewy, but I liked it a lot. Sort of tasted like a funky roasted barley.
…in addition to the sex, though, I had this really delicious fermented soy dish for the first time.
"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.
shift-A
So, we’ve all been short Yen/USD, right? When do we cover is what I want to know.
Today's Weather
I worked on some of the colors to make them less blendy, and took Natto’s very helpful suggestion add a drop shadow to the High/Low numbers. Comments?
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
by TheLetter2 on Feb 23, 2012 6:48 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
<3
"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.
This is amazing.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
I miss that park so much. The grass seats, the margarita porch in RF. I remember watching Rich Aurilia throw bp to his young son on that practice field. I used to drive to Mrs. jhiat00’s salon a few blocks away and we would walk to games. I miss spring training :(
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
My experience at Scottsdale Stadium in 2010 was great, but only by luck
I’d been at ST for a week, going to a bunch of Giants games in a bunch of different stadiums. Finally I was going to Scottsdale to actually watch the Giants play at “home”. Now, none of the other stadiums had had any issue with selling out. I had been able to walk up to the other games and buy tickets, from scalpers or from the box office. Not so at Scottsdale, which was completely packed and had no scalpers to speak of, except a guy trying to get me to pay 40$ for lawn seats.
In the depths of my despair, standing in the box office line despite the fact that I knew they were sold out, a dad and his young son walked up to me. “Sorry to interrupt, but did I hear you say that you need a couple tickets? I happen to have two extras, and I’d be happy to give them to you for $20 a piece”.
I immediately bought them. I wasn’t really sure what the layout of the stadium was, so imagine my surprise when it turns out that these tickets are beautiful, smack dab in the middle of the third base line, about 15 rows back. The “face” value on the tickets was something like $30, but the guy probably could have gotten 50 to 100 for em if he wanted. But he gave me and my buddy them for $20. He ended up sitting a few rows in front of where we were with his other tickets, and me and my friend bought him a beer and his son some ice cream.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
That's awesome.
I used to watch them play there almost exclusively but the last 5 years or so it has gotten out of hand. That led to me watching them play at just about every other stadium but I always made sure to catch a game or two there. I always enjoyed seeing fellow Giants fans too.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
My best experience was actually at the Indians stadium
Super cheap, nice facility, got to sit really close to the action. I could have touched Eugenio Velez!
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
What is the best MLB game for 360?
I’ve been thinking about getting the new 2K game when it comes out.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Isn’t 2K the only game?
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 23, 2012 7:08 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t know. Maybe it is.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
I always liked the MVP series from EA Sports but apparently they don’t make it anymore.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
It really is just 2k10 for baseball video games, non-PS3 division. 2K also makes(made) THE BIGS, but I don’t know what that was about.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 23, 2012 7:14 AM PST up reply actions
2K12 it is!
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Maybe Kate Upton will give you a tutorial!
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 23, 2012 7:16 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t know what this is but I probably wouldn’t refuse.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Google Kate Upton 2k12 commercial.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 23, 2012 7:18 AM PST up reply actions
LOL
It’s a 45 second commercial and doesn’t show any game play until 30 seconds in. But Kate Upton!
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Holy crap she was born in 1992.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
2K are only multi platform game
The Show is single platform. It is part of the licensing agreement 2k sports got with MLB. This was direct fallout of EA licensing exclusively with NFL and thus killing the 2k football franchise.
I hate what EA does to companies they acquire, game franchises they acquire, and their business practices, like NFL.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 23, 2012 7:30 AM PST up reply actions
Interesting piece about the Marlins treatment of young players
Delves into the not-often discussed issue of player’s pay in their first three years of team control.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
On a Marlins side note. I got discussing the NL East last night at Quizzo and had some interesting results:
1) Polanco>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Hanley
2) Mayberry >>>>>>>>>>>>Morrison
And oh, I also think that the Marlins have a top 5 NL offense this year, and its very likely the end up as one of the top 2.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 23, 2012 7:20 AM PST up reply actions
I really like the Marlins offense, but I also really like the Nationals.
Tough division.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Yeah, I wanted to bring up the Nationals too, but I just couldn’t.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 23, 2012 7:29 AM PST up reply actions
Not a style I am fond of
Guys like Gabby Sanchez, who you want around, it is wise to give them 10-30k cookie to make them feel better about being a Marlin. Could save them 100k in Arb negotiations, up to millions in contract extensions. For a full time player who you know will play for a while, just makes sense to me.
But, Marlins have every right to do that. I just don’t agree with it.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 23, 2012 7:28 AM PST up reply actions
Breaking or not, this is funny
A reporter asked Bochy how Jeremy Affeldt’s health was. Bochy said, “He’s fine. He’s probably up there icing his jaw right now.”
<a href=“http://Read more: ”http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=" target="_blank">http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/02/22/SP9M1NAVD1.DTL#ixzz1nDcYsaOm" >Linked Piece Actually about Theriot and Nuschler
Blerg
Anyone catch Grant on Aussie radio a few minutes ago?
I tried but the audio of that webpage wouldn’t work.
I couldn't get it to work either.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
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