The Tenth Anniversary of Jesse Foppert, Amazing Pitching Prospect
by Grant Brisbee on Feb 25, 2012 9:38 AM PST
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PrintThere's a Hansel-hot pitcher right now for the USF Dons who started his college career as a corner infielder. His name is Kyle Zimmer, and if he keeps pitching like he has been, he'll probably go toward the top of the first round this year.
It sounds like a great story. Except the circumstances behind it made Baseball America invoke the name of Jesse Foppert.
Foppert didn't have a long pitching track record and still went out in the second round, as our scouting report at the time read in part, "The 6-foot-5, 215-pound righthander has touched 94 mph, though his heater loses its movement at that speed. He gets better life on his two-seamer. His slider has the potential to be a plus pitch, and he shows the makings of a reliable changeup."
Just reading the headline -- "Kyle Zimmer's Rise Evokes Memories Of Jesse Foppert" -- made me spit out my coffee. Then before each paragraph, I'd take another sip and start reading before I swallowed, just so I could spit it out again. It's been ten years since Foppert was the best pitching prospect in baseball. Ten years since he was supposed to come up and lead the carriage himself, helping to the Giants to their first World Series championship since moving to San Francisco.
Instead, he became the go-to pitcher when talking about how young pitchers are combustable. It's either him or Ryan Anderson -- guys who couldn't even enjoy the brief success of Mark Prior. The thing Foppert reminds me of most, though, is how fortunate the Giants were to have Cain, Lincecum, and Bumgarner come up in rapid succession. After Ainsworth/Williams/Foppert, I'm glad the Giants didn't get wary of trying to build a team around pitching.
Ten years ago, Foppert pitched a televised game in Pac Bell Park against the Mariners. I don't think I'm exaggerating too much when I write that it's on the top-20 list of the most-anticipated games in my life. I recorded it. I planned to study it.
Foppert was ordinary. The cognitive dissonance made my teeth rattle. Turns out he was pitching on half a tendon, but while the game was going on, I kept looking for the pitcher who lead the minors in strikeouts the previous season. Couldn't find it. Attributed it to nerves.
(Wasn't nerves.)
So raise a glass to what could have been if it weren't for the human body being a total jerk. I wasn't planning on thinking about Foppert today, but Baseball America wrote that piece about Kyle Zimmer. If Zimmer is really good, he could win the Jesse Foppert Award again this year. That has to be a proud and conflicting moment, I'd wager.
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AFW was the era of the hot speed gun in Fresno
Yeah, it was disappointing.
Not as disappointing as “the worst man in history” and his latest quote about Matt Cain, but close.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 25, 2012 9:41 AM PST reply actions
yup
All three of them were touted as mid-90s throwers, but Foppert came up throwing 88-90 (possibly attributable to the injury) and Williams and Ainsworth the same.
I remember almost being shocked when Cain actually came up throwing 95.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
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I remember everyone saying that Cain had a ++curve that was the root of his success.
Still waiting for that to show up.
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I remember in 2001, sitting in Cafeteria with a Mets fan and a Yankees fan. We lost to the Mets the year before, and of course the Yankees won the World Series.
“You just watch. This Jesse Foppert kid is going to put us over the top. Remember that name. That guy is so good”
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My Jesse Foppert story
My uncle still collects baseball cards and has always loved collecting rookie cards of players because he thinks every Giants prospect is going to the hall of fame and those cards will be worth something. He still has a couple Solomon Torres rookie cards.
Well when Foppert became a supper prospect my uncle bought two of his rookie cards for himself and me. And guess what, we still have those rookie cards.
In 1991, I bought a 1990 upper deck Ken Griffey Jr. Rookie Card for my friend's birthday
I wonder if that’s worth anything now.
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sorry a 89 Upper Deck (#1)
This thing
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Holy crap, I have one of those.
And no, I’m pretty sure it’s not.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
It's worth something...book value is $40
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At press time, Griffey had not yet played a major league game, so Upper Deck used an image of Griffey in a San Bernardino Spirit uniform. Competitors such as Score and Topps neglected to include a card of Griffey in its regular 1989 set. Both brands would make a card of Griffey in their end of year Traded sets. Such neglect helped Upper Deck gain exposure due to the popularity of Griffey in the 1989 MLB season.
Despite the popularity of the Griffey card, it was not a scarce card. The card was situated in the top left hand corner of the uncut sheets and was more liable to be cut poorly or have its corners dinged. Company policy was that if a customer found a damaged card in its package, the company would replace it. Many Griffey cards were returned and the result was that Upper Deck printed many uncut sheets (sheets consisting of 100 cards) of just Ken Griffey, Jr.
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 25, 2012 4:26 PM PST up reply actions
I used to collect baseball cards and I always thought Giants rookie cards were worthless.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 25, 2012 4:22 PM PST up reply actions
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Aside from Will Clark in 1986, there wasn’t anything worth a damn until Matt Cain in 2002.
The only ones that caught my eye were John Burkett, Royce Clayton, Van Landingham, and Joe Nathan. The Giants had shit for rookies.
Also, Shawn Estes was right handed!:
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 25, 2012 4:41 PM PST up reply actions
It's an upside-down "2".
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by mrs. owlcroft on Feb 25, 2012 6:28 PM PST up reply actions
That article made me more depressed about Jerome Williams, actually. Not much the Giants could have done about Foppert, but having Jerome Williams as your No. 5 starter would be nice for the Giants right now-you know, the same Giants who are paying Zito $18m…
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by Auriliaalwaysremembered on Feb 25, 2012 9:46 AM PST reply actions
Considering he went about 6 years in between being an effective pitcher in the majors, I don’t know that we ought to cry over spilt Jerome Williams.
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Plus we have Vogelsong.
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by El Person on Feb 25, 2012 9:51 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Possibly, but there was a time that some were ready to give up on Bumgarner as well. Remember when some couldn’t imagine a happy ending to that story? There is always a risk in parting with young starting pitching with potential. Also, we traded him for a reliever. Along with a pitcher who became a better reliever, albeit a heavily injury prone one. It just would have been nice to have Williams in orange in black, but I’m not crying. Just using hindsight.
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by Auriliaalwaysremembered on Feb 25, 2012 9:53 AM PST up reply actions
In between the Giants trading him to the Cubs and last year with the Angels, Williams had a 7.23 ERA in the majors, an ERA over 5 in the majors, issed an entire year and spent a third of a season in the Atlantic League.
I mean, even if they had been “patient” with him, I can’t imagine they would have kept him around beyond his initial 6 years of team control.
I was pissed off about the Williams trade when it happened, but if we’re going to talk using hindsight, then it certainly looks like the Giants absolutely did the right thing (especially as his peripherals and stuff were never impressive… and weren’t impressive last year, either.)
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Well, just food for thought-would a present Jerome Williams slotted somewhere in the Giants starting pitching depth chart be more useful than the memory of Latroy Hawkins? I would think so…
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by Auriliaalwaysremembered on Feb 25, 2012 9:59 AM PST up reply actions
I’d wager that Surkamp would outperform Williams at this point, so I don’t really care that Williams is no longer in the organization.
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I hope you're right
But he’d still be nice to have. Same way Vogelsong was nice to have this time last year.
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by Auriliaalwaysremembered on Feb 25, 2012 10:03 AM PST up reply actions
And they picked up Vogelsong on a minor league deal years after the original trade.
You could say the Giants should have tried to pick up Williams on a minor league deal last year (as the Angels did) but to lament the original trade because now, seven years later, Williams might be a better fifth starter than Zito (which I honestly doubt), is silly.
And it’s not as though having Jerome Williams in the organization would have somehow kept the Giants from signing Zito in the first place, so that would still be a problem anyway.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
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Again, even if the Giants had kept Jerome Williams rather than trade him, we would be well past the initial 6 years of control and if his performance had taken the same path, there’s essentially zero chance he would still be in the organization.
And I would argue that the Giants have better pitchers in their organization than Williams even at this point.
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It’s not like Vogelsong’s return was predicted by Nostradamus either. It’s possible a mediocre (or worse) six years would have ensued, and minor league contracts would have proceeded thereafter. But they can bear fruit. Again, Vogelsong…
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by Auriliaalwaysremembered on Feb 25, 2012 10:05 AM PST up reply actions
I can’t think of too many situations where a guy was as bad as Williams was for a number of years, yet stayed in the same organization for the entirety of his initial six years and then a few thereafter.
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If anything, I would say trading Williams away led to a better chance of him returning to the Giants than otherwise. I can absolutely promise you that if Williams had stayed a Giant and then performed the same way he did over the ensuing years, there is zero chance he would still be a Giant today.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
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We will never know...
But currently, however the sands of time would have played out, it would be nice to have him. No, it would not have prevented them signing Zito. They needed a supposed new face of the team in the (likely, at the time of the signing) last year that Bonds was on the team to attempt to thrust them into contention. However, you could point to the very headline of this article as mentioning a player the Giants continued to give minor league invites to to without much of a track record. It’s possible, though not likely, but as we sit (or in my case, lie) here at present, Williams would be a nice warm body. And certainly a more useful one than Foppert. I hope, and believe there is a possibility, that Surkamp and Zito will both outperform Williams. The more chips on your side, the better, though, and for $18m, there should be no doubt whatsoever that Zito will be light years beyond Surkamp and Williams…but we need not waste time bemoaning Zito, so I’ll stop that right there…
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by Auriliaalwaysremembered on Feb 25, 2012 10:17 AM PST up reply actions
we won't know
but based on the information available to us, we can make a pretty darn good guess that a guy who was pitching in the non major leagues for a year and a half was not going to be able to stick around in the Giants organization for 7 years without a hint of decent performance.
and the Giants traded Foppert away before they brought him back with minor league contracts that didn’t amount to anything…
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I'd say Williams showed hints...
But they didn’t last terribly long. I’m not bemoaning him. I said I was more depressed about him than Foppert, because Foppert is no longer in baseball and Williams is, one having a chance to be useful in a capacity the Giants need depth in and one instructing high school. As of now, facing the situation as is, let’s hope Zito’s newly tweaked delivery leads to success. I hope we can all heartily agree to that.
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by Auriliaalwaysremembered on Feb 25, 2012 10:27 AM PST up reply actions
I’ll honestly be pretty shocked if Williams puts up an ERA under 4.5 this year.
But yeah, I hope Zito is mediocre.
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Amen
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by Auriliaalwaysremembered on Feb 25, 2012 10:31 AM PST up reply actions
He stunk for 7 years
Was in Taiwan and stunk their too against lesser competition. He is barely average now. Bemoaning some kind of missed opportunity now with Williams is really kind of silly.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 25, 2012 10:24 AM PST up reply actions
but
we got Bonser back!!!
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by CalBear949 on Feb 25, 2012 11:20 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
I don’t know that I understand the original argument… Sometimes Vogelsong happens, so wouldn’t it be nice if we could keep every guy who pitches poorly at low levels for the better part of a decade?
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Please, take off your puka shells before pitching, thanks.
think that was the Reds manager? forgot who
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I still have my Jerome Williams t-shirt.
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Foppert/Ainsworth/Williams for Halladay
Would you?
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only if we throw in Ryan Jensen as well
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LOL U
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Ryan Jensen just wins ballgames
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so did Chad Zerbe
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by foothillsfan on Feb 25, 2012 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
Both bring back memories of a team that could hit
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by Auriliaalwaysremembered on Feb 25, 2012 10:22 AM PST up reply actions
Which team am I, theoretically?
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by Auriliaalwaysremembered on Feb 25, 2012 9:47 AM PST reply actions
I meant hypothetically...
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by Auriliaalwaysremembered on Feb 25, 2012 9:48 AM PST up reply actions
According to Wikipedia
Foppert resides in Greenbrae with his wife, McKenna and is the pitching coach at Marin Catholic High School in Kentfield.
Huh.
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Blerg
I saw Foppert pitch!
I, too, experienced some letdown when he didn’t dominate the competition. I remember about that time a Mariner fan had been talking up Gil Meche to me. “Remember that name: Gil Meche” he said. “He’s coming back from injury now, but he’s going to be great,” he said. I chuckled, and thought to myself about how much better Foppert was going to be, but decided I wouldn’t crush his cute little Mariner dreams.
Damn it.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
I met him and he was very nice.
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I met him and he was very nice.
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WALEEEEEES!!!!!!
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That's Tough.
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In two years they will have lose
LeBron, Sweater Vest, and Rick Nash?
Man there really isn’t anything left. The Browns suck ass. I guess they have Mat Latos?
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You talking about Columbus vs. Cleveland? or Ohio as a whole?
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actually… that was a stupid question on my part
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Haven’t really met many people in Ohio that really care about the Bluejackets, more or less they care more about the Penguins or Detroit than they would about Columbus. Also college hockey is growing out there somewhat. So yea, and the LeBron thing, i’d be dead if i said anything about it to my girlfriend’s dad, same goes for Tressel, which in my opinion is BS how he got canned, but i hate the guy.
Browns… yikes, nothing can save that city
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It’s just terrible to lose pretty much all of your recognizable sports icons in a span of…2 years.
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So sad. You got Votto now in Cincinnati, he’ll probably leave, Browns who knows, Indians i hope will do something with Santana and the rest of that team stepping up. Ohio State is banned from the Bowl game, so they’ll be back in a year or two. But you’re right, state of Ohio has been pretty shafted
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Grady Sizemore!
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Girlfriend's favorite player... between him and Albert Belle/Thome
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JOEY BELLE!
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haha, that was his nickname?
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xx
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A new beginning for the Orioles!
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huh, he changed his name?
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from wiki
After college, he was drafted by the Cleveland Indians. While in the minor league system he was known as “Joey” (his childhood nickname) and was thought of as a top prospect, but high-risk due to his temper and excessive drinking. Belle underwent counseling and became known as “Albert.”
Wow, that's crazy
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That poor, poor town. It’s even worse when you think Bellichik was a disaster when he coached the Browns and he knows maybe one of the greatest coaches in NFL history and the old Browns became the Ravens . Throw in the failure of those fantastic 90’s Indians teams to win, the collapse against the Red Sox in ’07 and the lose of Lee and Sabathia and it really is a doomed sports town.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 25, 2012 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
Yea, so true. River caught on fire too. PURPLE BROWNS!!! I really feel for Cleveland
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I was born there so I always wish the Indians and Browns the best. The Drive and the Fumble killed me too
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 25, 2012 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
Wow, i don’t even know how to explain it, feels like the city is cursed, and if there was any town that would need a championship/good consistent team to revive a city it would be Cleveland, Detroit would be another, in the Tigers/Lions
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Detroit has the Red Wings, though, so they’re hurting too bad. Hockey Town and all that
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 25, 2012 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
True. I know that it would mean a little more though if it were the Tigers/Lions, since hockey is in no way as popular as the two other sports there
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I have no idea why they decided to put a hockey team in Colombus as it’s not one of the bigger towns. Why not Cleveland (which had a team)? It’s like putting your only major hockey franchise in Sacramento and then wondering why it never takes off
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 25, 2012 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
Cleveland Barons, right? Yea, plus the thing is, in Columbus, i dont think any major sport would take off especially since they have OSU, which is basically a pro sports franchise there, nothing else would matter
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Gary Bettman is pretty much an idiot.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 25, 2012 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
Cleveland Barons were the last professional team to fold, though, so they probably wanted to avoid connections with that franchise.
But really, the team was doomed the minute it was named the Blue Jackets. I mean, an article of clothing? Really? At least the Thrashers sounded menacing despite being a small brown bird.
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lol
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It was better than the first choice, the Columbus Member’s Only Jackets
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 25, 2012 4:05 PM PST up reply actions
Columbus is the biggest city in Ohio by population, although I would imagine the metro area is fairly small.
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1,800,000. A bit smaller than Kansas City.
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The Columbus Clippers have won the Triple-A National Championship in the last two years.
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And they have Lou Seal!
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You do realize how much distance there is between Cleveland and Cincinnati, right?
by ColoradoGiant on Feb 25, 2012 7:36 PM PST up reply actions
Ohio sports in general are pretty boned.
Cincinatti’s got it a tiny bit better with the Reds and Bengals… but only in like the last two years.
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Agreed
But it’s almost like saying a NorCal team is okay because the area still has Kobe. Seriously, they dislike one another.
by ColoradoGiant on Feb 25, 2012 7:40 PM PST up reply actions
I'll grant you the CLE vs. CIN thing.
I went to school near Cleveland, so I saw enough of that (with Columbus in between, laughing at both their sorry asses). But Ohio is nowhere near as big as California, so it’s not a perfect analogy.
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Again, agreed
Im married to a THE OHIO St… alum. Grew up right outside Columbus. She hates all things Cincinnati. Our mutual friend, from Cincinnati, hates all things Ohio State//Cleveland. It reminds me of Kings/Lakers from 01/02. Seriously. Surprised me, really.
by ColoradoGiant on Feb 25, 2012 7:47 PM PST up reply actions
I just like the nicknames they sling back and forth.
Cincinasty and The Mistake by the Lake.
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It is priceless, isn’t it? Helps her empathize with my attitude/nerves when a Bay Area team plays a SoCal team.
by ColoradoGiant on Feb 25, 2012 7:52 PM PST up reply actions
Looks like the Rangers got him
BREAKING NHL NEWSSource: Rangers have acquired RICK NASH! Deal is done (Announcement after game or Sunday is the word #IBN is getting)
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oh boy
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God help hockey fans if the Rangers make the Cup— their win in ’94 is still treated as something akin to the end of WWII in that area.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 25, 2012 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
Who tweeted that? Because the only trustworthy sources at the deadline are Bob McKenzie, Darren Dreger, Pierre Lebrun, and the various beat writers like David Pollak, Michael Russo (Wild), or Aaron Portzline (BJs).
Fear the Fin - NEEDS MORE DOVES
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I wonder, does he mean 2009 power, or just better than post-hamate?
"Most decisions get made by time and space.." Brian Sabean
He could very well have had that last year if he’d played in 150 games.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
His career HR% is 3.4, and last year it was 4.9. Over 650 PAs, that’s 22 for the former and 32 for the latter.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 25, 2012 1:03 PM PST up reply actions
With the hamate injury, too. Man.
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I think 50
Five land in the drink, one hits that McCovey statue across the cove.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
In all seriousness
Pablo hitting righty the way he hits lefty has as good a shot at hitting the glove as anyone this side of Mike Stanton.
by Lies and Perfidy on Feb 25, 2012 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
When I think of Pablo dingerz, I think of the neck-high fastball from Mat Latos that he turned into a splash hit. Just… what the ever-loving fuck.
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hahaha, i just rewatched that last week
by Lies and Perfidy on Feb 25, 2012 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
I'm in this line
35 would not overly surprise me.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Feb 25, 2012 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
He was basing it on him hitting bombs in BP.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 25, 2012 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
/krukow'd
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
Aubrey Huff: "Let's Get Weird"
by slackersphere17 on Feb 25, 2012 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
I dislike Ratto.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 25, 2012 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
However, I hope he’s right.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 25, 2012 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
But does he say hi to everyone?
Andrew Baggarly @CSNBaggs
Bochy really likes Pagan’s atheticism and upbeat attitude. Even thinks he’s a hair faster than Andres Torres.
Proud father of Chris Marlowe. Dude writes plays, sings jazz, and calls Denver Nuggets games...WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE DOESN'T DO ANY OF THAT?
Have him race against Manny.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 25, 2012 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
So dumb
What a retarded thing to say. How in the hell could the human eye determine if Pagan can run a bit faster than Torres? Yungo was a world class sprinter. Pagan may be fast, but that is such a shit thing to say.
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive father of Enmanuel de Jesus.
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base.
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Selling the new guy means telling us that he’s better than the old guy.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 25, 2012 1:05 PM PST up reply actions
Oh man, I had a really strong negative reaction to this. I reigned it in just in time to comment rationally.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 25, 2012 1:04 PM PST up reply actions
I'm really tired of what Bochy "thinks".
And that’s putting it mildly.
Frank Robinson, a Giant among managers
by mrs. owlcroft on Feb 25, 2012 3:31 PM PST up reply actions
So you're saying that he doesn't hit any better than Torres.
Because, if the best thing you can say is that he’s faster than Torres, that’s a nice way of saying that he’s not better where it counts (in the bat, duh).
VAE PVTO DEVS FIO
Except not really.
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BS on that
Speed is probably the thing most susceptible to injuries. Speedsters tweak a hammy or ankle and stop stealing for months at a time.
VAE PVTO DEVS FIO
I once saw Rasheed Wallace play in a high school basketball tournament
He played for Simon Gratz of Philly and they were in Baltimore to play in the 1993 Charm City Classic. They played the championship game against Dunbar High School. He was a man amongst boys. He smoked a lot of pot- even then.
I own a few of his jerseys, Portland/Detroit, i’m a fan
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it was really cool. Everyone knew he was going to be a star. He was the #1 recruit in the country. He ended up being a really good NBA player too.
That’s pretty darn cool you saw him in high school, not many can say they saw a recruit in high school play, because it’s so random. My girlfriend’s dad used to go to Lebrons games in Akron all the time since they live like, 20 minutes away
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today would be a perfect day for baseball on the radio
Pedro Feliz.
also, proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
They didn’t just rename it the Madison Bumgarner award? I have to imagine he was in first or second for every conceivable leaderboard stat.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
They should have done the same when Lincecum was OMGWTFPWNing the PCL.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 25, 2012 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
True, but he didn’t spend the entire year there.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Nobody pwned ppl like Rich Harden did in the minors
Nobody
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He's 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.
It had better
Honestly, just give him the sixth year, cross your fingers and pray like hell. I wouldn’t do it for many guys, but for Cain, I would.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Feb 25, 2012 12:48 PM PST up reply actions 5 recs
I would do anything for Matt Cain.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 25, 2012 1:06 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
But I won't do that.
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If it locked up Cainer up for a while, I would.
No, seriously. I would.
by Random Giants Fan on Feb 25, 2012 2:51 PM PST up reply actions
You might want to brush up on your Meatloaf lyrics.
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This should be rec'd. Really.
Matt deserves a payday.
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey. Ward of the State of NVSFG Carlos Valdez this kid looks pretty OK
Done.
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by mrs. owlcroft on Feb 25, 2012 3:31 PM PST up reply actions
quick OT question is it worth applying to an internship/job
where they ask for students in the junior/senior year in college? My degree says i graduated in 2011
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My take – not knowing anything about what you are applying to do – is sure why not? I would be prepared to explain to them what you have been doing for the past 8 months and what you plan to do. If you have good answers to those questions, go for it.
Thanks, yea, technically i got my degree last May, but i left school in December of 2010, working at Walgreen’s for 7 months or so last year. And i’m applying to a Planning internship with a township in Michigan where we have an apartment
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so that’s what the “M” is for
Pedro Feliz.
also, proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
it’s so weird, growing up, fan of Michigan, their symbol is an M, then i go to Miami, and same thing
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Isn’t the point of an internship that it allows an employer to exploit college kids in a way that would be illegal for a normal employee in exchange for on-the-job experience? I don’t know that graduates would qualify. But then again there’s a lot I don’t know, so why not? What could it hurt?
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 25, 2012 1:10 PM PST up reply actions
Aargh - I can't find my WS cap
Hope it didn’t get swiped from my car.
I’ve just about run out of places to look for it. I haz a sad.
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I doubt I could find the one I had. . . =(
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by can of corn on Feb 25, 2012 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
Thieves work pretty fast.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 25, 2012 1:03 PM PST up reply actions
Looking for this?
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Oh hell no
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by can of corn on Feb 25, 2012 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
Wh… Why?
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
Tweetybox
by troymccluresf on Feb 25, 2012 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
Douche alert!
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
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Fuck Derek Jeter
Fuck the Yankees
And fuck you for posting this pic!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 25, 2012 12:38 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
It should be possible to make a comment red
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey. Ward of the State of NVSFG Carlos Valdez this kid looks pretty OK
?
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 25, 2012 1:13 PM PST up reply actions
I like the one where it’s a boy and girl Yankees fans looking out on a silhouette of Jeter with Minka Kelly, Mariah Carey, Jessica Biel, Jessica Alba, Jordana Brewster, Scarlett Johanssen, and thousands of other women in the background behind them
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 25, 2012 1:17 PM PST up reply actions
I have one I’ve never worn. You can have it if you can’t find yours. :)
@legaleagle88
I'm not crazy. My mother had me tested.
Adopted Giant: Chris Heston
Awww, thanks! I just can’t believe I’d be stupid enough to lose it.
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by can of corn on Feb 25, 2012 12:37 PM PST up reply actions
Haha, it’s probably around somewhere. Did you get a white one? Mine’s black, so might not be a perfect replacement. But, you’re welcome to it all the same!
@legaleagle88
I'm not crazy. My mother had me tested.
Adopted Giant: Chris Heston
I got a black one. Not the penis trophy one, though – a more specialized one.
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by can of corn on Feb 25, 2012 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
Here's the one I have:
@legaleagle88
I'm not crazy. My mother had me tested.
Adopted Giant: Chris Heston
That’s a nice one!
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I think you can still buy them in the store right?
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
I think the upper deck dugout store still has some.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
sl
Not this one:
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by can of corn on Feb 25, 2012 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, they just have the standard black with the side patch.
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I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
So that I would have it whenever I needed it!
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by can of corn on Feb 25, 2012 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
I have both the trophy World Series hat, and the normal SF hat with the World Series logo on the side. Which do you have? Or did you have?
Meanwhile, I’ve lost my parade t-shirt. I think the laundry people must’ve taken it in Thailand. THIS UPSETS ME
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
Look up a bit for a pic.
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by can of corn on Feb 25, 2012 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
Ohhh...
I thought you meant it wasn’t that one. Then I read the previous posts. Context…
So, I haven’t seen that cap. I like it. Yeah… you need to find that. Or buy another one. Sorry about that. :-(
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
Hey!
Thinking I’ll head out and see the USF Dons play Missouri today.
I’ve never been. Is there anything I should know?
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
GO DONS! Kyle Zimmer... dunno if he's pitching though
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lol awkward pitching pictures
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
Is a pitcher supposed to look so happy mid-pitch?
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by can of corn on Feb 25, 2012 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
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WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
Tweetybox
by troymccluresf on Feb 25, 2012 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
Yes
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
by jctGamer on Feb 25, 2012 12:19 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Well. . . . . no. Just no.
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by can of corn on Feb 25, 2012 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
oh come on.
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.
Haha that picture has been posted so many times in the last 4 years I thought it was fair game
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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
When Brian Wilson is old and mooby, watch out.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 25, 2012 1:08 PM PST up reply actions
/right click
/save
Proud father of Chris Marlowe. Dude writes plays, sings jazz, and calls Denver Nuggets games...WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE DOESN'T DO ANY OF THAT?
The umpires are going to make her take off those earrings.
Worse than puka shells.
Frank Robinson, a Giant among managers
by mrs. owlcroft on Feb 25, 2012 3:34 PM PST up reply actions
This is disgusting
/right click, save
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Can we talk about Mass Effect s'more?
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
Aubrey Huff: "Let's Get Weird"
by slackersphere17 on Feb 25, 2012 12:12 PM PST reply actions
i love smores
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Me too. Yum.
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by can of corn on Feb 25, 2012 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
Dark Chocolate or Milk?
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Dark chocolate if available, but milk will do just fine.
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by can of corn on Feb 25, 2012 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
i'm going to start my first real mission today
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I’ve never played, but don’t have time to add it to the BlackOps, Portal 2, Skyrim rotation just yet.
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by can of corn on Feb 25, 2012 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
Fffff. I haven’t still need to play Portal 2.
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It's fantastic
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
Aubrey Huff: "Let's Get Weird"
by slackersphere17 on Feb 25, 2012 2:04 PM PST up reply actions
Got my phrasings mixed there mid-edit. I haven’t played it yet, and still need to. Just made some game purchases today, so it’ll probably stay on the backburner until it goes on sale again.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
I loved Portal 2, but think I might have loved the original a bit more. Part of the slight demotion is resentment over not getting to play the Co-Op version of Portal 2 since my friends all fail at life and have never even played Portal.
by Random Giants Fan on Feb 25, 2012 2:57 PM PST up reply actions
the Mormon Mission Game- you get to travel around the world trying to convert people. Brand new on the XBox
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 25, 2012 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
The Mr. and I always joked about doing an anti-missionary game. To win you’d have to flee the Mormons, Baptists, Hari Krishnas, Scientologists, etc who come at you from every angle.
And by always… I mean somewhere we have a text based version of the game in a select your own scenario kind of way, with horrible HTML markups, horrid colors, and bad pixelated graphics.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
You could do it all “Airplane” style and have to fight your way through a whole crowd of them on the way to go somewhere
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 25, 2012 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
that’s kind of what it was.
You got ambushed at your house by Jehovah’s Witnesses and flee out the back door where I think the paths to take landed you at either the airport fighting off the Moonies or in the middle of a Druid circle in the forest.
I
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Getting Liara is a really good one to start with.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 25, 2012 1:08 PM PST up reply actions
Though, her voice actress does a pretty silly job in that game.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 25, 2012 1:09 PM PST up reply actions
But on the other hand, her mom is Deanna Troi.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 25, 2012 1:10 PM PST up reply actions
she seems to do a lot better in the second game
might just be the evolution of the character
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Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
Aubrey Huff: "Let's Get Weird"
by slackersphere17 on Feb 25, 2012 2:08 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, she’s a lot better in the second one.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 25, 2012 2:11 PM PST up reply actions
did i miss a mass effect discussion ?
fuck
Anyway what class is everyone going to be?
Infiltrator but I feel that since everyone can use all guns being anything other than an adept is useless
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Proud parent of Seth Rosin: Couldn't throw an intentional walk if he wanted to
by operation carrot on Feb 25, 2012 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
I was leaning on adpet
Mostly because I plan on using Ashley and Tali in my squad.
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 25, 2012 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
lolol I like to roll all snipe
on me 2 i rolled thane legion and my infiltrator
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Proud parent of Seth Rosin: Couldn't throw an intentional walk if he wanted to
by operation carrot on Feb 25, 2012 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
haha nice
Yeah, I guess it’s just sort of a holdover from ME1 where a balanced squad was more necessary. Or at least having one tech to unlock chests and stuff.
I ended up going Soldier in ME2 because, frankly, you’d have to pry my assault rifle from my cold dead fingers lol
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 25, 2012 1:00 PM PST up reply actions
Sniper Rifle is amazing.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 25, 2012 1:10 PM PST up reply actions
Gonna start ME2 today
Never played the first game (I have a PS3) so I hope shit makes sense.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Feb 25, 2012 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qezOebpXlWA
13 min recap comic of the first game, actually, I think PS3 players should be getting it as part of their game in Mass effect 2?
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 25, 2012 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
It might be worth it to get the DLC that lets you make the critical decisions from ME1, so that ME2 doesn’t just give you the default run.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 25, 2012 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah
I posted the link to a video of it, if you just want the story recap.
However, if you want to make the major decisions from the first game, I’ve read that Mass Effect: Genesis (the name of the DLC) is free for PS3 users through the store.
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"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 25, 2012 1:12 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, there’s some stuff I did in ME1 that I’m REALLY anxious to see play out in 3.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 25, 2012 1:15 PM PST up reply actions
Same
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"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 25, 2012 1:16 PM PST up reply actions
Sweet, thanks for the heads up, and the link to the comic.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Feb 25, 2012 1:26 PM PST up reply actions
So I’ve watched the video demo of ME3 with Kinect, and I’m thinking, hey… My computer has a microphone! Can I do voice commands with the PC version?
I loved the first two games, I’m pretty excited to get a chance to play the third eventually.
Also just bought Deus Ex Human Revolution through Steam. The question is, I don’t know if my laptop really has the horsepower to play it.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
Don’t think the PC can do the voice commands.
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"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 25, 2012 2:59 PM PST up reply actions
That’s bullshit! Why can’t they make things cool for the PC too?
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
Essentially, because they are lazy bums
Mass Effect executive producer Casey Hudson says BioWare is bringing voice commands to Kinect and Xbox 360 because Microsoft’s sound and motion-sensing controller is doing the hard work of voice recognition. Kinect’s internal hardware is what makes it possible—or at least much easier to get voice commands working—not just its microphones.
http://kotaku.com/5810138/mass-effect-3s-new-voice-commands-are-xbox-360+only-and-heres-why
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"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 25, 2012 3:02 PM PST up reply actions
I’ll let that one slide… Though I’m really not happy about it. Though sometimes I feel I’m the only one left playing PC games.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
hehe yeah
Avid PC gamer here, only use my PS3 for blu-ray
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"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 25, 2012 3:17 PM PST up reply actions
I feel like Bioware is selling out to the consul market. It dumbed down ME2 from ME1 (although ME2 was still a fun game) and it totally ruined the Dragon Age brand by dumbing DA2 way down for consuls.
I think part of the reason Skyrim is so successful is because it did not take this approach. It took what was good for the PC and kept it and still made a good consul game out of it.
Consoles.
And remember EA is the publisher, not Bioware. And as is well demonstrated, EA should go jump in a pool of dicks with the shit they pull.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
It’s a trend across the whole market, largely pushed by the publishers. And EA is the top dog among publishers. The developers are just doing what they have to do to move enough units these days, and the PC market by itself is not, in most cases, enough to meet the level of demand.
Consoles are also easier to code for, since they only have to meet one sert of specifications (or two, if you want to consider one set per console). No fudging with graphics cards, no fudging with video drivers, no fudging with variable processor speed… The market and the cost of development has simply outgrown the concept of PC exclusives.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
As a consequence, you see a ton of shitty, afterthought PC ports with major FOV and playability issues. Bioware is faaaaaaar from the only offender in this respect.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
I don’t doubt it. However, I love seeing Skyrim, which has not cut corners on the PC version, make about a gajillion dollars. Hopefully it sets a trend of quality still equals profit.
Bethesda is probably the last great studio caters towards the PC market, given the mod toolkit and all that. The studio behind the Witcher is doing decently well too, but even they are working on a console port of Witcher 2 as we speak. It’s just not a robust a market enough these days.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Well
There’s Blizzard
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"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 25, 2012 3:39 PM PST up reply actions
Well, outside of the MMO market, I suppose, which is almost necessarily limited to PCs.
Also, Blizzard is being a complete POS at this point with regards to service fees and a number of other issues. The whole games industry has gotten too big for its britches of late, if you ask me.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Yeah
Seems like people view the MMO market as it’s whole other thing.
I was actually thinking Starcraft. I actually subscribe to a couple youtube channels for Starcraft matches. Much less stressful watching other people play lol.
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"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 25, 2012 3:49 PM PST up reply actions
Starcraft is much more reasonable as a business model. I have Husky subbed, and occasionally watch TB stream when I’m bored, but I don’t watch all that much these days.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
I’m pretty over MMOs and multiplayer stuff. I’d rather enjoy the story of a game than the online stuff. It might just be that I’m really anti-social.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
i hate multiplayer/online games
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I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I love playing games with my friends, all in the same room. I fail to see the appeal of playing with people I don’t know and can’t see.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 25, 2012 4:38 PM PST up reply actions
This.
Social gaming is great.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
I agree. Except for the “in the same room with friends” part. Seriously, I love the story of a good game, and playing with others just doesn’t have much appeal. Except in Madden, when I get to beat the hell out of friends/family (I’m not THAT good, but I was able to transfer some knowledge from Madden ‘07 to ’11 and whooped my brother-in-law). Also, I’m anti-social.
I hate that companies have such a focus on multiplayer now. I don’t want that aspect to take away from the solo experience.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
Oh, I love to play games single player all alone, too.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 25, 2012 7:03 PM PST up reply actions
I like playing the FPS games online in deathmatch and other modes.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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I used to...
Until I realized I suck at them and was spending more time running BACK to the combat than actually participating in it.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
I like being the 40-something year old mom kicking the frat boys’ asses (although I’m just as often getting my ass kicked).
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I enjoy the online aspect for its replay ability, and the ability to play with friends. I enjoy stories, but it’s nice to have something that is constantly a new challenge.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 25, 2012 10:41 PM PST up reply actions
I really loved Assassin’s Creed 2 and 3 on PC, though I used a gamepad for them both. The controls were often frustrating, but it still worked really pretty well. I wasn’t terribly irritated by it, so that was nice.
I wonder if console players had similar issues with the controls of AC as I did with the PC.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
I played AC1 on PS3
And the rest on my PC with a gamepad. I’d say the control issues with the gamepad were similar with both. Like running up a wall when you want to jump and stuff?
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"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 25, 2012 3:41 PM PST up reply actions
I actually just bought AC2 this afternoon. Been wanting to play the series for a while, but I heard 2 solved a lot of problems from the first game.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Definitley
I really enjoyed AC2 and Assassins Creed Brotherhood.
I felt Assassins Creed Revelations was weaker, but then I guess for me Istanbul is less iconic than Renaissance Italy.
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"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 25, 2012 4:32 PM PST up reply actions
The multiplayer for ACR looks fucking amazing, though.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
They streamlined ME2 from ME1 to address specific consumer complaints about the product, and while I do think they cut off too much fat storywise to focus on team collection, I would also argue that they ended up with a much better game overall.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 25, 2012 3:11 PM PST up reply actions
ME1 killed me with how many loading screens there were, and just how piss poor the inventory management system was. I think they dumbed down inventory WAY too far in ME2, but load times were exponentially better on the PC. In the first game, it was somewhere around four loading screens to get from Joke to Ashley. The ship wasn’t THAT big!
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
Hmmm
I prefer the traditional loading screen over the elevator though
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"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 25, 2012 3:17 PM PST up reply actions
I liked the elevator being the load screen. It gave a better layout than (literally) spending a full minute waiting to click the button to open the door to the staircase.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
What kind of PC do you have?
I guess since I built mine specifically for gaming, my loading screens were never more than a few seconds.
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"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 25, 2012 3:42 PM PST up reply actions
Though
I do use texture mods in ME2, and because of that it takes me like 5 minutes to initially start up the game lol
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"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 25, 2012 3:42 PM PST up reply actions
It's my work laptop
A Lenovo T410. It actually works surprisingly well, too. The funny thing is both ME1 and 2 were completely loaded onto my laptop, there was no calling to a disc. Still, those loads in ME1… Ugh.
ME2 took a fairly long time loading new areas, like on Omega or most planets. But that at least was more tolerable than getting screwed on loading times on the Normandy. Where it shouldn’t load four or more times running from one end of the ship to the other.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
Man
Dragon Age: Origins was one of my favorite games of all time. Still haven’t bothered with DA2, even with how cheap it is now
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"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 25, 2012 3:18 PM PST up reply actions
I’d love to.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 25, 2012 1:08 PM PST up reply actions
I saw this picture this morning
from a collection of awesome sports posters
http://thechive.com/2012/02/22/remember-these-rad-sports-posters-46-photos/
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Proud parent of Seth Rosin: Couldn't throw an intentional walk if he wanted to
by operation carrot on Feb 25, 2012 12:26 PM PST reply actions
I thought we were a collection of awesome sports posters!!
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Anyone have a pic of the old “Pacific Sock Exchange” poster with Thrill and Mitchell? I have t seen it since my mom leaned out my room post-high school…
Matt Cain is better than you, but apparently not cool enough for Showtime.
by homegrowntalent on Feb 25, 2012 5:18 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Even their bats are on steroids
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 25, 2012 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
Also, is that pre-Mt. Davis Coliseum? Why are there two home plates?
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 25, 2012 1:07 PM PST up reply actions
Look how skinny they still were back then. They either hadn’t quite started juicing or saw the picture and thought they weren’t big enough
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 25, 2012 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
I had a Bash Brothers t-shirt when I was a kid. Pretty sure I was the only girl in school who had one.
@legaleagle88
I'm not crazy. My mother had me tested.
Adopted Giant: Chris Heston
Jesse Foppert broke my heart.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
I was one of the people in the Jerome Williams camp, I have puka shells upstairs somewhere (because the Giants were selling them to raise money for something or other).
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I missed the Jesse Foppert hype, thankfully. Jerome and especially Noah Lowry were the ones that hurt.
by non sequitur on Feb 25, 2012 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
Damn that shit cray
http://crashburnalley.com/2012/02/23/must-watch-video-steve-carltons-slider/
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
hmm
I’ve never actually seen Carlton’s slider, although I’ve marveled at his 1972 line. Compared to say Randy Johnson’s, Carlton’s slider looks more slurvy.
by non sequitur on Feb 25, 2012 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
Think i want to watch a Giants game on MLB.tv... didn't watch too much of last year
since i was working so much, any game suggestions?
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Raging since 2009
That Detroit game.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
The Rockies game that Pablo hit for the cycle, or the one after it.
by ohcleverhansyou on Feb 25, 2012 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
is MLB.tv the only way to watch old games from previous seasons?
by Random Giants Fan on Feb 25, 2012 2:59 PM PST up reply actions
Baseball : it'll break your heart
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
by jctGamer on Feb 25, 2012 12:46 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
nice angle
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.
Those pinstripes are definitely going to curve around the back.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
I will continue to root for Andres
Ditto for Cody. Rowand can suck it.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Feb 25, 2012 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
pretty much this.
I was hoping Cody would end up with the Mets too, then I could follow 2 teams, but I don’t pay much attention to the AL so buh-bye Cody and JSanchez
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
ESPN has all the Red Sox coverage you can handle.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
I wish Cody lots of luck but fuck me in the eyeball if I’m rooting for the Red Sox.
by Lies and Perfidy on Feb 25, 2012 1:08 PM PST up reply actions
I hope him and Scott Cousins collide in the OF
No serious injuries of course
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by DFARowand on Feb 25, 2012 12:55 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Gross
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.
He’s going to be so good this year. :(
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 25, 2012 1:12 PM PST up reply actions
He told my brother to keep practicing batting left handed even though he’s a natural righty just like himself.
Warning
He could end up hitting as well as Crawford.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
I’m watching his team play a round robin of preseason games and he does look like Crawford at there at the plate. But that could be because he’s trying a wood bat that is too heavy for him.
I just keep thinking Crawford should have been batting RH all this time.
Hope it works for your brother. Maybe he should make sure he’s extra good on D just in case.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
Why do you want to hurt me?
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 25, 2012 4:44 PM PST up reply actions
Torresanity!
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
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by Murray, Present on Feb 25, 2012 5:07 PM PST up reply actions
I'm a day late but on this but
I don’t think anybody other than Brewers fans should think Ryan Braun is clean. Even if his lawyers successfully argued over a technicality I highly doubt his urine sample was tainted by somebody. And I see some saying that the science is too complex. They run an immunoassay on his urine, which is specific for finding a certain molecule, in his case some type of synthetic steroid. Then they run GC/MS on it to double check. It’ll tell you the molecular weight of the substance to confirm it’s presence in the sample. It isn’t that hard. And it saddens me that people think it’s faulty.
You know...
Aside from the whole Bonds thing “Umm excuse me? Your guy did it too!!!” I don’t really care. Maybe I’m just tired of hearing about it.
Favre/ARod/Tebow/steroids… shuddupabbowddit
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I don't care that he took them either
I think what I’m trying to say is it upsets me that some blame the science for his positive test. It isn’t magic. And if he took it he took it.
Whether it’s a big deal for a baseball player to take it or not, and if it makes them hit a ball better, is a different issue.
He got off on a technicality. I hate when that happens to violent criminals but I really don’t care so much when it comes to ball players, even if I think they’re probably guilty. Which most of them are.
by Random Giants Fan on Feb 25, 2012 3:04 PM PST up reply actions
I, too, hate when it happens with violent crimes, but big brother (be it in the form of MLB or the US government) trying to get away with bungling evidence results in a worse outcome than 99% of the crimes out there (and, in sports drug testing, 100%). Not following proper procedures in handling evidence is a big deal.
VAE PVTO DEVS FIO
by Bhaakon on Feb 25, 2012 7:37 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
MLB should just stop it.
I wish MLB would just scrap the whole testing thing and let the players take something that has no proof that it makes them a better player. It’s like the corked bat, which doesn’t help either. I mean, they wear those stupid magnetic necklaces.
I know it can be harmful for their bodies but please…that’s not why MLB is trying to stop it. If players thought cutting off their pinky on their right hand would make their swing more aerodynamic, I’m sure some of them would go all Ronnie Lott on themselves as well. That’s also harmful to their bodies but I don’t see any rule about maiming themselves to improve their SLG. Cortisone shots have a larger affect on performance than steroids do. I don’t see that being banned.
MLB should just get out of the anti-PED business and get back in the baseball business.
Exactly
I make my living managing substance use research programs. But you gotta give me something to work with.
A man who wants sooooo much to hit a baseball really far that he will shrink his man parts … with drugs that are not even proven to do what he thinks they do? I throw up my hands in defeat.
I know that particular adverse effect is generally reversible if you quit using steroids. But really. Men are usually a lot more picky than that about their man parts.
by Grievous Angel 312 on Feb 25, 2012 2:39 PM PST up reply actions
And I see some saying that the science is too complex.
I remember once reading that if the OJ trial took place during the era of all the SVU-type procedurals, he’d likely have been convicted. Shows like that made the evidence of the case a little more accessible to the public.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
Shows like that also give people the sense that DNA can be found in, say, urine. (Hint: it can’t unless there’s something really funky going on.)
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
It even has a name, the CSI Effect:
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 25, 2012 4:11 PM PST up reply actions
Some prankster has hung a nice pair of men’s shoes on the power line about 20 feet above the street, 10-12 feet outside my window. Hmm. They look about my size …
have you angered a room mate lately?
better check your closet
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
No, they’re not mine. I was just wondering if I should make an ill-advised bid for them.
by non sequitur on Feb 25, 2012 1:01 PM PST up reply actions
sounds like one of your neighbors is advertising their new “business” :-/
Very Proud Adoptive Granddaughter of Tony "I Left My ♥ In San Francisco" Bennett
A lot new “businesses” must be opening up around town. I’ve been seeing more shoes on power lines lately.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
it's hard out there for a shoe
yeah, unless there’s some new fangled holiday I wasn’t aware of where people decorate their power lines with tied together shoes, sounds like you have quite a few “entrepreneurs” around
I loved explaining this phenomenon to my friend who lives in Daly City as we were walking his dog, and then watching his brain work out the shoe decor and the 3 enormous dogs that lived at the property under it…priceless
Very Proud Adoptive Granddaughter of Tony "I Left My ♥ In San Francisco" Bennett
It’s like the hobo-sign for ‘drug dealer lives here’.
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 25, 2012 5:33 PM PST up reply actions
Oh. I had no idea that that was code.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
According to snopes.com there are many other reasons shoes might be flung over telephone wires as well.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 25, 2012 5:36 PM PST up reply actions
Supposedly.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 25, 2012 5:34 PM PST up reply actions
Ostensibly
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I can’r help but think that In-N-Out would have been more satisfying than this fruit salad. Ho-hum.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
your heart might thank you later.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
That’s the plan.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 25, 2012 1:13 PM PST up reply actions
Duh.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
I’d been fasting since 8 last night so I could do blood labs this morning. I didn’t get to eat until 12:45-ish. Man, the urge to not-fruit-salad was strong in this one.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 25, 2012 1:14 PM PST up reply actions
oh
bummer
I hope they all turn out as “normal” as can be expected for a Giants fan.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
It’s just standard stuff. I had my first physical in mumblegrumbletenyearscoughmumble and the doctor just wanted to run tests for cholesterol levels and diabetes and whatnot. I’m a little overweight but generally healthy, so I’m not expecting anything bad.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 25, 2012 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
In-n-out>>>>Fruit/Vegetables
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
Oh, also, I just started reading Dracula. I had no idea it was also a comedy.
It’s a lot of fun to read so far.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
I recently bought a copy of that at the 2nd hand store. I had to read it in college for a history class, I enjoyed it then, but you know that was back in the days before computers and stuff…
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Does Dracula sparkle in the sun?
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 25, 2012 1:28 PM PST up reply actions
No, but he can go out in it.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 25, 2012 1:30 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t remember that part. I thought he was your traditional vampire who couldn’t go out in the sun
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 25, 2012 1:31 PM PST up reply actions
I’m pretty sure the can’t-go-out-in-the-sun business became traditional well after Dracula was published.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 25, 2012 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
His powers are greater at night, though.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 25, 2012 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
which adds a twist to the idea that Dracula somehow represented the sexual mores and fears of the Victorian Era and the idea of men stealing women’s innocence at night. Guess they were afraid men can devirginize women during the day too, just not as well
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 25, 2012 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
According to wiki, vulnerability to sunlight (not death by it) became popularized in the 19th century (when Stoker was writing). And Dracula is vulnerable, as his powers are diminished. I’m not sure when death by sunlight became the standard, but I imagine it wasn’t pervasive of the myth until sometime after 1931 (when Bela Lugosi donned the cape in daylight on the silver screen)
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by howtheyscored on Feb 25, 2012 1:41 PM PST up reply actions
I love how Jon Harker starts out as this stuffy satire of an insular, high-bred Englishman. It’s really funny.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 25, 2012 1:29 PM PST up reply actions
That book is really great.
Frankenstein, too.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
Frankenstein is absolutely my favorite book from that era
Mary Shelley doesn’t get nearly enough credit for that, IMO. I read it for like three different classes in college and liked it so much that I actually bothered to retread it each time.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Feb 25, 2012 11:26 PM PST up reply actions
I read it a couple years ago now. I liked it. It’s the only vampire book I’ve ever read that I’ve enjoyed.
It might also be the only vampire book I’ve ever read…
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
The vampire has had a pretty shitty run in popular media. Even in Buffy, the whole point of the vampire was kind of that it sucked (hey-o). But for too long, the whole point of the thing has been big fangs and pale skin.
There was a run that I’m not sure is over where it was en vogue to make vampires scientifically viable. Man, that was the worst.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 25, 2012 4:41 PM PST up reply actions
R'uh oh? (and hopefully not breaking)
Baer, asked if he believed the Giants and Cain can find common ground… said, "To be determined," which tells we might be in for longer talks.
That doesn’t mean there’s a stalemate. There seems to be an unofficial deadline on Cain’s side, which is the end of spring training. He reiterated that this morning when he said, "Once the season starts I want to think about the season. That’s my main goal."
And, when there’s a deadline for any kind of talks — in baseball same as Congress — the two sides don’t usually rush toward a true compromise until the final hours.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 25, 2012 1:28 PM PST reply actions
I don’t think it’s getting done in Spring Training.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 25, 2012 1:30 PM PST up reply actions
me neither, which is why I’m feeling more and more pessimistic
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 25, 2012 1:31 PM PST up reply actions
somewhere, GP is smiling
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
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Henry Schulman @hankschulman
Baer also said ticket sales, sponsorships same as last year despite not winning. Said Gs have a shot to sell out entire season again. "
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 25, 2012 1:34 PM PST up reply actions
They are making a rainy day fund for the rainy day fund
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 25, 2012 1:35 PM PST up reply actions
No wonder Niblet's hat was stolen!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 25, 2012 1:39 PM PST up reply actions
I miss my hat. =(
I hope I just misplaced it.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
I am holding it hostage!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 25, 2012 6:01 PM PST up reply actions
HATNAPPER!
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 25, 2012 6:11 PM PST up reply actions
TOQUE TOUCHER
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
I've given you dorm stories
What more do you want from me?
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
This is true
You can find your hat under the passenger seat of your car.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 25, 2012 6:15 PM PST up reply actions
If only. The GPS DVD drive is there.
I think I may have taken it out to drive a group of people around a few weeks ago. I just don’t know where I put it.
Or it got stolen.
Dammit. Now I can’t think of anything else.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
Let Mr. Niblets know that life around the homestead is going to be pretty turbulent
Until you get a new World Series cranium warmer.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 25, 2012 6:20 PM PST up reply actions
"Dorm Stories"
I think I saw that on Cinemax once.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
So RDF, we meet again.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 25, 2012 4:43 PM PST up reply actions
WHY AREN'T YOU HAPPY THAT THE GIANTS OWNERSHIP GROUP IS MAKING MONEY!!
YOU FUCKING COMMUNIST!!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 25, 2012 5:58 PM PST up reply actions
I'm not as big on keeping Cain at all costs as some others.
But it’s very easy to see the team’s refusal to give Cain a moderately oversized deal resulting in the team desperately throwing a much worse contract at Lincecum in a year or two.
It’s also depressing to base all your analysis on the assumption that the team is stupid, but it’s served me well over the years.
VAE PVTO DEVS FIO
Natto gets all the girls
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
The hospital cafeteria now gives you the nutritional information of everything you buy on your receipt
The Cuban Panini Chicken Sandwich I had for lunch has 2245mg of sodium in it!
I’m glad that such fare is served in the hospital cafeteria.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
So I'm sixty pages into Tender is the Night
I can’t help but imagine these people as Don and Betty Draper.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
After about 150 pages, it seems my initial assumptions were correct.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Awesome photo and hilarious tweet
Dallas Braden @DALLASBRADEN209 Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
Saber metrics say having a dog that’s less than 10% manly gets u 100% of the “I’m married & have 0 say” vote pic.twitter.com/28Sxm8M7
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.
WHAT IS HE DOING WITH MY DOG!?!?!?!?!
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
Happy Birthday Monte!
Baseball Hall @BaseballHall Close
Happy 93rd Birthday to Hall of Famer Monte Irvin! tinyurl.com/7znvuqr @SFGiants
Proud father of Chris Marlowe. Dude writes plays, sings jazz, and calls Denver Nuggets games...WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE DOESN'T DO ANY OF THAT?
It’s either him or Ryan Anderson
Who is Ryan Anderson?
Giant Dirtbags: :(
David B. Flemming is Diamond Certified.
by Giant among Angels on Feb 25, 2012 2:45 PM PST reply actions
So the dude the Sharks just traded for is already hurt?
wtf?
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
Again?
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 25, 2012 3:03 PM PST up reply actions
Freddy Sanchez, Carlos Beltran.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
It was from blocking a shot, so at least it’s not re-aggravating a previous injury. Just an unfortunate happenstance.
Fear the Fin - NEEDS MORE DOVES
Proud Member of the "I Will Cry If Joe Pavelski Is Traded" Club
And he's supposed to be back next week.
Unlike Dougie. ;-(
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
Murray has a fractured Adam’s apple. I have no idea what that feels like, but just reading it makes me glad that they’re taking every precaution.
Fear the Fin - NEEDS MORE DOVES
Proud Member of the "I Will Cry If Joe Pavelski Is Traded" Club
I don't want to know how it feels like :/
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 25, 2012 3:19 PM PST up reply actions
Better than Sami Salo’s injury a few years ago: ruptured testicle. So many Sami Solo jokes after that one…
Fear the Fin - NEEDS MORE DOVES
Proud Member of the "I Will Cry If Joe Pavelski Is Traded" Club
Oh god
I remember that one
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 25, 2012 3:21 PM PST up reply actions
I think Nicklas Lidstrom also had a testicle injury that required surgery around the same time, but only missed a game or two. Hockey players!
Fear the Fin - NEEDS MORE DOVES
Proud Member of the "I Will Cry If Joe Pavelski Is Traded" Club
Sami Plays hockey Balls Out
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
I was just reading the WebMD pages on laryngeal fractures.
I don’t recommend it. Get well soon, Dougie!
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
What the hell?
extrabaggs
"Just your typical Giants scoring rally: A faceburger on the basepaths, two errors from the second baseman and a bases-loaded balk."
Whoa, that pic was bigger than I hoped....
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 25, 2012 3:53 PM PST up reply actions
Now available without fortune cookie crumbles! Seriously.
"Most decisions get made by time and space.." Brian Sabean
I think the fortune cookies would’ve been delicious. Sort of like Colbert’s Americone Dream.
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Feb 25, 2012 5:03 PM PST up reply actions
That's a little better than I thought
When I heard about the Linsanity flavor, I thought it was going to be Banana with swirls of caramel
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
Frozen Yogurt?
Surely he rates actual ice cream.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
Leaner and easier on those who are lactose intolerant. I think it fits.
"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.
+1
He probably wouldn’t be able to eat his own ice cream.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Wow
People know he’s lactose intolerant? This really is insane.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
I have no idea. I’m just playing the percentages.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
/pinch hits Homer Simpson for Darryl Strawberry
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Feb 25, 2012 5:02 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Lol and rec'd
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Feb 25, 2012 10:44 PM PST up reply actions
Lactose Lintolerant, to be exact.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 25, 2012 5:03 PM PST up reply actions
Made with real Jeremy Lin DNA!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 25, 2012 5:59 PM PST up reply actions
SMH, Hank
Henry Schulman @hankschulman
While reading clips pack today, struck me how some of the best baseball WRITERS are Internet only: @JeffPassan @TBrownYahoo for starters.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
...them?
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 bullshit. Jeff Pearlman should be outraged.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
He usually is.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
I’d say indignant is the closer-to emotion, but indeed.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
He’s a writer, not a WRITER.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 25, 2012 4:42 PM PST up reply actions
lol Hank.
Still trollin’.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 25, 2012 4:42 PM PST up reply actions
I didn't know Kent was a special instructor this year
Hitting coordinator Joe Lefebvre spoke, as did special instructors J.T. Snow and Jeff Kent. Of all the other speeches, Kent, the 2000 NL MVP, went on the longest as he talked about preparation and focus.
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.
RBI's!
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 25, 2012 4:42 PM PST up reply actions
His statement was factually correct.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 25, 2012 4:46 PM PST up reply actions
There’s a few guys who do it well, but there are way too many guys who spend too much time in the cage
LOL Rowand.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
/waggle
//waggle
///chase
////waggle
Giant Dirtbags: :(
David B. Flemming is Diamond Certified.
by Giant among Angels on Feb 25, 2012 6:05 PM PST up reply actions
Dinner
Bread pudding. Yes, I’m having it for dinner, it has lots of protein. I made it with banana bread, too. Should be delicious!
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
going out for italian
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 had pizza.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 25, 2012 4:58 PM PST up reply actions
Was it Amici's?
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Feb 25, 2012 5:12 PM PST up reply actions
Pan friend gnocchi with a spicy marinara.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
I have no idea. I had really awful Chinese food last night, so hopefully something better.
Hopefully something with beer.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
Going out to eat at Slow Club… never heard of it, never been there. We’ll see how it goes.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 25, 2012 5:32 PM PST up reply actions
It went quite well…
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 25, 2012 8:12 PM PST up reply actions
We had a large lunch at Farmer Boys, then went to the OC animal pound.
Will only have enough appetite for a shake tonight from Chick-fil-a
Giant Dirtbags: :(
David B. Flemming is Diamond Certified.
by Giant among Angels on Feb 25, 2012 6:07 PM PST up reply actions
Frozen Marie Callender’s chicken pie
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’ve had this before. Hearty.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 25, 2012 6:35 PM PST up reply actions
Sooo, Matty is gone?
:(
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Feb 25, 2012 5:09 PM PST reply actions
Jesus, Sharks.
Why am I even watching this?
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
I hope Merope isn't watching this.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
Man, Shinra is an asshole.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Okay, so the characters in Tender Is the Night are exactly like Don and Betty Draper.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
I don't know
I just spent six hours going through that and now I’m done.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
If you haven’t chosen a second book, go with a Hemingway novel. There’s nothing English teachers like more than debating Fitzgerald vs. Hemingway. It’s the cake vs pie debate of 20th Century American Literature
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 25, 2012 6:31 PM PST up reply actions
I thought that was Hemingway vs. Faulkner
At any rate, I haven’t started the second book yet, so I could change, but I’ve got The Sound and the Fury.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Are you supposed to compare them?
That will be interesting.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
In a couple months, I’ll have to do that, yeah.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Have you read As I Lay Dying?
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
Most of my english teachers were either passionately pro or anti Hemingway to the point I remember two of them getting in a debate over him in a class. There was no middle ground. If you throw Hemingway in there, you instantly get their attention but….if you choose wrong about the teacher’s preference you could also get in a lot of trouble. So tread carefully
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 25, 2012 6:40 PM PST up reply actions
I liked As I Lay Dying a lot, so there’s that.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Woah, jinx
See above. I think I liked AILD better, but they’re both great.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
That's good to know
I thought it was merely okay for the first half or so, then I figured out what was going on.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Yep
I actually went back to the beginning when it occurred to me. Not a problem with Sound & Fury.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
Makes me want to read both of them again.
It’s been decades.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
Oh wait
there is a thing that is confusing about The Sound and the Fury, too. I forgot about that. You’ll figure it out.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
Wow. TSATF is hard to write about on its own.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 25, 2012 7:05 PM PST up reply actions
It would be hard to compare to Tender is the NIght.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
Hemingway was totally a cake eater. Big masculine man loved eating his big masculine cake
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 25, 2012 6:38 PM PST up reply actions
For whom the cake tolls, it tolls for thee
"Most decisions get made by time and space.." Brian Sabean
Madison Bumgarner is a large man.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
6’ 5". Javier Lopez, Jeremy Affeldt, and Eric Surkamp are 6’ 4".
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 25, 2012 6:40 PM PST up reply actions
Belt’s no Ryan Howard.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/story/2012-02-25/ryan-howard-philadelphia-phillies-injury/53249470/1
"Most decisions get made by time and space.." Brian Sabean
At least it’s a different pattern, usually they just cruise into the playoffs and then suck air. Maybe the struggle to even reach the playoffs will change the dynamic. Of course, it could just lead to a really short season instead.
"Most decisions get made by time and space.." Brian Sabean
Fine
I’m much more interested in baseball anyway.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
The moment you completely write them off, they’ll go on a huge run (until you get back into it then they’ll suck).
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
exactly why i never get too invested in the sharks until about April
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
What's the opposite of zenith or apex?
I officially have not heard of any of the slam dunk contestants and I have watched every year since 1986.
What happened to the star power?
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive father of Enmanuel de Jesus.
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base.
by bigboneded on Feb 25, 2012 7:24 PM PST via mobile reply actions
And no judges? WTF planet are we on?
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive father of Enmanuel de Jesus.
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base.
by bigboneded on Feb 25, 2012 7:25 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Or Buchanan, depending on your leanings.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
I voted for him. Is he dunking?
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive father of Enmanuel de Jesus.
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base.
by bigboneded on Feb 25, 2012 7:31 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
These events are awful.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
At least the home run derby can have star players, the dunk contest has unknown players.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
This is the worst ever.
Thanks for tuning in!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive father of Enmanuel de Jesus.
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base.
by bigboneded on Feb 25, 2012 7:35 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I’m not watching it. So I don’t know how bad it is. But the past few years have been mostly awful.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
This one is all the way awful.
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive father of Enmanuel de Jesus.
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base.
by bigboneded on Feb 25, 2012 7:38 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
ah, here we go, WHERE"S LEBRON
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Raging since 2009
One ESPN.com writer suggested that the fans select the dunk participants. But I doubt none would do it since the fans would select Blake Griffin, Kobe Bryant, Lebron James
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
The most athletic guys out there and most creative? YES
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Derek Jeter.
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Kevin Hart should dunk
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Paul George, pride of Fresno State
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What about John and Ringo?
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k, so Derrick Williams just did a decent dunk there
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I’m watching ’Cuse vs. UConn.
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SMC vs. USF coming up at 8
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(sarcasm on) And we should stop talking basketball because Can of Corn says so (sarcasm off)
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
well, big game, to win the WCC outright
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I mean, is it hard to just z through stuff? I do now right through the discussions on TV shows I don’t watch or soccer or most of the hockey stuff.
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
hate to use this phrase man.
but, It is what it is. It’s all good
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the two years Richardson was were pretty good
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the 90s were better though
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If anyone else is watching the Dunk Contest, i'm sorry... this is atrocious
Dunk contest died after JRich couldn’t do it anymore
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Hey, who wants to watch me jump over shit?!
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they should bring in a boat
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They should bring in dunks that don't suck.
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There are lesser known players out there “shockingly” that are more athletic than these guys and more creative
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Some of the stuff in the finals last year was pretty cool. Was it Ibaka who plucked the stuffed animal off the rim with his teeth? And the three basket dunk was also pretty call This play-in round shit is unwatchable, though.
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Yea, it’s neat, but i’m done with the dumbass props, just do some creative dunks, like what Vince Carter did in Oakland in 2000, was crazy.
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The props are BS. The only thing I liked about the stuffed animal dunk was the actual skill required in pulling it off.
It’s hard to get creative with dunks past a point, since you can only spin so much, jump so high, windmill so hard, and pull of so many leg passes. I feel like we’ve more or less seen the extent of what can be done.
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Oh no doubt about that, i agree.
It’s the other stuff. I actually think just seeing it again would be awesome from another player, it shows that other players have that sort of skill, i’m positive if anyone did what Carter did in 2000, they’d get just as many points, just off of pure athleticism.
You’re right though, the creativity is almost gone
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If that Knicks player was still in it, he said he was going to jump over a couch with Jeremy Lin laying on it.
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haha, oh man that would’ve taken sooooooo much skill
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If he would’ve gone longways over the couch, I might have been impressed.
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I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
MJ could've done it
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When people lose their shit over a Blake Griffin dunk, I just have to shake my head. There’s no challenge in what he does. He just throws it down way harder than anybody else.
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I’m with I think it was Ray Allen who said they should raise the hoop another foot.
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I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
like what they did to Dwight?
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I mean in general, for the whole sport. The size and athleticism has come so far that a 10-foot hoop is practically trivial.
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Oh no doubt, nothing he did in the dunk contest was great. The stuff he does in games are more impressive
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I also agree with this:
Nate Jones @JonesOnTheNBA
People keep saying we’ve seen all the possible dunks. Folks were saying that before VC’s contest and J-Rich and D-Mase. Completely false.
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Needz moar Travis Pastrana
Double back on a MX bike or skydive in nothing but shorts and dunk. THAT would be impressive.
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by bigboneded on Feb 25, 2012 7:50 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
He's jumping over
How many bags of “E-Z Fert” steer manure?!?
That’s amazing!
"Only connect..."
E. M. Forster
See above
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by bigboneded on Feb 25, 2012 7:36 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I mean: BREAKING!
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by bigboneded on Feb 25, 2012 7:37 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I mean: BREAKING!
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by bigboneded on Feb 25, 2012 7:37 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Dwight Howard?
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Seriously think the last dunk contest that was good was watching JRich back in 2005/2006?
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I got to see Mike, Dominique, Spud, etc. But JRich and VC were tight too.
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by bigboneded on Feb 25, 2012 7:41 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I'm jealous of that too.
JRich basically did the Dominique and everything on that dunk he did the first time? a between the legs, reverse behind the back dunk?
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I go back to Vince Carter in 2000.
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In retrospect, I really should’ve sold high on that Vince Carter rookie card I got at All Star fan fest that weekend.
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
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by Murray, Present on Feb 25, 2012 8:09 PM PST up reply actions
Note any of Nate-dog's victories?
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Eh, weren't the rules earlier in the decade, you got one shot? not like, 2 minutes?
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JRich was the last real slam dunk contest winner
What we have now is basically a bad comedy skit show.
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
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by Murray, Present on Feb 25, 2012 8:11 PM PST up reply actions
I kinda want to go back and watch that contest again
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the year when he beat Mason (?) was awesome
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by CalBear949 on Feb 25, 2012 8:22 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
heck, even the one where he lost was fun to watch, lost by ONE point i believe
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Crawdad coming up on SportsNet Central.
He’s getting a lot of press.
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Wow, it's over?
Laaaaaaaame.
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I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
what i thought about the Giants' offseason
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Back to Final Fantasy, I guess.
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I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Just got FIFA and Arkham Assylum today. Waiting for the kiddo to go to bed to start playing.
Need a break from Skyrim for a bit.
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by bigboneded on Feb 25, 2012 8:13 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
NICE!
Yea… i spent about an hour and a half on ONE friggin mission in skyrim, doing “blood on ice” mission
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I dont mind the time for one, its the repetitive stuff that bothers me. At this point I have thieves guild, brotherhood, and companions stuff, and its the same shit over and over and over…
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by bigboneded on Feb 25, 2012 8:22 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Just kill them all, KILL THEM ALLLLLLLLLLL and do your own thing
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I killed my wife last night. And then her Dad cause he sent goons after me. That was fun but now I need a new wife…which was the point.
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by bigboneded on Feb 25, 2012 8:28 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
WOA WAIT, FOR REAL!? THE FUCK
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Wait, you can get a new one if your first one dies? I thought you just got one spouse.
Are you playing on a PC where you can use a console command to do that?
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Ps3.
IDK…cant I? I figured I’d find another using the amulet.
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by bigboneded on Feb 25, 2012 8:37 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
You can try, but that’s what I thought.
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You can remarry, yeah
In fact, killing your spouse or letting them die is the only way to remarry, since there’s no divorce.
by Lies and Perfidy on Feb 25, 2012 9:22 PM PST up reply actions
Cool. Let us know how it works out, bigboneded.
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That took me a little while, too. And I almost blew it at the end by going to the market too soon. Had to reload a save point.
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That's what it is?
I have to find this lady Viola?
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You do have to talk to her. And Calixto.
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yea, talked to Calixto, just don’t know how to find Viola… I picked the lock to her place. She ISNT there, i might just killer her if i find her, since she’s so tough to find
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I think I found her at the inn, or somewhere nearby.
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K, cool, thanks for that, because its taking me forever
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UESP Wiki is your friend.
If you’re stuck on a quest, that shizz will tell you everything you need to know.
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I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Yeaaa, i've been using that off and on
i’ll definitely start using that site every time
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Heh – I’ve got it bookmarked for when I get stuck.
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Sleep at the inn a couple hours at a time until you find her.
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by bigboneded on Feb 25, 2012 8:38 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
so.... i think Viola's dead
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can't find her, meaning i can't complete this mission
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Skyrim is FILLED with glitches
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
Aubrey Huff: "Let's Get Weird"
by slackersphere17 on Feb 26, 2012 12:29 AM PST up reply actions
Did you check the Candlehearth or whatever at night?
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Well that was totally irrelevant.
I swear, I stopped watching the NBA about 6 or 7 years ago, and I still dont feel I’m missing anything.
Back to the Nature on whale sex…way more exciting than the slam dunk comp. Sad.
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by bigboneded on Feb 25, 2012 8:11 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Apparently, male right whales are gentle lovers...
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by bigboneded on Feb 25, 2012 8:15 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I guess if whales are going to have sex, they both have to take a breath first, right?
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 25, 2012 8:16 PM PST up reply actions
Or at least the bottom.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 25, 2012 8:17 PM PST up reply actions
and they have thousand pound testicles.
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by bigboneded on Feb 25, 2012 8:16 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Ryan Braun can fix that for ’em.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 25, 2012 8:17 PM PST up reply actions
ALLEGEDLY!!
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by bigboneded on Feb 25, 2012 8:26 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Also Known as "madison bumgarner syndrom"
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
they have slow fins?
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by CalBear949 on Feb 25, 2012 8:17 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
I got started pretty late on Oscar movies this year
…
But I just saw The Artist and it was great!
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.
only slightly
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.
Tomorrow I will go on the internet to see the outfits.
This is the only thing about the Oscars I care about.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
Some of the speeches can be good. Billy Crystal’s opening should be worthwhile.
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Yeah, it was fun.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 25, 2012 11:03 PM PST up reply actions
Anyone going to live blog that here?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
/pantomimes
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 25, 2012 11:05 PM PST up reply actions
the oscars?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Yeah
So I could see who the winners are without looking it up or checking other sites.
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 will probably live blog 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.
good
because i probably won’t be watching it at all, and i’ll probably be lurking the MCC thredz
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I’m going to live blog from the red carpet.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 25, 2012 11:07 PM PST up reply actions
This is a really good tennis match.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga looks good with a mohawk.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
BREAKING!!!! 49ers
Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter
49ers plan to use their franchise tag on safety Dashon Goldson. Franchise tag for a safety is $6.2 million
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he got PAIDDDDDDDD, but good sign
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Well
PAAAAAIIIIIDDDDDD would be a multi-year deal no?
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 25, 2012 9:31 PM PST up reply actions
6.2 for ONE year, that's what the franchise tag is i believe
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All of it is guaranteed too. DAMNNNNN
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
"I come up with something when I’ve got nothing, and it’s always brilliant. Always. So I reject your logic." -Grant
/Goldson crashes into bank teller
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I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
/Goldson goes for interception at celebration dinner
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by howtheyscored on Feb 25, 2012 9:44 PM PST up reply actions
Could've went after Landry... i kidding
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Watching Moneyball for the first time now. . .
So far, so good.
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DAMMIT NATTO
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Beamed rejects the Red Soxs
and stay with the A’s
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by CalBear949 on Feb 25, 2012 9:37 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Beane
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by CalBear949 on Feb 25, 2012 9:37 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
It’s a very good movie. Just don’t check the baseball accuracy
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by CalBear949 on Feb 25, 2012 9:36 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
I'm still annoyed about
the portrayal of Damon.
He was a half season rental and sucked as an A’s
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by CalBear949 on Feb 25, 2012 9:56 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Also was anyone else bothered by the really anachronistic choice of song for the daughter to sing? Or did that only bother me? It just felt really weird that they couldn’t find something equally cloying/sweet from 10 years ago that would’ve worked just as well.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Feb 25, 2012 10:52 PM PST up reply actions
YOU'RE SUCH A LOSER DAD
YOU’RE SUCH A LOSER DAD
YOU’RE SUCH A LOSER DAD
YOU’RE SUCH A LOSER DAD
YOU’RE SUCH A LOSER DAD
YOU’RE SUCH A LOSER DAD
YOU’RE SUCH A LOSER DAD
That’s the only anachronism that I found puzzling. All the baseball anachronisms I can imagine the production staff purposively leaving in just to see how quickly baseball geeks ran them down.
by non sequitur on Feb 25, 2012 11:02 PM PST up reply actions
Yes. That really irked me for whatever reason.
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I just saw Matt Cain’s name on a spreadsheet. Too lazy to find the remote to go back and freeze on it.
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"Players to scam out from under Brian Sabean"
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well, i mean it's just a shot of a spreadsheet
by non sequitur on Feb 25, 2012 10:16 PM PST up reply actions
haha, Denard Span
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Ha! That's the one.
Nice capture.
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by can of corn on Feb 25, 2012 10:21 PM PST up reply actions
Why do they have relatively recent WAR totals?
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And ages.
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by can of corn on Feb 25, 2012 10:43 PM PST up reply actions
It’s a very good movie. Just don’t check the baseball accuracy
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 25, 2012 10:52 PM PST up reply actions
I just cringed: "Get Sabean on the line"
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It gets better,
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 25, 2012 10:53 PM PST up reply actions
Probably the most realistic part of the movie.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 25, 2012 10:53 PM PST up reply actions
Longest GM in the league
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i have no idea how that makes any sense, but you know what i'm getting at, i think
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I want to say no. But I want to say yes.
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by can of corn on Feb 25, 2012 11:13 PM PST up reply actions
That’s What Susan Said
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 25, 2012 10:56 PM PST up reply actions
We'll ask GiantPain!
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Art Howe is coming off like a complete douche
No wonder he was cranky about it.
Although I suspect he was really was a big douche.
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by can of corn on Feb 25, 2012 10:21 PM PST up reply actions
What’s weird to me is that he was ok with his name being used yet he comes off horribly, whereas DePodesta looks really good and he’s not ok with it?
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by Smoke on the Water on Feb 25, 2012 10:54 PM PST up reply actions
If it made me look smart and stuff, sure!
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by can of corn on Feb 25, 2012 10:56 PM PST up reply actions
That was LITERALLY 30 seconds ago.
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by can of corn on Feb 25, 2012 10:58 PM PST up reply actions
STOP LOOKING IN MY WINDOW
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by can of corn on Feb 25, 2012 10:59 PM PST up reply actions
WOULD YOU LIKE SOME ICE CREAM? I WAS JUST GOING TO MAKE A MIDNIGHT SNACK.
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SMORES OR GTFO?
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WHAT ABOUT THE LACTOSE INTOLERANT CROWD??
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SORRY NOT INVITED. GO MILK OR GO HOME.
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by can of corn on Feb 25, 2012 11:11 PM PST up reply actions
WELL IS THERE PIE?
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WHY ARE YOU HERE?
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LOOKING FOR HOWIE. BUT HE’S LOOKING IN GRANT’S WINDOW
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WHAT’S HOWIE DOING, WATCHING GRANT AND LARS?
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sorry, I’ll leave
/shows self out
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I was kidding!
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Every GM after dealing with Sabean
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In fairness to Sabes
Ive always liked that the book chided him for drafting a HS pitcher, who just happened to be Matt Cain. Maybe drafting HS pitching isn’t really a bad investment if you know what you’re looking at.
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by Smoke on the Water on Feb 25, 2012 11:03 PM PST up reply actions
Bum!
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 25, 2012 11:05 PM PST up reply actions
(Wheeler.) :|
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Here we are being positive and you pull this.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 25, 2012 11:38 PM PST up reply actions
Somebody was going to say it. Better me than one of the true Debbie Downers!
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 25, 2012 11:41 PM PST up reply actions
In this line
See that way people hear about me and have not so high expectations on what I look like but think I’m really smart. Mthen they meet me, and if I look better than Jonah Hill, I’ve already exceeded their expectations. That’s a win.
Also, given that DePo’s greatest weakness was portrayed as being his social awkwardness, refusing to let your name be used might not be taken as a great sign on that front.
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by Smoke on the Water on Feb 25, 2012 10:59 PM PST up reply actions
DePo was interviews on that Brian Kenny show on MLB Network. He just wasn’t comfortable having them using his image. Nothing more.
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Yeah, but doesn't that seem strange?
If someone ever wants to make a movie about me where I seem smart and ahead of my time, I think I’d say yes.
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by Smoke on the Water on Feb 25, 2012 11:04 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe he wanted to keep kind of private in that way.
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I guess I just don't get it
You’re in MLB front offices— a very public business. But having your real name used in a movie about baseball that features some nice work that you did crosses a line? To each his own, I guess.
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by Smoke on the Water on Feb 25, 2012 11:09 PM PST up reply actions
Especially since his name was in the book, wasn’t it?
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by can of corn on Feb 25, 2012 11:10 PM PST up reply actions
Yup
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by Smoke on the Water on Feb 25, 2012 11:11 PM PST up reply actions
Legally though
I don’t know if he could’ve kept it out… One of those funny little quirks where you have much more power to stop someone from using your image/likeness than you do when they’re using your name in a work of nonfiction.
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by Smoke on the Water on Feb 25, 2012 11:13 PM PST up reply actions
he could not have kept it out
In that MLB Network interview, he acknowledged that the producers were under no obligation to comply with his request. He thought they were very accommodating.
by non sequitur on Feb 25, 2012 11:24 PM PST up reply actions
Why was Barry Zito not a big part of this film?
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by can of corn on Feb 25, 2012 11:18 PM PST up reply actions
he should have been standing creepily in the background of every shot
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Exactly
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by can of corn on Feb 25, 2012 11:20 PM PST up reply actions
Because the A's were a shitty team that year and had no pitchers.
Nope, not a one. Those three you are thinking of, not there.
Also
No way they had the AL MVP. They’re team sucked!
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 25, 2012 11:33 PM PST up reply actions
errrr
Their
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 25, 2012 11:33 PM PST up reply actions
That's a really bad wig Arliss Howard is wearing
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by can of corn on Feb 25, 2012 11:21 PM PST up reply actions
CONCLUSION: Good movie
And that bastard Natto was right. The A’s lose.
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by can of corn on Feb 25, 2012 11:33 PM PST up reply actions
I thought Pitt and Hill worked very well together. The movie’s strongest scenes were the two of them just talking in the bowels of the o.co dungeon.
by non sequitur on Feb 25, 2012 11:36 PM PST up reply actions
Definitley
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 25, 2012 11:37 PM PST up reply actions
Agreed
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by can of corn on Feb 25, 2012 11:37 PM PST up reply actions
The movie is so much more about Beane than it is about baseball. (Which I’m totally fine with, for what it’s worth.)
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Pretty much the only way to make a movie with broad appeal.
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/owlcroft cries in the corner
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by can of corn on Feb 25, 2012 11:47 PM PST up reply actions
Only because the Dr. Pepper product placement deal fell through.
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Yeah, I totally understood and followed the throughline of the film. When I first heard that they were making a Moneyball movie and Brad Pitt was starring, I was sure it was going to be shit.
I mean, even Michael Lewis thought it was going to be shit. If you accept that the movie is not the book, it’s very good at what it sets out to do.
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His secretary was named Suzanne
And Beane yelled “SUZANNE” several times. I am taking full credit for that being in the movie.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 26, 2012 9:41 AM PST up reply actions
CONGRATS SAINT MARY'S!!!!!!! FIRST WCC TITLE SINCE 1989!!! SUCK IT GONZAGA
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You should thank the Dons for this week and last week
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Nah, last week yea. This week? Great game tonight, by both teams
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Congrats to the Gaels. The Dons couldn’t buy a basket and the coach should’ve known better than to have that outburst with the Ref 10 feet away. But damn, the Gaels were great tonight
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Ha, yup. And really awesome to see someone OTHER than Gonzaga do something
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Yeah, that’s the reason I’m not annoyed that the Dons lost lol
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You got USF baseball now.
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I HATE USF
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So does Ralph Barbieri
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Why?
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He’s embarrassed of what his school has done to the basketball program. He wanted to see the school president, who refused.
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So… he’s kinda whining?
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Look at who we are discussing here
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This is the same person who would whine about Benitez every single Brian Sabean show until Benitez was gone.
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And i definitely remember the time Sabean just blew up at Ralph, who is now complaining about Pill not getting any recognition for the 1st base job
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/facepalm
What about “Pill sucks” doesn’t Ralph understand?
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ARR BEE EYES
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by can of corn on Feb 25, 2012 11:13 PM PST up reply actions
WHERE THE MONEY LIES
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So….he’s Ralph?
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 25, 2012 11:06 PM PST up reply actions
YEAH! SOUTH FLORIDA SUCKS
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Didn’t you, like, go there?
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UNIVERSITY SOUTH FLORIDA!!
but yea, i went to USF for a semester. WAYYYYYYYYY too much $$$$ tho
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I’ve been to two USF basketball games. One vs. Gonzaga, the other vs. Loyola Marymount in 1990, one month before Hank Gathers died.
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The LMU game score was 137-123.
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And….now they can’t even manage to score half that much
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WOA, really? WOW
That story about him from 30 for 30, definitely made me tear up. It’s a nice gym, should probably be renovated… but it’s a great location
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They beat St. Mary’s one game 150-119.
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umm, 150 points in ONE GAME, WOW
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It wasn’t their highest scoring game, either. Beat USF at home, 157-115. BTW, this is all in regulation. No OT. So they did it in 40 minutes.
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HOLY COW
that’s seriously nuts
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You have to figure they’ll get a tournament bid, right?
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Would think so.
We’ll see though, it’d help even more helpful if they were to win the WCC tournament
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shift-A
I started the Jesse Foppert Strikeout Watch on the Giants newsgroup back in the day. He was working in the low-to-mid-90s at the time.
/arm falls off
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Just finished season 2 of Breaking Bad
I’m acquiring season 3 now.
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You're in luck
Season three was my absolute favorite (but they’ve all been awesome).
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The end of two finally moved things along a bit. I was kind of getting tired of him sneaking around unnoticed.
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Hmmm
The pacing never really bothered me, but I would say it probably continues to pick up from here on, so again, you’re in luck.
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And now I finally watched Midnight in Paris. Wow, as a Roaring 20s buff, why didn’t I watch it sooner?
The Hemingway characterization cracked my shit up.
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I enjoyed it.
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got written up for an alcohol violation...
even though im 21…
sigh
Damn! What happened man?
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same thing almost happened to me actually a few years ago
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my friend who has a freshman girlfriend and it was her birthday
so he used my apartment (which is university owned) to hold the shindig. We are a “moist” campus so 21 year olds are allowed to have a certain amount of alcohol as long as its for “moderate” consumption. THe party was winding down and we were playing video games (NBA jam) and we were getting rowdy cause people were throwing down dunks.
The RA’s hear us, let themselves in, and see shot glasses and a beer pong table in the back room. They confiscated everything (Which thankfully wasnt everything because we had a crazy amount of handles and beer hidden in other parts of the apartment)…and then they took down everyones names who was there. Im only expecting a written warning but damn, what a damper on the night
Seems like every RA story I’ve read here but one or two, they tend to be a bit douchy.
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Ive actually heard that RA's have unwritten quotas or something
I had this one RA who never wrote anybody up for anything….and then his supervisor went around with him to do rounds because he didnt have enough citations
RA’s douchey or college freshmen insufferable? That is the question.
/invoking rule of get off my lawn.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 25, 2012 11:29 PM PST up reply actions
it was definitely RA's douchey
they never asked for grades, or the situation. They confiscated shot glasses too? which they not only sell in the university book store but are collectors items. They came in and were like “oh what are these shot glasses for?”
Like come on, obviously weve been drinking. They looked in our fridge and saw a bottle of Andre champagne that had a 1/3 left that hadnt been touched in like 2 or 3 weeks (i know we should have thrown it away but it slipped our minds). So thats probably gonna be held against us.
well, c'mon
Drinking Andre should be a federal offense.
My girlfriend loves Andre....
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I have a pal whose favorite wine used to be Carlo Rossi Hearty Burgundy. He had the worst taste in booze.
3000?
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Cool story ahead
The other day I was watching SportsCenter and Robert Griffin III was on. I asked my dad, “Do you know who he looks like?” He said that he looked like Andre 3000, which was exactly what I was thinking.
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I can’t say I’ve ever noticed a resemblance.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 25, 2012 11:42 PM PST up reply actions
Sometimes he comes downstairs and watches VH1 at weird hours of the night.
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And your father is almost 50, right?
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Do they even still show music videos in the wee hours? My junior year of high school had way too much Insomniac Music theater, but now it’s reruns of celebreality bullshit.
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I don’t think he’s done it for a while, actually. Usually now I’m still awake at that time of night.
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4 AM PT has something called Jump Start (1 AM if you have satellite) on VH1. VH1 Classic has 120 Minutes with some of the older videos.
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Yeah.
Insomniac Music Theater became Nocturnal State in 2005, which would lead right into Jump Start at 6 AM.
Then the cut Nocturnal state and pushed Jump Start up to add more reruns, and then added morning talk show BS. That’s when I finally gave up on VH1.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
His dad is probably only like 25.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 25, 2012 11:44 PM PST up reply actions
my friends like it because its like 6 bucks a bottle.
College students will drink anything if its cheap
Natty Ice.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 25, 2012 11:39 PM PST up reply actions
PBR
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ugh... reminds me of the INdy 500
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is that Labatt?
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brewed in the Bayview until 1978
I think the corporate parent is now Anheuser-Busch InBev.
oh, huh. Nevermind, guess i've never had it
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Interesting
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My RA story
My RA was Leigh Steinberg.
by Comrade Conrad on Feb 25, 2012 11:51 PM PST up reply actions
Oh snap, you got to be kidding me with this though, the RAs are that serious? Even though you are 21 you are not allowed to have any of that going on? I know it’s university owned, but seriously, the RAs are human and could easily just look at the situation as such “ok, it’s this girls birthday, as long as you guys don’t be extremely loud or break anything, you guys are good”. But wow, that’s some BS
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yeah, it was some bullshit
they were like “were gonna write in our repot that you were very cooperative”. Bite me.
Its gonna be fine though…ill probably receive a written warning.
Yea, like, “oh yea, thanks for that, because it’ll help soooo much” same thing happened when the Oxford police arrested me, cuffed me, brought me to the station and said “yea, i’m not going to charge you for underage because you’ve been so nice to me, SO HOW ABOUT BARRY BONDS AND THOSE STEROIDS???”
seriously dude?
Good to hear everything will be fine, a warning, meh, not bad
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I once got written up for an alcohol violation despite not having had anything to drink and being 21.
lol Asian glow
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I feel bad for this guy asking the MCC facebook page when it’s going to update again.
But then I always wonder where those people come from?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Was that you who answered him?
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
yes
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
This comment amuses me
Why “in play, out(s)” and not “in play, run(s)”?
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
I liked the page just to inflate the numbers
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
"I come up with something when I’ve got nothing, and it’s always brilliant. Always. So I reject your logic." -Grant
it looks like it stopped last september
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 right now i'm browsing the photos
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These are some funny photos, the group pic is great
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So I went and looked and I found the thread where everyone posts their usernames. Now I’m tempted to Facebook friend like forty of you people, but that’d probably be a little creepy.
by Lies and Perfidy on Feb 25, 2012 11:31 PM PST up reply actions
Go ahead
Many of us have already done it.
Join usssssssssss.
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by can of corn on Feb 25, 2012 11:33 PM PST up reply actions
now i'm all self-conscious about it
by Lies and Perfidy on Feb 25, 2012 11:39 PM PST up reply actions
come on, you've met some of us irl!
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.
exactly
And I just checked my FB and I don’t have a friend request. What the hell, man?
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by can of corn on Feb 25, 2012 11:41 PM PST up reply actions
hahaha, yeah, i mostly just wanted to post that thing
I spent like three minutes with my feeb paint skills fixing the panels!
by Lies and Perfidy on Feb 25, 2012 11:42 PM PST up reply actions
hahah, I hadn't even noticed until you mentioned that
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aw shit
i hope i didn’t accept that too quickly
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 had to, after I gave him shit.
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by can of corn on Feb 25, 2012 11:48 PM PST up reply actions
there
Now you can see how many jokes I recycle between social media platforms. Hooray!
by Lies and Perfidy on Feb 26, 2012 12:02 AM PST up reply actions
yea, i'm still only friends with 7 people from MCC
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HEY i'm friends with you! YEA!
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HIGH FIVE BACK AT YA!
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Raging since 2009
Goose egg for me.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
0, unless I randomly know someone from here in real life
Which could be awkward given the number of dick jokes I make.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
o/
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
GO ON THERE, AND FRIEND EVERYONE
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everyone friend me now
I’m too lazy for it to happen the other way
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Haha, i'm not even part of the group!
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Only three people are,
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Yea, WTF is with that
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What group is this?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
McCovey Chronicles
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Wait, there are seriously only four of us on there?
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
"I come up with something when I’ve got nothing, and it’s always brilliant. Always. So I reject your logic." -Grant
i'm going to just post a comment every half hour
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Whoa, I am apparently friends with three people who are part of the group….hmm.
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
"I come up with something when I’ve got nothing, and it’s always brilliant. Always. So I reject your logic." -Grant
NOT ME
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Obviously
I know these people IRL, heh they better not recognize my username
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
"I come up with something when I’ve got nothing, and it’s always brilliant. Always. So I reject your logic." -Grant
This line
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
"I come up with something when I’ve got nothing, and it’s always brilliant. Always. So I reject your logic." -Grant
Heh.
I’ve totally done that on other facebook groups. I suspect the results for McC would be considerably less horrifying.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
YOU DONT EVEN KNOW MY NAME!!! HA! i win!
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I do….Mwahahaha
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
"I come up with something when I’ve got nothing, and it’s always brilliant. Always. So I reject your logic." -Grant
OH NOOOOOOO
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OH SHIT, haha
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I think you have to invite him in for ice cream now. At least, that’s what I’ve read.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
go fer 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.
Where is this? I want to stalk everyone!
I think Graham’s the only one who knows my name; he found out when I sent him an email with his address.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Yeah, that’s not creepy as shit or anything.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
He brought it upon himself
Seriously, he challenged me to do it and everything.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
He challenged you to stalk everyone?
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 25, 2012 11:43 PM PST up reply actions
He was wondering if EP's list meant anything.
It does.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Apparently I’m the third member of that group? I’m not really sure what that means.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
fuck it
I’m putting my name there whether you like it or not.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
funny pics of the MCC meet up, although heard it was awkward...
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That wasn’t the awkward one. It was fun.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 26, 2012 7:39 AM PST up reply actions
OT: I'm like 50% sure I saw a celebrity today
Anyone know if Jason Segal is a Rangers fan? He (or his doppelgänger) was wearing their cap. Ah, the joys of living in LA… Once a month or so I get to think that maybe I saw someone famous.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Feb 25, 2012 11:22 PM PST reply actions
I may or may not have seen William H Macy in Colorado one time
I can die happy
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
Aubrey Huff: "Let's Get Weird"
by slackersphere17 on Feb 25, 2012 11:29 PM PST up reply actions
Meeting Rob Schneider at a Giants game made me a happy kid
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I sat behind him on a Southwest flight from LA to SF. True story. He’s very small.
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by can of corn on Feb 25, 2012 11:31 PM PST up reply actions
you are so right, he is really short
it was cool though, his kids were pretty cool
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I saw Boz Skaggs at Snowbird in college
And also Mark Gastineau.
Yeah. I’m cool like that.
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by can of corn on Feb 25, 2012 11:30 PM PST up reply actions
I walked past Doug Flutie once
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 saw him and Billy Crystal at the Kabuki back when they were filming their movie together. Billy’s wife was getting the ticket while Billy hung back and got harassed by some dude in the crowd and then when the purchase was made, Robin Williams came in to join them. I was kind of disappointed they didn’t go see Trainspotting there like my friends and I were.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 25, 2012 11:34 PM PST up reply actions
Also I pissed in the urinal next to James Iha of the Smashing Pumpkins when I saw them way back in the IBeam in the early 90’s
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 25, 2012 11:36 PM PST up reply actions
seeing Ron Jeremy in a bar on Fairfax
..did not make me excited to be there.
Nah.
Pablo was like, oh shit, wasn’t that scout6?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
“Hey Michael it’s me, guess who I just saw, scout6! Yeah, I’m like 99% sure it was him.”
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 25, 2012 11:52 PM PST up reply actions
"Madre! I just saw Scout6!"
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
Aubrey Huff: "Let's Get Weird"
by slackersphere17 on Feb 25, 2012 11:53 PM PST up reply actions
One year I got an invite to a private autograph signing during Fan Fest. It was located on the Suite level. Lincecum passed us by.
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’ve actually seen the entire Giants team a few times, they were like 20 rows down playing on some field.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 25, 2012 11:47 PM PST up reply actions
LUCKYYYYYYY
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
You think that’s impressive? I see them almost everyday during the summer in my living room. We’re just separated by a television or something
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
"I come up with something when I’ve got nothing, and it’s always brilliant. Always. So I reject your logic." -Grant
tubes or some shit
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
Aubrey Huff: "Let's Get Weird"
by slackersphere17 on Feb 25, 2012 11:54 PM PST up reply actions
But the rest of the time you still have to live in LA.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
sl
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by can of corn on Feb 25, 2012 11:32 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Haha
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 25, 2012 11:35 PM PST up reply actions
I actually just got around to seeing Puss in Boots this weekend (blu-ray release). This guy was one of my favorite parts.
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by can of corn on Feb 25, 2012 11:37 PM PST up reply actions
The kids liked it. They watched it twice in a row. The cat stuff if pretty cute. It was aight.
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by can of corn on Feb 25, 2012 11:45 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t know why, but I always love this one.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Same.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 25, 2012 11:40 PM PST up reply actions
Probably because he’s eating, and I have no clue what it’s from.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
I just picture it as Natto taking a break from drawing to give props to a post.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 25, 2012 11:45 PM PST up reply actions
I met Mandy Patinkin at my sister's college orientation.
Turns out I had played frisbee with his sons.
I also got to meet Avery Brooks when he starred in a production at my college. Down to earth dude when he’s not on stage/set.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Mandy Patinkin is def the coolest person on this Celebrity Encounters list
by Lies and Perfidy on Feb 25, 2012 11:45 PM PST up reply actions
He was, uh, well past Inigo Montoya vintage. But he’s still a talented mofo.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
I have not.
But I’ve seen selections from his Sondheim years on Broadway.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
It's an awesome show
Basically a few of the main writers from 24 were like “What if we did a show like this but with realistic intelligence work and not dumb?” Mandy plays a CIA division chief.
by Lies and Perfidy on Feb 25, 2012 11:50 PM PST up reply actions
They have writers from 24? I would not have guessed that.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
yeah, the main dude starting from season 3 and a guy who joined in season 7
Apparently they did their research and just figured “nah our fans want to see Jack Bauer punch terrorism.”
by Lies and Perfidy on Feb 25, 2012 11:56 PM PST up reply actions
criminal minds!
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.
great show
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Are we listing the most famous people we've met?
For me, it’s…Darrell Steinberg.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Janet Reno!
Unless we’re counting Nobel Prize winners.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Terrell Owens gave me a high-five once during a game, and I played football with Joe Montana’s son. Those probably top my list.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 25, 2012 11:50 PM PST up reply actions
One time i yelled at Ken Dorsey during training camp and told him Miramonte can SUCK IT
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I also booed David Carr at a Fresno State Basketball game last year.
Bastard was gonna ruin my football team.
WE WANT CARR!
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
"I come up with something when I’ve got nothing, and it’s always brilliant. Always. So I reject your logic." -Grant
hahahaha, i remember you saying that here, that's awesome
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He was in one of my English courses in college. I sat next to him sometimes. Never said a word.
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Saw Dr. J at a Kmart I was working at looking at TVs
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 25, 2012 11:52 PM PST up reply actions
This one is awesome.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
I saw Rickey Henderson at a Safeway in Oakland a couple of years ago!
by non sequitur on Feb 25, 2012 11:55 PM PST up reply actions
I saw George Lucas at the Northgate Mall once.
He looked lost.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
haha, someone walked into the restaurant i was having dinner in tonight
and for a second, I thought it was George Lucas.
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.
Where'd you eat, btw?
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Vasco
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.
Oh, I ate there like 3 months ago before I saw Jon Miller at the Throckmorton. Pretty good, if I remember right.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
It’s my favorite of the downtown Mill Valley Italian restaurants.
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 specific
My family is partial to Benissimo in Corte Madera.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
there are like 4 of them!!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
The one off of Piccolo Pavillion, above the fire station.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
oh i meant 4 downtown Mill Valley Italian restaurants
sorry!
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.
Oh!
Yeah.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Pizza D'Angelo's?
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And La Ginestra.
Actually, I guess it’s just three, but then you have Piatti in Strawberry and Frantoio at the Holiday Inn (or whatever it is now).
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.
PASTA POMODORO
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
The guy who drove the airport shuttle between St. Louis and Columbia, Missouri this past winter for me looked remarkably like Jon Miller. I’m pretty sure it wasn’t him, though.
by non sequitur on Feb 26, 2012 12:05 AM PST up reply actions
One of my friends from the bay area snapped a picture of George Lucas knitting in a Starbucks.
I think I put it on Twitter a few months back.
It was actually right before Attack of the Awful Name came out.
Early spring 2002.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Basically just guys from metal bands (Exodus & Nevermore being the notable ones).
Oh, and I know the dude who did that dreadful early Watchmen script that’s been floating around the internet. He’s a really nice guy, it’s a shame about that…thing.
by Lies and Perfidy on Feb 25, 2012 11:53 PM PST up reply actions
i don't have anyone cool
my brother claims he sold Matt Cain an Xbox and Guitar Hero when he worked at Best Buy though.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
That’s pretty sweet…
Met Steve Wosniak at Walgreen’s sold him stuff, same with Joe Thornton and Trent Dilfer.
and saw Taylor Mays at another Walgreens i worked at.
talked to Steve Mariucci’s wife on the phone about getting her photos done, had to reprint 400 of her photos.
Also saw Tony Hawk at a mall down in LA
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
actually I guess I lied
since I mentioned Doug Flutie just above.
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.
BC?
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
yup
I was walking back from class toward my apartment and I passed this short dude. It wasn’t until I got a few steps past him that I realized who it was!!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
That’s pretty awesome. So random too, and made probably one of the biggest plays in BC history
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
almost certainly the biggest play in BC history!
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.
thanks for not bringing up the hockey game, SHIT
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
"CAN YOU SIGN IT?!"
“Uh, sure, but I’m buying it… You’re the one that works here, remember?”
“…Oh yeah.”
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
by Solidarity on Feb 25, 2012 11:59 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
haha
he didn’t even like baseball back then! I was talking to him about it the other day and he was like, “Yeah, I definitely wish I’d known who the fuck he was back then.”
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 didn't actually meet her
But an actress for a 1990’s era show, The Single Guy. attended my cousins wedding and reception (which was at the Blackhawk Country Club). Her name was Ming-Na.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
the lead actress in Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
and Mulan.
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.
Whatever happened to her. And what the hell was with dropping the surname, anyway.
by non sequitur on Feb 25, 2012 11:58 PM PST up reply actions
WHEN WILL MY REFLECTION SHOW, WHO I AM IN SIDE?
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
"I come up with something when I’ve got nothing, and it’s always brilliant. Always. So I reject your logic." -Grant
…Lame. My brain can’t recollect this song. I just keep jumping to the beginning of “A Chorus Line.” Pretty much the same thing.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
shagged fly's with Keith Hernandez
Pedro Feliz.
also, proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
its 1 in the morning
seems like a good time to watch howls moving castle for the first time
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Proud parent of Seth Rosin: Couldn't throw an intentional walk if he wanted to
by operation carrot on Feb 26, 2012 12:49 AM PST via Android app reply actions
scarecrow thing is the best part of this movie
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Proud parent of Seth Rosin: Couldn't throw an intentional walk if he wanted to
by operation carrot on Feb 26, 2012 1:41 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
Shocking, just shocking...
via Baggs:
In live BP matchups: Cain&Affeldt will face vs. Pablo, Melky, Huff, Nate. Romo& Surkamp get Font-Theriot and Pagan. Zito vs. minor leaguers.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
LOLZeets
Does Tim have the day off?
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
maybe he pitched yesterday or will pitch tomorrow? Baggs didn’t say, and I didn’t look for any additional info
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I remember Zito giving up a lot of runs to minor leaguers last season.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 26, 2012 8:43 AM PST up reply actions
Unless you’re talking about the 8 run game against the Padres, I have no idea what you’re talking about. He actually did pretty well from an ERA standpoint while rehabbing in the minors last year.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Yeah, I think it was spring training work that I’m thinking of.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 26, 2012 8:50 AM PST up reply actions
Rowand says the park made him chase sliders low and away
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 26, 2012 8:46 AM PST reply actions
After being released by the Giants, Rowand returned home to Las Vegas and "went to work" by spending hours in the batting cage, "making adjustments."
Good to see that tackled one of the main criticisms of him of spending too much time in the cage…by spending more time there.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Fuckin' Rownads.
How do they work?
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 26, 2012 8:51 AM PST up reply actions
What else is he gonna say?
I suck and Torres beat me out of a job fair and square?
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
there’s a part of that that’s difficult if you’re not getting consistent playing time.
You didn’t earn playing time fucko
He played WAY more than he deserved.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
He played pretty damn consistently.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 26, 2012 10:20 AM PST up reply actions
So when you hit line drives to right field or right-center field that you think are base hits and they end up outs, mentally you kind of feel like there’s no hits for me over there, and you start getting into bad habits.
Odd, lots of other players hit perfectly well and don’t get into bad habits because of defensive adjustments.
Actually, if you push the narrative-building side of it aside (the part where he has to explain his suckiness for himself in a way that doesn’t make him inherently sucky), this supports the whole “Barry shouldn’t pander to the shift” argument. Sure, maybe it would have been fun to see Barry push a bunt down the third-base line. Or maybe screwing around with what he does best would have, well, screwed him out of what he did best.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 26, 2012 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
Actually, I don’t think the occasional push bunt would have been problematic. Altering his swing to produce ground balls to the left field side would have been blasphemous though.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 26, 2012 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
I always used to call him J.T. Cocaine
J.T. Snow will technically come out of retirement and take the field so he can re-retire as a Giant, fulfilling a wish he shared with general manager Brian Sabean.
Sabean: See? This says you’ll start at first base for us next season.
Snow: But Sabes, I’m retiring.
Sabean: So?
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 26, 2012 9:05 AM PST up reply actions
Apparently, the A's are too cheap to get one of their players a MRI on the weekend
Jane Lee @JaneMLB
Sizemore will get MRI tmrw. Melvin says there’s difficulty finding facility during weekend “where you know you’re going to get a good image”
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 26, 2012 8:57 AM PST reply actions
OT: on Adam's Apples and Dougie Murray
jeez
http://blogs.thescore.com/nhl/2012/02/22/the-quiet-room-doug-murrays-broken-throat/
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Ouch
Does seem like Dougie’s injury wasn’t as bad as it could have been, tho, thankfully.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
The Sharks play again today?
Haven’t Sharks fans suffered enough this weekend?
And no, Tortured, we didn’t watch last night’s “game” the hotel didn’t have CSN, thankfully.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
You should be grateful you missed it.
Thankfully, Im busy this afternoon.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
They played ok in stretches
but Nashville’s defence was all over them. Plus terrible goaltending and defense for the Sharks.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
Only 2 points back of phoenix
Catch them. Get the 3 seed. No problem
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.
video Jeff Kent and J.T. Snow
http://www.csnbayarea.com/pages/video?PID=VMoEVEZ09xuwT9swd03qJ7FLDLCmip89
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
Does anyone else have this problem with CSN
You click play, have to sit through Uncle Ben and then the actual video you want does not play.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
Maybe you need to update Flash Player.
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 26, 2012 9:25 AM PST up reply actions
I have a mac.
I might need to do updates to it tho, thanks for the reminder.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
Here we go:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2566628?start=0&tstart=0
I used a Mac for a period of time and had the same problem.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 26, 2012 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
Found this:
http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=108086
Even though Flash is built into Chrome, I’m curious for you to try out the Flash Uninstaller…
…
Try and repair permissions, then restart.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 26, 2012 10:31 AM PST up reply actions
Go ahead and blame the park for your awfulness asshole
A gap-to-gap, line-drive hitter, Rowand struggled at hitter-unfriendly AT&T Park.
"Physically, it’s a difficult park to hit in," Rowand said. "It gets you mentally, too. The gaps in that place are 404 in left-center and 421 in right-center, and because it’s only 309 down the line, the right fielder doesn’t play straight up. He plays in right-center. So when you hit line drives to right field or right-center field that you think are base hits and they end up outs, mentally you kind of feel like there’s no hits for me over there, and you start getting into bad habits."
Rowand hit .239 at AT&T Park during his four seasons with the Giants compared to .265 on the road.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/26/2661162/veteran-aaron-rowand-hoping-to.html
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 get so tired of this.
AT&T is a hitter-unfriendly park because 1) Visiting teams have to face Giants pitching and 2) Giants have the worst offense in the history of the world at home and on the road.
No other category of hitters hit in that park unless there is an all-star game there. Why can’t anyone remember Bonds/Kent/Burks/Aurillia/etc.
awwwwwwww, they were all on goofballs.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Sure, they underrate our pitchers
until they want to sign them as FA. Please, BRAZZ, SIGN MATT TODAY!
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
RDF says no.
Waaaait… I thought that’s what the RDF was for. Maybe the FO isn’t being entirely honest with us!
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Nor should they.
But they need to sign Matt. Please.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
I hate to ever take the Giants FO side, but if I was them and have every intention on resigning Cain, I wouldn’t drive up the price by talking about how we have to resign Cain. I’d leave that to closed door meetings.
I feel dirty supporting Baer’s comments and I will now put myself in the corner and think about what I’ve done.
Matt saying he wants "fair value"
doesn’t seem unreasonable to me. I think he wants to stay. Do it, assholes.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
Saying you did much better on the road and then it’s pointed out that he still hit only .265 does not really help his case
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 26, 2012 10:24 AM PST up reply actions
Oh Baggs...
Pat Burrell making an appearance in Giants camp. Said he hasn’t filed official papers, but he’s done playing. Baseball, that is.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
He's not doing that "pretend to get signed by the Phillies to retire as one" bullshit then?
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
You’d think he’d want to retire as a Giant, but how do you handle it when some teams asks you if you’d like to come back to them to retire? He played more there, but the Giants are his home town team. Which fanbase do you piss off?
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I doubt that deciding not to do one of those one-day contract things would really piss the Phlllies fanbase off. They probably wouldn’t even think of it unless it was brought up.
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 then they’d remember how much they booed him during his time there.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Besides, he's a local guy and lifelong Giants fan.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
I don’t think they would.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 26, 2012 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
A friend of mine just turned me on to this. Looks pretty cool.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
Coolio
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 26, 2012 10:12 AM PST up reply actions
lolz
Andrew Baggarly @CSNBaggs
Cain ends session with two pitchouts to Sandoval. “You want to hit that, don’t you?” Cain yells to Pablo.
by Lies and Perfidy on Feb 26, 2012 10:12 AM PST reply actions
My twitter time line is confusing…
the tweet AFTER that one says
Live bp about to start. Cain will face Sandoval, Huff, Schierholtz, H Sanchez, M Cabrera #SFGiants
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Henry Schulman @hankschulman
Hector Sanchez drilled Cain with a comebacker. Scary. He went down, got up, still pitching.
Use a screen next time, knuckleheads
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 26, 2012 10:14 AM PST up reply actions
Not in the pitching arm, I hope!
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
Baggs tweeted that Cain got hit in the leg
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I guess they have to practice getting out of the way, too.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
LOL
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 26, 2012 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
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