Sickels: Two Giants Prospects in the Top 120
by Grant Brisbee on Feb 26, 2012 10:24 PM PST
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John Sickels' book is out, which means that it's time for his top 120 list. Why 120? I can't remember. Maybe it's in honor of Antonio Alfonseca, and a nod to the idea that if we all had 12 fingers, we'd use a base-12 numerical system. Or maybe it's just because it allowed Joe Panik to sneak in.
43. Gary Brown
117. Joe Panik
System's thin, folks. There are young players to work with at the major-league level, of course, so it's not as dire of a situation as it otherwise might be. Still, the system's thin. Don't look at where Zack Wh ... dammit, I told you not to look.
Also, don't count up the Padres. I said don't co ... dammit, you just don't listen.
The most important thing to take away from this, of course, is that there's a Rangers prospect named Rougned Odor. He's 17, so there is still time to make up a definition for "rougned" and pretend it was a real adjective all along. I'm going with "metallic, yet earthy, not unlike a trip to the bathroom after a plate of asparagus."
The other important thing is that I'm really getting attached to the idea of Panik being a good prospect. He hit .341 with a little extra-base power in the Northwest League before turning 21. It's been too long since the Giants had a middle infielder who doubled as an offense-minded prospect. Here's to Panik being that guy.
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that really is a great picture
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I was going to say I hate that are two Top Prospects are so polarizing
But I guess theyd be ranked higher if they weren’t
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 kinda think that the giants have some players that can develop into Top 120 type talent
but like Grant said, the system is pretty young
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i'll rephrase that last statement,
the players that have upside are pretty young
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Or recovering from injuries (Susac, Osich)
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Yea, it’s almost like an unknown at this point i feel
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I think "haven't played a single game of pro ball"
would fall under the young category, even if they are college players.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Yah see what you're saying
I think it’s pretty likely Tommy Joseph is in some of these guys Top 100s next year
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.
Yea, exactly
Feel that the Giants’ system has some players who could develop into that top 100, like Joseph, heck, maybe Crick? Too young though
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Blackburn, maybe.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
By next year?
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Upon review, that was not a pre-existing criteria. Counterpoint withdrawn.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Critera? Criterion.
Damnable English.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
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Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
EAT TIMESTAMP, NERDS!
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
The internet's lack of instantaneous transmission of information has failed me yet again!
Kentrell Hill's my guy.
Criterion, you jackalope.
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Timestamp, you jackanape.
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This was purely for the lulz.
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I got to call you a jackanape, so it all worked out in the end.
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Do we even have an idea of where he’ll be next year? Sally league with Crick, or AZL?
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
BUT I WANT HIM IN SAN JOSE
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When you don’t know who Margaret Thatcher is, but know who Adalberto Mejia is, it’s time to reassess your priorities.
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Margaret Catcher
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Thatcher in the Rye?
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Actually it would make sense to have him either in Sally or AZL… you’re right :( and I DONT KNOW WHO MARGARET THATCHER IS, BUT SHOULD I CARE?
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One thing that i’ll be doing more this season than the previous couple of seasons, is watching the minor league stats more. I’m a little more interested now than i have been in the past, probably since the time Pablo was in the minors
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It’s like rosterbating, but even unhealthier. Don’t do it too much; prospects will break your heart.
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/don’t get too emotionally attached to your prospects. CHECK.
Yea, i’m never that invested, just enjoy seeing how the prospects progress throughout the year
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Jax~<3
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ASL?
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25/M/Fresno until my early 30s.
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Wait, Fresno? I thought you were North Bay?
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Note the signature.
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It’s one whole tool.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 27, 2012 9:50 AM PST up reply actions
/ removes sunglasses
YEEEAAAAHHHHHH !
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
On a team with nothing but complimentary pieces, cobbled together by a general manager who thinks complimentary pieces are stars, these two prospects who project to be complimentary pieces will somehow be blocked by the acquisition of older complimentary pieces.
They are very, very polite.
“You sure look handsome today, Mr. Bochy.”
by Grant Brisbee on Feb 26, 2012 10:32 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
“In my day, managers weren’t as smart as you, Mr. Bochy.”
by Every6thDay on Feb 26, 2012 10:33 PM PST up reply actions
What team are you looking at?
Unless, that is, you think that Lincecum, Cain, Bumgarner, Wilson, Romo, Posey, Sandoval are not stars but, rather, complementary pieces.
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Q: "This doesn't happen every year." Posey: "Why not?"
"Do it again Baby!" Huff
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2010's will be known as "Decade of the Giants"
by obsessivegiantscompulsive on Feb 27, 2012 10:56 PM PST up reply actions
Man, that picture is heroin. Totally addicting.
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LOL English major
a real verb all along. I’m going with "metallic, yet earthy
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"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 26, 2012 10:34 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Speaking of LOL English major
“all had 12 fingers, we’d use a base-12 numerical system”
If we were using a base-12 system, it would be 144 prospects. But it would be written “top 100 prospects”.
Well, that one I own up to.
And I ain’t changing. But, yeah, I see it now. The 144 part. The top 100 part hurts my brain.
by Grant Brisbee on Feb 27, 2012 8:29 AM PST up reply actions
I forget who it was, but someone had Joseph as their #100 until Cespedes signed.
I tore the roof off the house for my son Chuckie Jones.
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 26, 2012 10:36 PM PST reply actions
That was Kevin Goldstein.
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by free f.p. #14 on Feb 26, 2012 10:37 PM PST up reply actions
dude, write your own material
count by team
San Diego Padres 9
StL Cardinals 8
Toronto Blue Jays 8
Oakland Athletics 7
Boston Red Sox 6
SF Gigantes 2
by wcw on Feb 24, 2012 8:19 AM PST
weighted count, lambda 0.98
Seattle Mariners 8
StL Cardinals 7
Oakland Athletics 7
Toronto Blue Jays 7
San Diego Padres 7
SF Gigantes 1
by wcw on Feb 24, 2012 8:24 AM PST
Eric Simon suggested this post!
So shut the hell up, Lars.
by Grant Brisbee on Feb 26, 2012 10:40 PM PST up reply actions
NO U
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 27, 2012 6:45 AM PST up reply actions
What is weighted count, lambda 0.98? Exponential decay with each spot being 0.98 of the previous?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
what do you mean?
by weighted count, lambda ?
and all that jazz
by big logs Johnson on Feb 26, 2012 10:42 PM PST up reply actions
He's just making a reference to his college frat.
by Grant Brisbee on Feb 26, 2012 10:43 PM PST up reply actions
people who do that can suck it
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I would note
that for many other teams, instead of graduating Posey, Bumgarner, and Belt out of the farm system so fast, their “top” guys linger in the top prospect lists for a few more seasons, or take that long to get there, let alone make it in the majors.
I would also note that SD and OAK probably have just as many in the top 120 as the Giants if it were not for all their trades of their star and good players. The Giants would have a hell of a farm system if they traded away Lincecum, Cain, Bumgarner, Sandvoal, Posey for prospects.
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Q: "This doesn't happen every year." Posey: "Why not?"
"Do it again Baby!" Huff
"Let's get back to work and make another run at it" Posey
2010's will be known as "Decade of the Giants"
by obsessivegiantscompulsive on Feb 27, 2012 11:00 PM PST up reply actions
That was the best episode of The Walking Dead in a while
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"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 26, 2012 10:43 PM PST reply actions
Havent watched it
But Sepinwall said it was the best one since the premiere
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It could very well be. It actually evoked some reaction/emotion.
I tore the roof off the house for my son Chuckie Jones.
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 26, 2012 10:46 PM PST up reply actions
So, slightly less terrible?
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
No this one was actually good.
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"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 27, 2012 12:14 AM PST up reply actions
I like what I've seen of Panik
He doesn’t have any crazy tools or a real high ceiling, but at the same time, his floor is pretty high. He seems very polished for someone his age. Good defensive tools, and a good-looking swing. Should hit for a decent average with a few doubles thrown in.
I’d be very pleased if he turned out to be a solid average regular.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
@productiveouts | Productive Outs
DOUBLE!
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NO
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I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
DOUBLE!
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YES!
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 10:50 PM PST up reply actions
DOUBLE
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PLAY
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by free f.p. #14 on Feb 26, 2012 10:53 PM PST up reply actions
HE HITS IT HIGH
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It’s been way too long since I went and looked at that recap.
Javier Lopez: Being a specialist means I’m special!
Javier Lopez: What do you mean whole inning
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
FREDDY SANCHEZ WITH POP
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Or Freddy Sanchez with patience.
And tendons. That would be awesome.
I tore the roof off the house for my son Chuckie Jones.
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 26, 2012 10:49 PM PST up reply actions
yea, that would be even better, stay healthy, be patient, take some pitches, would instantly be an upgrade
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If Freddy would stop thinking it's his job to make an out
every time there’s a runner on first to start an inning, it would be wonderful. Why can’t someone … oh, say the manager or a coach or something … tell him that?
Frank Robinson, a Giant among managers
by mrs. owlcroft on Feb 27, 2012 1:49 AM PST up reply actions
I wouldn't be surprised if Bochy has.
He’s not a fan of the sec bunt with a man on first, I doubt he’s much enamored of the sacrifice ground out.
VAE PVTO DEVS FIO
You're righ about Bochy not liking sac bunts.
But Freddy still sees it as his job to put one down when there’s nobody out. I wish someone would sit him down and explain why it’s not a good idea in most cases. Or don’t they have a “don’t bunt” sign? If not, they should get one.
Frank Robinson, a Giant among managers
by mrs. owlcroft on Feb 27, 2012 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
Just hold up this photo:
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Sig Line Clicked
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
I will give my stalker your twitter address
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 27, 2012 7:51 AM PST up reply actions
We all have crazy tools
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
Ricky "Light Tower Power" Oropesa
by LincecumFTK on Feb 26, 2012 10:49 PM PST up reply actions
BOOM!
"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.
Stopwatches!
Giant Dirtbags: :(
David B. Flemming is Diamond Certified.
by Giant among Angels on Feb 27, 2012 7:06 AM PST up reply actions
Holy crap
This was posted 25 minutes ago on a Sunday and there’s 80 comments?! On tiny post on 2 prospects and a Rangers minor leaguer with a funny name? Us Giants fans need to find something better to do with our lives.
I've got these tiny hands!
-Alex Smith
We do. We talked about the Oscars, TV, food (I think).
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and other sports occasionally, like the warriors
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and video games
like, a lot
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 27, 2012 12:09 AM PST up reply actions
Heath Hembree really has that southern draw
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l
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
draw?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
accent? how else you put it?
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You're missing a letter
Solidarity has it.
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
i feel shame
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Unless you’re talking about him drawing something.
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
or attracting fans from below the Mason-Dixon Line
"Most decisions get made by time and space.." Brian Sabean
Have you even been below the Mason-Dixon Line?
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yea, i think so
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Raging since 2009
Really? Damnnnnn
yea, i’ve never been to the Carolina’s
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LOLoldme. I’ve had a lot more time to travel….
"Most decisions get made by time and space.." Brian Sabean
haha, well, at 23 i’ve been around
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wait a minute...
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I can’t really say my travelling was deliberate. It just kinda happens over time.
"Most decisions get made by time and space.." Brian Sabean
Yea, same. Just drove rather than flew places
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Flough.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
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Grocer's apostrophe alert!
Frank Robinson, a Giant among managers
by mrs. owlcroft on Feb 27, 2012 1:50 AM PST up reply actions
A gentleman never tells.
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 27, 2012 7:34 AM PST up reply actions
pew pew
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Drawl. There's an L at the end.
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by Swamp Thing on Feb 26, 2012 10:54 PM PST up reply actions
Boom.
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Wow
You have a very strong opinion of John Sickels.
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"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 26, 2012 11:01 PM PST up reply actions
2 out of 120! gimme a break
Pedro Feliz.
also, proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
lol.
I’d post not-sure-if-serious.gif, but I’m pretty sure you’re serious.
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He’s missing Tyler Graham, Justin Christian, Charlie Culberson, Nick Noonan, and Conor Gillaspie!
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 27, 2012 6:21 AM PST up reply actions
the Giants farm system isn't very good right now
I’m actually pleasantly surprised Panik made it at all
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I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Panik outhit Crawford in the AFL too
And Crawford’s success in the AFL was all the rage with the Giants FO. Take that for what it’s worth.
The Giants FO is dumb.
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"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 26, 2012 11:01 PM PST up reply actions
Panik>Crawford
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I think AFL is better pitching talent than A- ball that Salem-Keiser is in. It’s nice to see Panik be around the 20 twenty in AFL after MVP of whatever league SK is.
Northwest League.
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Panik plays cricket?
Twenty20?
Bye Travis and thanks for 2010! Good luck with the Brewers!
Llama me JESUS!! VROOMING to second base somewhere near you.
yeah but it’s even more amazing when you think of Panik only having one season of pro ball (NW league isn’t even a full season) and 3 1/2 years younger than Crawford. If I would have guessed before the AFL season I would have said Crawford does better in the AFL even though I thought Panik was a much more valuable prospect, if that makes sense.
Damn! It wasn't even close!
Crawford: .276/.315/.414
Panik: .323/.394/.473
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I would be worried if they were.
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I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
How could Crawford's line be considered a rage-worthy success?
The FO must be drowning in rose-coloered kool-aid.
VAE PVTO DEVS FIO
6 days away from the first spring training game.
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
i'm getting a little excited
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TV (ET except where noted)
Mon, Mar 5 9:35 pm Milwaukee Brewers San Francisco Giants MLBN, CSN
Tue, Mar 6 3:05 pm San Francisco Giants Los Angeles Dodgers MLBN (delay)
Thu, Mar 15 10:05 pm San Francisco Giants Seattle Mariners MLBN
Sat, Mar 17 4:05 pm San Francisco Giants Oakland Athletics CSN
Sat, Mar 17 10:05 pm San Francisco Giants Los Angeles Dodgers MLBN
Wed, Mar 21 4:05 pm San Francisco Giants Cleveland Indians MLBN
Fri, Mar 23 10:05 pm Texas Rangers San Francisco Giants MLBN, NBC 11
Sun, Mar 25 4:05 pm San Francisco Giants Chicago White Sox MLBN (delay)
Tue, Mar 27 4:05 pm Los Angeles Angels San Francisco Giants ESPN2
Thu, Mar 29 9:05 pm San Francisco Giants Texas Rangers MLBN (delay)
Sat, Mar 31 6:05 pm Cincinnati Reds San Francisco Giants MLBN (delay), CSN (live at 3:05 PT)
Mon, Apr 2 10:15 pm Oakland Athletics San Francisco Giants MLBN (delay)
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
(too lazy to convert times to PT)
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
sweet, so every game is televised
just watch MLBNetwork?
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
Full schedule
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/broadcasts/national.jsp
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
gracias
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
No blackouts for the Giants games not seen on CSN or NBC 11
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 does this mean that all of these games will be on MLB.tv ?
Giant Dirtbags: :(
David B. Flemming is Diamond Certified.
by Giant among Angels on Feb 27, 2012 7:10 AM PST up reply actions
In 5 days I’m going to be flat on my back in some stupid hospital bed with tubes and wires all over me, and I won’t be able to listen to Jon.
/sulks in a corner
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Blah. I wish I had miraculous powers of healing…
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 27, 2012 8:15 AM PST up reply actions
Sorry. It’s just been dragging on for so long instead of climbing Mt. Shasta I’m climbing Everest.
Maybe after we go to the doctor tonight I’ll have some different anxiety meds. I had to stop what they had given me because I was bruising up like boxer. The cat would jump up in my lap and I’d get a bruise.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
G'nite
Man, the Oscars really sucked this year.
"Most decisions get made by time and space.." Brian Sabean
9 nominees for best film
It’s too many. It’s like too many wild card berths. Or NBA or NHL where it seems like 3-4 crappy teams make the playoffs every season.
Bye Travis and thanks for 2010! Good luck with the Brewers!
Llama me JESUS!! VROOMING to second base somewhere near you.
It was done entirely to nominate films they never have the intention of giving the award to
to try and silence detractors.
/obligatory joke about the Rooney Rule
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
I haven’t watched it since 2007.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 26, 2012 11:35 PM PST up reply actions
I didn’t even watch this year. The Best Picture group was super underwhelming.
I mean, War Horse? Ugh. The Help? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close? These movies weren’t even reviewed particularly well. EL&IC was critically fucking panned.
Eeph.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 27, 2012 6:34 AM PST up reply actions
EL&IC has a 64% USER rating on rottentomatoes. The m’f’ing GENERAL PUBLIC gave it a D. I mean, shit.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 27, 2012 6:35 AM PST up reply actions
haha
usually the user rating for panned movies is like 80% or higher
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.
Better than the Sharks prospect pool LOL
Our 1st one is probably #743 (and yes, I did press 3 random buttons the number pad xD)
Go Sharks!
Matt Nieto is legit, and Michael Sgarbossa is second in OHL scoring AND has a name that sounds like a pirate. Oh, and our goaltending prospects are second to none: Stalock, Sexsmith, Sateri, Heemskerk, and Anderson are all highly regarded, with the first three’s floor being legit NHL backups. And we have defensemen out the wazoo.
Fear the Fin - NEEDS MORE DOVES
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Sgarbossa
Great name. Since you posted, he’s been traded though. We have a few d-men like Mike Moore and Nick Petrecki, but they are more likely to be solid pros and not potential stars. Pretty deep on goalie prospects though…sexsmith, Alex Stalock, and Harri Sateri are all decent prospects.
2 is better than 1
or none. Our upper levels are pretty barren, and Sickels likes his check-boxes checked and players near to the show.
Bye Travis and thanks for 2010! Good luck with the Brewers!
Llama me JESUS!! VROOMING to second base somewhere near you.
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Not the future Giants closer. N-O-T.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 26, 2012 11:33 PM PST reply actions
What makes you say that?
I'm just a simple sports fan trying to make my way in the universe.
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by Tim Lincecum's Bong on Feb 26, 2012 11:59 PM PST up reply actions
Just finished the second series of downton abbey
its hard to explain to people who havnt seen it why that show is so amazing
its rich people and poor people in fancy dress gossiping
and its awesome
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 11:39 PM PST reply actions
I loved it. There were a few weird things (long lost cousin with amnesia? WTF?), but it’s so masterfully done. Can’t wait until S3.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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Doesnt keith law hate Panik more than any other prospect
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
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by operation carrot on Feb 26, 2012 11:40 PM PST reply actions
C'mon, Grant, share the credit
I’ve been tossing out mentions to Rougned Odor for months now, and I can only assume it’s a deliberate snub that you didn’t credit me with discovering him.
Make a trade for Rougned Odor!
I’m as tall as Mel. Why can’t I hit 500 home runs?
by Ott on Aug 29, 2011 10:24 PM PDT up actions
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
So our two first round picks from the last 2 years are amongst the top 120 prospects in baseball
That’s ok I guess. The Giants farm system was built on the strength of hitting on first round picks. Four straight years of picking in top 10 resulted in Lincecum, Bumgarner, Posey, and Wheele….
God DAMMIT.
It would be nice if the Giants had gone for overslot talents in 2-5th round picks instead if signing Miguel Tejada. But hey, what can you do.
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
Crick and Susac are arguably overslot talents.
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I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Ditto Osich.
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yeah I can't complain about the Giants draft last year
all risky picks and none of which would make a top 120 list as of now, but a year from now, I would bet at least one of them will be on his ’13 list.
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.
Sigh
I am afraid the golden age of the Giants is over. I really think 2010 think was it. Now I am extremely nostalgic with that entire magical season. The future does not look too bright and our division rivals are loaded with incoming talents. How my opinion of the team has changed in merely a year. Quite sad about it.
Prove me wrong Giants…prove me wrong.
There's a First for Everything:
Edgar Renteria, The First World Series MVP in Giants History.
System's Thin?
Two words: Jesse Fopppert
Another three pairs would be Pablo Sandoval, Sergio Romo, and god help you Ryan Vogelsong.
That’s the beauty of baseball – you never know.
A solution to the nerd's biggest problem?
That being, of course, what order should one show the Star Wars films in to someone who’s never seen them?
http://www.nomachetejuggling.com/2011/11/11/the-star-wars-saga-suggested-viewing-order/
His suggestion, with lots of reasoning: IV, V, II, III, VI. I like it.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Oh, come on
I get being curmudgeonly about the prequels, but you can’t just not watch VI.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
People hate the Ewoks. For a long time VI was my favorite so it will always have a place in my heart dvd collection.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
I agree with this
I don’t like the Ewoks either, but Jedi has some of the best action sequences in the whole series. The Tatooine scene is awesome, as is the motorcycle sequence on Endor. And you’ve got hilarious over-the-top Emperor dialogue at the end.
Every once in a while I get a little wistful thinking how great that movie would have been if the guys on Endor had been wookies as Lucas originally intended instead of the stupid Ewoks.
UNLIMITED POWAAAHHHHHH!
Also, I just learned that Ian McDiramid is 13 years younger than William Shatner.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
In Jedi
From the point where the rebel fleet jumps to hyperspace to Vader getting dragged to the shuttle was really great action and I personally liked the cuts between them as the momentum changes with ultimately the the Emperors swan dive,
I'm a failure. I can't even fake the death of a stripper.
-GOB Bluth
The battle over Endor is still awesome to me. But I’ve always been a sucker for the Executor.
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I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Is it true that no one ever says the word “ewok” in RTOJ?
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Yusmeiro Petit: dingerz.exe
Mayor of Smug.
It would have been way cooler if they were Wookies.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
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They should have been anything but teddy bears. Maybe something like sentient puddles of slime.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 27, 2012 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
Wookies are too smart. We need something different. Something the opposite of a wookie. Like a backwards wookie.
One of the earlier scripts had Wookies instead of Ewoks.
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 mind it too much, it’s just, yeah, Ewoks. I do agree that it’s much better than the prequels. I also liked that the guy in the link above just excluded Episode I altogether. Seems like the right move.
Ask me about my blog.
If Lucas tried to make a movie with Ewoks today
They would have some weird racial connection to an earth minority.
I think George has gone off the deep end. He stopped knowing how to make good movies.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 27, 2012 6:55 AM PST up reply actions
I don't think he ever knew.
SSS FTW
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
His work in the 70’s and 80’s was very good imo.
THX1138, American Graffiti, Star Wars, and Indiana Jones.
Random tidbit: He was the initial director for Apocalypse Now, and he was going to film in South Vietnam while the war was still going…
Clearly, during the 2 decade hiatus before he made the Star Wars prequels he was kidnapped by the Sith Empire and turned dark side. Or Alzheimers.
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 27, 2012 9:52 AM PST up reply actions
He just got big-headed from the fame and decided he didn’t need screenwriters or other qualified talent to help him.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
The Ewoks are annoying, but the Tatooine sequence is great and the scene on the Death Star is too. And there’s some good stuff on Endor with Han and Leia and whatnot.
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I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I’m going to say it, damn the consequences. I am not opposed to the Ewoks. They are kind of cute. And feisty.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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One thing that has always confused me about Star Wars is how aliens will speak some language and people speak English back to them, and everyone understands each other.
I get that maybe wookies don’t have the vocal chords to use English, but they understand it, but can that really be the case in every situation? How many times do you have someone come up to you and speak Spanish or another language and you just speak English back to them and have the whole conversation like that?
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 27, 2012 10:08 AM PST up reply actions
Hmmm
Well, in my family, a few of us can understand Tagalog, but can’t speak it. So it turns into an English/Tagalog conversation.
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 27, 2012 10:11 AM PST up reply actions
This is how my grandmother communicates with my brother, except with Bengali and not Tagalog.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
My parents used to hate when we did that to them. My grandparents were spared, since they stayed in Austria and never learned English. Parenthetically, this did not stop my mother’s mother from chatting up anyone she met during her two trips to visit California, in what language I never was able to know.
What always annoys me is when adults who can address me in Bengali decide to speak English instead. I can understand it just fine, thank you very much. Often I reply in Bengali to make a point.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Who can blame them for preferring the superior language? ;)
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 27, 2012 1:00 PM PST up reply actions
argh gnash yarrr
Seriously, English is the opposite of euphonious.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Ask most non-English speakers what an American sounds like, and you get sounds ranging from ‘arr arr arr’ to ‘dur dur dur’. Mostly, best I can tell, to nonnatives we sound like we have a single vowel sound and are trying to use it with a thick potator dumpling lodged in ourt throats.
I am comfortable with that.
My rule has always been to speak the language of the country I am in, if I can. German tourists can ask me how to get to the Golden Gate Bridge in English, and I never feel the need to help them out in their own language. Why would I steal from them the opportunity to practice their high-school language skills?
Once I was asked for directions to my school in Spanish, which was kind of odd. I was able to respond in Spanish satisfactorily, mostly by gesturing and saying “allá”.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Does it really happen that often? Han understands Wookie in the originals, but as far as I remember he’s the only one. C3PO translates the Ewoks for everyone only after having some trouble isolating the dialect.
There’s probably some side character silliness with the English, but I give that up to ease of viewing.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 27, 2012 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
Off the top of my head, Jabba the Hut and Greedo, or however you spell his name. The guy who Han shot first.
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 27, 2012 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, everyone understands Jabba.
Does anyone but Han and maybe Obi Wan understand Greedo? We already know Han has language skills, and that it behooves his profession to practice them, so that hardly seems like a stretch to me (ditto for Greedo). And I would buy the old, wise Jedi being able to communicate with people.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 27, 2012 10:31 AM PST up reply actions
Does everyone understand jabba? Wasn’t that kind of the point of 3P0s job?
I'm a failure. I can't even fake the death of a stripper.
-GOB Bluth
Huttese is a very important dialect in the Outer Rim
for obvious reasons.
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I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
I get that Han understands it, it just seems odd for a conversation to take place in two languages. If Greedo understands Han, why doesn’t Greedo just speak English too? Or why doesn’t Han speak Greedo’s language back to him? They have a conversation in which both sides understand each other perfectly, but refuse to speak the same language. It just seems odd.
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 27, 2012 10:43 AM PST up reply actions
It could really just be an inability to vocalize.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 27, 2012 10:45 AM PST up reply actions
But then you have scenes like when Leia goes to rescue Han and she’s disguised as an alien, she speaks an alien language.
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 27, 2012 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
Hmmm
I always assumed her helmet had a computer to translate incoming and outgoing speech.
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 27, 2012 10:49 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I always chocked that up to the helmet.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 27, 2012 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
The helmet should have chocked Lucas.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 27, 2012 10:54 AM PST up reply actions
Shouldn’t that be “chalked”?
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Howie is an inveterate helmet choker.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 27, 2012 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
I had chalked at first, but somebody made fun of me for doing that a month or two ago. I don’t know. Maybe.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 27, 2012 1:50 PM PST up reply actions
That would make sense. Of course, why put up with C-3PO if you have helmets that do that.
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 27, 2012 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
People do this all the time
It’s very common in immigrant families for first-generation parents to speak to their American-born children in the language of the homeland and then for the kids to reply in English. Understanding is easier than speaking.
That’s a fairly different scenario, and in those cases one or both parties isn’t completely fluent. In Star Wars, it seems pretty clear that both parties are completely fluent in both languages.
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 27, 2012 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
Or that each speaker is speaking in their native language and is to able to understand the others native language.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 27, 2012 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
The fact that there is never any confusion and complex conversations flow with ease and quite naturally. I think the best argument is that it’s a species vocalization problem.
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 27, 2012 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
I didn't like VI when it came out.
Too many ewoks and puppets (for some reason all the puppets in Jaba’s place really bugged me). However, after the prequels came out and I had watched IV, V, VI about a million times in my life, I eased up on VI. VI is so much better than the prequels.
Also, I was like 12 when IV came out and was obsessed. I was a cynical 18 yr old when VI came out. That was probably the biggest reason I had a problem with VI.
Watching them out of sequence is silly. The only question is numerical or by release.
By release is obviously better.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 27, 2012 6:36 AM PST up reply actions
Actually, I wouldn’t bother with the prequels, but his reasoning is pretty good here.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
His reasoning is solid, yeah, but it’s a lot of work just to gussy up a couple of pigs. I’d rather just be like, “These three are good, so we’ll watch them. These three are pretty crappy. We can watch them if you want, but let’s not fool ourselves.”
I don’t really agree that watching II and III first improves VI, either. Some of the parallels are cool, but I always thought it was pretty clear that Luke was teetering on the edge there, anyway.
Further, I always thought that the mother Leia was talking about was who she believed her mother was, not actually Amadala. I haven’t checked the exact quote to make sure it checks out, though.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 27, 2012 10:12 AM PST up reply actions
I guess she knows by then that the guy she believed her father was wasn’t, so I guess she’d be kind of dense to not make the extra jump….
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by howtheyscored on Feb 27, 2012 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
I tried watching them by numerical sequence but dreaded watching III again so much, I just stopped.
Hayden Christensen should never be allowed to act again. Ever.
by Random Giants Fan on Feb 27, 2012 10:00 AM PST up reply actions
I agree with you
but the bar is set at Mark Hamill
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Love his VO work as the Joker though
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 27, 2012 10:03 AM PST up reply actions
Fire Lord Ozai.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 27, 2012 10:06 AM PST up reply actions
Mark Hamill's best work was as Cock Knocker
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 27, 2012 10:11 AM PST up reply actions
I think Hayden ends up looking worse than Hamill because….his character is later played/voiced by James Earl Jones. I spent every scene he was in thinking “there’s no way this guy would turn into JEJ.”
by Random Giants Fan on Feb 27, 2012 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
Plus the dialogue was even stupider. He didn’t exactly have a ton to work with, there
I came, I saw, I told bad jokes and left.
Sand: pushing pansy-boys to the dark side, one grain at a time
I came, I saw, I told bad jokes and left.
Oh god, that’s awesome. MST3K voiceovers for the Star Wars prequels might almost make them semi-watchable!
by Random Giants Fan on Feb 27, 2012 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
Replay fail. Thanks for the Rifftrax suggestion, Ian.
by Random Giants Fan on Feb 27, 2012 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
They are absolutely worth seeing with the Rifftrax. The originals are fun to watch that way as well. My friends and I did a Rifftrax SW Marathon one night, and it was fantastic
I came, I saw, I told bad jokes and left.
Whats the best way of watching them in front of the TV? Just listen to the mp3 on an ipod while playing the dvd?
by Random Giants Fan on Feb 27, 2012 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
I’ve found that a docking station with speakers in front of the tv works great. We’ve also used a computer with ITunes works (we have a PC in the living room with a good sound setup)
The computer is easier to pause/unpause to sync it up. The other thing you could do is they have a Rifftrax Player you can download to automatically sync it up
I came, I saw, I told bad jokes and left.
Anybody else seen the Rifftrax for these movies?
They make the prequels soooo much better. Some priceless lines in them
I came, I saw, I told bad jokes and left.
If we are talking about acting
Portman >> Fisher
Christensen = Hamill
Sir Guiness is the best but he was only in half of a movie. I really like Ewan McGregor’s portrayal of the young Obi.
Also, no Hans in the prequel so hard to compare with Ford.
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wtf
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Mayor of Smug.
Cogently stated
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I'll just put there here:
I think my favorite part of the youtube guy’s takedown of Episode I is his conclusion that Qui Gon Jinn is called that because he must be drunk (Qui Gon Gin) to be making all of these stupid decisions.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Those videos are hilarious.
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Yusmeiro Petit: dingerz.exe
Mayor of Smug.
I would recommend them to more people if it weren’t for the completely irrelevant and not funny dead hooker skits thrown in there.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
But the SW stuff is seriously hilarious and very true.
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If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
‘Other than that, how did you enjoy the play, Mrs. Lincoln?’
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 27, 2012 10:28 AM PST up reply actions
Haha or the shots of kids sitting around a tv while galactic senate boring scenes are going on.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
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the more I think of casting the prequels..
They should have worked in Bruce Campbell as Han’s dad.
I'm a failure. I can't even fake the death of a stripper.
-GOB Bluth
And writer.
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I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
I enjoy American Graffiti.
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 27, 2012 9:35 AM PST up reply actions
There’s a story about how extensively IV had to be edited to make it work.
Hint: Lots.
The one I remember is how that scene with the Tuscan Raider pumping his rifle in the air was boring and terrible, because the way Lucas shot it, the guy just lifted the rifle and held it there for a while. The editors agonized over that shot before finally settling on looping the frames so it looked like he was pumping it.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 27, 2012 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
I picture Goerge Lucas like Mister Magoo, stumbling around blindly while everyone dives on their asses to keep him from plummeting from the 16th story of a construction site, with Lucas believing he was safe and in control the whole time.
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by Solidarity on Feb 27, 2012 10:22 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Haha!
This is perfect.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 27, 2012 10:28 AM PST up reply actions
And it seemed like it took Lucas 10 years to get the script right.
by Every6thDay on Feb 27, 2012 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
I believe his original script for the first movie had a bunch of the complicated politics and mythology that made the prequels so frustrating, but Fox told him he needed to cut most of it or they wouldn’t pay him to make it.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 27, 2012 10:28 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah. And then the second draft was heavily borrowed from Kurosawa’s The Hidden Fortress. And then the third draft started moving back towards the Sith/Jedi stuff, but there was a bunch of weird crap. And then the 4th draft turned up, but was edited heavily by others before going to production.
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To be fair
What scripts don’t go through a bunch of revisions?
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by Badly Browned on Feb 27, 2012 10:34 AM PST up reply actions
Like
In Lotr:RotK Aragorn was supposed to literally be fighting Sauron at the Battle of the Black Gate. It wasn’t until post production they decided it put in a troll instead.
Then, the original scripts way back in 1997 or whatever were designed for two movies or something but New Line Cinema was all like, “Wtf, there are three books right? Let’s make three movies!”
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by Badly Browned on Feb 27, 2012 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
I think you are underestimating the degree to which the first three drafts were scrapped more or less entirely.
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So?
Since it wasn’t an adaptation like LOTR, the revisions could change wildly. All scripts go through revisions and changes. This particular point that the script changes seems nit picky to me.
Now, to say that Lucas needed less Yes-Men when he made the prequels I can agree with.
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by Badly Browned on Feb 27, 2012 10:43 AM PST up reply actions
You’re missing the distinction where “revisions” is not synonymous with “starting over because the prior iteration was unpalatable.”
Even the script that finally went to production needed a lot of work by other screenwriters. The editors had to fight against Lucas’ directing. He reportedly had other people write much of the dialogue for Empire.
The film survived despite Lucas as much as it did because of him.
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Yeah, he basically started from scratch three times, and hoarded all of the stuff that got rejected outright so he could cram it all into the prequels.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 27, 2012 10:49 AM PST up reply actions
Don’t underestimate the studio change either. This wasn’t just Fox saying, “Rewrite it.” It was UA saying, “Rewrite it”, Lucas saying, “Okay, I rewrote it,” UA saying “You know what? We don’t want anything to do with this,” Lucas saying, “Should I rewrite it?”, UA saying “not for us,” Lucas rewriting it, getting support from Fox, and Fox saying, “rewrite it.”
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by howtheyscored on Feb 27, 2012 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
In terms of a movie adaptation, it feels like dividing it into two would be much more sensible than dividing it into three.
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Wow, the wiki coverage of this is sort of fascinating.
I had my timeline with Fox wrong, though. It was UA who rejected the first script.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 27, 2012 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
In this script he reintroduced the Jedi, which had been absent in his previous treatment, as well as their enemies, the Sith. He changed the protagonist, who had been a mature General in the treatment, to an adolescent boy, and he shifted the General into a supporting role as a member of a family of dwarfs.523 Lucas envisioned the Corellian smuggler, Han Solo, as a large, green-skinned monster with gills
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by howtheyscored on Feb 27, 2012 10:38 AM PST up reply actions
Lucas envisioned the Corellian smuggler, Han Solo, as a large, green-skinned monster with gills
Leia was all about the gills.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 27, 2012 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
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by howtheyscored on Feb 27, 2012 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
Many of the final elements in the film began to take shape, though the plot24 was still far removed from the final script. It did, however, begin to diverge from The Hidden Fortress and take on the general story elements that would comprise the final film. Lucas began researching the science fiction genre, both watching films and reading books and comics.
“Okay, third draft. This seems like a good time to finally learn about this sciency-fictiony hoo-ha.”
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by howtheyscored on Feb 27, 2012 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
Lucas grew distracted by other projects
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by howtheyscored on Feb 27, 2012 10:41 AM PST up reply actions
I recall reading something about him spending a lot of time at American Zoetrope. It seems like Coppola and some others there had a lot of input or did a lot of work on the script.
And, of course, Empire wasn’t written by Lucas, or else entirely rewritten by others. Notice how the suck increases from VI through the prequels as he regains total control of the product.
by Every6thDay on Feb 27, 2012 10:41 AM PST up reply actions
If you insist on being an auteur, you’d better not suck.
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Yeah... yeah.
This is what I’m dealing with in real life right now. It is… a headache.
by Every6thDay on Feb 27, 2012 10:49 AM PST up reply actions
I went to a school with a very prestigious and very well-funded music conservatory. The voice department in particular got huge funding for the operas. And the same dude directed all the shows. The theater department all but formally filed a suggestion that the conservatory hire an intern to follow him around and call him out when has terrible ideas.
It would have been a sound investment.
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Auteurs are less interested in good ideas and more concerned with making sure everybody either gets out of their way or comes running to help out with their idea, the quality of which they do not stop to evaluate.
by Every6thDay on Feb 27, 2012 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
Pretty much.
The first lesson I was taught in directing is that you need to have a good bullshit meter: know when an actor is faking it up there, and know when you’re just fooling yourself.
George Lucas possesses neither of those traits.
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For those who don’t care to read onwards, that green-skinned monster became Greedo.
Also, that Luke’s father had a minor role in an earlier draft is telling.
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lol!
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To the bit about Vader being a nobody.
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Or rather, that if Vader appeared in earlier versions, he wasn’t Luke’s father. He was just some schmuck.
Another draft has Luke as one of several brothers. Lucas was pretty much throwing spaghetti at the wall.
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GENERAL DWARF BROTHER SKYKILLER
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Mace Windy
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by howtheyscored on Feb 27, 2012 1:53 PM PST up reply actions
A guy has some suggestions on how to improve Episode 1. Some don’t suck.
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I assumed. But for those who may have missed it. . .
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I’d really rather just go with IV, V, VI. People lasted for years and years without knowing the ~true backstory of Anakin.
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I could never get over how bad of an actor the guy that played Anakin was. He really chewed up every scene he was in. It was especially awesome when he tried to be angry and mad.
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Sooooo bad, though I’d blame at least part of it on the script, which had the worst “I am angry and mad” lines ever.
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Such wooden acting
Still like the nickname “Mannequin Skywalker” though
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Hah!
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Now this is podracing!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 27, 2012 10:41 AM PST up reply actions
Anakin: What are midi-chlorians?
Qui-Gon Jinn: Midi-chlorians are a microscopic life form that resides within all living cells.
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It wasn't just him though
You could really tell with Natalie and Liam and Ewan that they were rather handicapped by the writing.
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by Badly Browned on Feb 27, 2012 9:07 AM PST up reply actions
And my oh so hated line:
“Anakin! You’re breaking my heart!” WTF
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by Badly Browned on Feb 27, 2012 9:07 AM PST up reply actions
The directing did them no favors, either.
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Right, forgot about that one too
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by Badly Browned on Feb 27, 2012 9:09 AM PST up reply actions
I honestly don't know whether I've seen all of any of the prequels
I know I’ve seen at least parts of all of them, and I’m pretty sure I haven’t seen Revenge of the Sith in its entirety.
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it's not a ranking, it's a watching order
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oh
nevermind then outrage against me remains
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I think I’d put 3 as the worst one. I know people get annoyed at ewoks and Jar Jar, but I just remember being driven absolutely crazy by the editing int he 3rd one. It seemed like every scene was 4 seconds long. “hello, I’m here, I say this” new scene “hello, I’m here, I do this” new scene “Hey! look at that” new scene
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 27, 2012 8:53 AM PST up reply actions
You think Episode 2 was the 2nd best?
The love/romance one? By far the worst.
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I may be in the minority here when I say that the first one was the least bad in my mind, just because it did the least lasting damage to any of the characters.
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It did, however, did lasting damage to a fundamental concept of the universe with midichlorians.
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I was expecting Spock to pop out of the shuttle with a tricorder after midichlorians came up.
by Every6thDay on Feb 27, 2012 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
I think it’s pretty lame that Anakin built C3PO, but I guess that’s probably pretty low on the character-crapping scale.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 27, 2012 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
that might’ve been the moment I shunned Episode I.
There was a pretty convincing suck train before that, though. The complicated crawl with dumb politics, the racist aliens at the beginning, the weird ultra-advanced technology at the beginning…
by Every6thDay on Feb 27, 2012 10:31 AM PST up reply actions
What technology in particular? The battle droids?
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Yeah. I didn’t like that they moved so fluidly and had energy shields. I get that 1999 filmmaking tech is way better than the 70s/80s, but I then had to fill in why the tech was more advanced in the prequels than in the original trilogy. Very lame thinking, I know, but I was 18.
by Every6thDay on Feb 27, 2012 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t necessarily disagree with the point. I kind of had to fight my way through that by telling myself that the Clone Wars sent the galaxy into a dark age that rolled back technological advancement.
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Yeah, that’s what I did, too, but it took me out of the movie.
by Every6thDay on Feb 27, 2012 10:46 AM PST up reply actions
That’s what I thought, but when you think about it, the Empire ruled for only about 20 years. Could any government do THAT much damage to scientific development?
I suppose you could fanwank that in IV-V-VI, we were seeing mostly Outer Rim worlds, that were more backwater. In the prequels, we were on the Core planets that had the best technology.
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by Murray, Present on Feb 27, 2012 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
But then, we have a problem with R2-D2 being able to fly in the prequels. There were a lot of situations in the original movies where being able to fly would’ve been a great solution to whatever problem they were having.
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by Murray, Present on Feb 27, 2012 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
Oh wow.
I forgot all about his ability to fly.
The only moment in Episode I that made me happy, like truly happy, was when R2 first appears.
The battle with Darth Maul was cool, but it didn’t make me happy.
by Every6thDay on Feb 27, 2012 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
Does R2 fly during the pleasure barge sequence in RotJ?
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I don’t think so. He rolls off the barge into the sand and gets picked up after they’ve won the battle.
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The R2 first appearance
was the good because it was more in line with what we would expect him. Not the whole Anakin built 3P0 nonsense.
Im suprised Bubba Fett and a young Han Solo didnt fight over toys at some point.
Back to R2.. he is probably one of the most underrated characters and probably one of my favorites. I’m convinced he is as foul mouthed as Kenny Mccormick.
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The pilot was all, “That droid! He did it! He fixed the thingymuhbobber!”
And I was all, “FUCK YEAH! HE’S R2D2!”
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Damn Jawas.
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They only wiped C3PO's memory
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 27, 2012 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I noticed that after watching the prequels recently. That makes no sense—-why wouldn’t R2 fill 3PO in on the shit that he forgot???
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by Every6thDay on Feb 27, 2012 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
R2 specialized in computer interface. It was one of the things he routinely did all through the movies. Yet he coldn’t plug into C3PO and upload all of the backstory?
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 27, 2012 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
I think R2 treated 3P0 like a mentally challenged relative…
Why burden the poor lad.
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Also, lets not even get into why they had to have a hardwired data transfer solution in the first place. Apparently, wireless had not got to them yet.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 27, 2012 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
Maybe if we stopped wasting our time with wireless networks NASA would be in better shape!
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 27, 2012 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
That doesn’t really bother me. It was a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.
It’s not like Kirk using a Motorola Star-TAC phone or having weirdly retrograde sexist attitudes.
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by Murray, Present on Feb 27, 2012 11:27 AM PST up reply actions
Then you go write Artoo/Threepio slash.
by Every6thDay on Feb 27, 2012 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, more heavy-lifting I/we had to do and wouldn’t have minded so much if the rest of the movie — or just the story — made sense and was good.
by Every6thDay on Feb 27, 2012 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
I thought it was weird that the first Death Star was partially complete at the end of III, and took about 20 years to finish. Then, the next Death Star was fully operational in like six months.
I guess they could have started building it like five years after the first, but it sure seemed like they only ever thought they’d need the one.
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Oh, you guys talk about this.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 27, 2012 1:59 PM PST up reply actions
The flight bridge that Vader is on at the end of III was awesome.
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That bugged me. Way to destroy the work of authors of the EU in one shot!
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Whowha?
I only saw III once in theaters, so I’m not sure what this refers to.
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Something about the timeline of the Death Star being built. It kind of looked like the Death Star was already under construction shortly after Palpatine’s takeover—why did it take another 15 years to complete?!
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Maybe the rebels destroyed that one!
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Wow.
Given the construction of the second one, I feel like that makes no fucking sense.
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Yeah. And the second was supposed to be even bigger!
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And laserier!
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by Murray, Present on Feb 27, 2012 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
Darth wasn’t healthy enough yet to kick all of the workers asses.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 27, 2012 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
I think that was explained or something
I used to browse Wookiepedia from time to time, and I think that technically they were looking at an earlier prototype model of the death star in that scene?
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I feel like the EU aficionados have to shoehorn excuses all the time to explain Lucas’ disregard for his own material.
Like the Kessel Run.
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Whoa! That's a thing?
It’s supposed to be a joke!
by Every6thDay on Feb 27, 2012 11:17 AM PST up reply actions
It’s because Han’s path is more dangerous and takes you close to the Maw and blah blah blah…
Or, Han is full of shit.
One book I read actually portrayed that Kessel Run. He figured his instrumentation was wonky but he went with it for the bragging rights
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But Obi Wan smirks after Han makes the boast. A parsec measures distance. A run is a set distance. He’s so fast he made a run faster than possible. That’s the joke.
by Every6thDay on Feb 27, 2012 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
I doubt that Lucas knew what a parsec was, or that it was a measure of distance. So it wasn’t an intentional joke.
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by Murray, Present on Feb 27, 2012 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
Somebody pointed out to me that when Han says that, Obi Wan kind of looks fake-impressed at him like he caught the BS and is playing along.
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Oh, you talk about this.
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Wookieepedia!
However, the project nearly ended before it began. Although much of the technology of the Death Star was impressive, actually building it proved to be more difficult than anyone imagined. The project was dragged out over a nineteen year time period as labor union disputes along with the supply and design problems slowed the construction. Efforts were not helped by repeated—albeit usually unsuccessful—sabotage efforts. Actual effective work on the station took less than two years, and involved resources from every corner of the Empire being funneled to complete the project.[
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/DS-1_Orbital_Battle_Station
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labor union disputes
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I thought they used slave labor. How the hell else was it a secret?
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/signs up
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by can of corn on Feb 27, 2012 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
If people were already trying to sobatage it, it couldn't have beeery secret
And whatsherface getting all melancholy about her past Bothan trysts now makes no sense whatsoever.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 27, 2012 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
Mmmm. A beery secret.
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Mayor of Smug.
Many Bothan labor unions died to bring us this information.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 27, 2012 2:03 PM PST up reply actions
It seems like kind of a lame evil Empire that puts up with unions.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 27, 2012 2:02 PM PST up reply actions
OH YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 27, 2012 2:04 PM PST up reply actions
the contractor's were also slowed down because
they’ve been busy with the bay bridge and the California High speed rail.
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Yeah, that is kind of dumb
I buy the supply and design issues though.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 27, 2012 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
That was pretty stoopid. LETS LINK EVERYTHING TOGETHER AND HAVE SOME FORCED FORESAHDOWING.
BUT THEN MAKE THE FORESHADOWING POINTLESS B/C HE GIVE AWAY THE SECRET THAT WE WERE FORESHADOWING!!!
CRYSTAL SKULL!
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by say hey nation on Feb 27, 2012 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
Padme dressed in cleavage busting bondage gear: “No Anakin, we can’t!”
Anakin: “Well then put some fucking clothes on! I have a raging boner over here”
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 27, 2012 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
“And I’m wearing a cloth robe! Cloth robes are inefficient at hiding these things!”
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by howtheyscored on Feb 27, 2012 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
If Anakin was really destined for the Dark Side, he would totally have Jedi Mind Tricked her into putting out.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 27, 2012 10:34 AM PST up reply actions
When you turn to the Dark Side, your raging boners literally rage.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 27, 2012 10:43 AM PST up reply actions
It’s how everybody knows.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 27, 2012 10:44 AM PST up reply actions
That’s what they’re referring to when they say, “there’s a disturbance in the force.”
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 27, 2012 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
Every time I see this picture or video clip, I imagine he’s flipping everyone the bird, with one or both of his hands.
by Random Giants Fan on Feb 27, 2012 1:42 PM PST up reply actions
That was horrible. Ugh.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 27, 2012 1:09 PM PST up reply actions
I have to say that the end of episode three is by far the most amazing.
I like how the intelligent alien life forms went from using Digital controls to analog controls for no good reason.
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by say hey nation on Feb 27, 2012 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
It’s a thin system, but when you have three homegrown stars under the age of 25, plus Brandon Belt, you can’t complain.
Add another homegrown star under the age of 30 in Brett Pill and you really can’t complain.
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and two of the top pitchers in MLB.
I know they’re not in there but Hembree, Crick, Susac, and Osrich are all interesting
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by CalBear949 on Feb 27, 2012 7:21 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
I wish A ball would start so everyone would stop getting their wishcast sauce all over Panik.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 27, 2012 6:48 AM PST reply actions
Yeah
I guess I’m the designated “low” thinker on Panik. Maybe I’m overly consensus driven, but his pedigree wasn’t exactly high. I’d say I think his ceiling is Freddy Sanchez, while some seem to think his floor is a league average Major Leaguer. I prefer Tommy Joseph as a prospect.
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When people refer to ceiling are they assuming that it is a reasonable chance they actually do that or is it more, “on the best flukiest season he could possibly have?”
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I believe “Ceiling” is generally used to describe the best conceivable complete career path.
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I hope they let him try to stay at SS instead of the potential for “fast-tracking” and moving him right away to second.
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I agree
I’d be very very slow to move him off short. Even if he’s a below average defender, he’s probably more valuable there.
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Yeah, and it’s not like we have any locks at SS right now. Despite my Ehire love, I know he’s still note even close to a sure thing. Same goes for Crawford. I can see the Giants moving Panik to 2B right away to try and fill the position in 2013 after Sanchez leaves.
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Wait, you're tellin me Crawford isn't a sure thing?
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HOW DARE YOU
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BUT HE IS RAKING OFF OF COACHES!!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 27, 2012 7:10 AM PST up reply actions
I was getting tired of our coaches being completely covered in leaves.
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Giants coaches in nothing but fig leaves
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 27, 2012 7:11 AM PST up reply actions
What is a rake?
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I don't really see him as similar to Sanchez
he walks much more, for a start.
Maybe ceiling is more like…wait for it… the Jamey Carroll of the last few years?
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I was speaking more in terms of total value
And Freddy and Jamey are within 3.5 fWAR of each other for their careers, so six of one, etc.
But you’re probably right that Carroll is a better comp. Don’t get me wrong, you all know I love Jamey Carroll, but that’s about as good as I think Panik will be.
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which I’ll be pretty happy with for 6 years at under market value, if he reaches that level!
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Of course!
But, you realize, that if you think Panik is likely to turn out like Carroll, you’re agreeing with the hated Keith Law, who sees Panik as a utility infielder, a la Carroll.
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I don't know why that would be an issue for me?
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Not you in particular.
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I understand why KLaw gets hate here
But why does Goldstein escape it? He’s absolutely insufferable
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I think its b/c KLAW responses are " BECAUSE I SAID SO!!!" While Goldstein usually gives a little more detail.
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by say hey nation on Feb 27, 2012 7:14 AM PST up reply actions
Ah
I was talking about more personality-wise
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I think that says a lot about their personalities.
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by say hey nation on Feb 27, 2012 7:19 AM PST up reply actions
See below
But when KLaw is short like that it’s usually on twitter or in his chats. And it’s Twitter so I’m not sure what you want as far as explanation.
Look at his countless write ups if you want to know his reasoning
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Yeah, I find Goldstein, as a person, a million times more onerous and overbearing than Law. That doesn’t affect how I view his work and baseball opinions, which I respect, but holy hell is he annoying.
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by GiantPain on Feb 27, 2012 7:15 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
My opinion is mostly based on his twitter
But I’ve found him extremely thin skinned, fond of trolling whatever people are talking about right at that moment, and generally dickish.
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I couldn't take it anymore
I had to unfollow him
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(Do you? Do you really?)
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(So you are not kidding about the "I kid" because those were in parantheses.)
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Those damn double parentheticals are so tricky.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 27, 2012 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
Not so much with baseball but with other stuff
He takes absolutely ridiculous, contrarian positions because they aren’t “mainstream”
For example, in his last podcast (which I was only listening to cuz I wanted to hear the KLaw and Sickels Prospect roundtable), and Goldstein took a shot at Adele in his opening unprompted. And then his co-host was like even if don’t like her music you have to admit she has an amazing voice. And he basically wouldn’t admit she had a good voice and was very dismissive.
He’s like that a lot.
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Perfect example
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Though, Panik has shown a lot more power so far in college/the minors, but the ISO in ssA last year wasn’t anything special. Still, Carroll’s minor league ISO was more like .070
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I wish "to Carroll" was a verb
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He has more upside than both
He’s 6’1 193 and has a lot more power potential than the mighty mite Carroll. He has more power and better plate discipline than Freddy Sanchez. Again, this is all on a “ceiling” type argument. I actually think you could set the over/under for his career at something like they have accomplished and than hope for better.
I don't see it
Panik still has a lot to prove, but his hit tool is already better than Franchez’s and he has the ability to actually survive defensively as a major league SS. Panik also shows a much better abiltiy to work a walk and not K very much, which Franchez never has. So, to say that Panik’s ceiling is Frnachez just doesn’t hold water, IMO. Ceiling is defined as what the prospect will end up as in the majors if everything falls into place. I would say that Panik’s most likely outcome is Franchez, his ceiling is a slighlty better-hitting Marco Scutaro, and his floor is David Eckstein/Craig Counsel.
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but his hit tool is already better than Franchez’s
That seems like a lot of hyperbole for me to accept.
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Check out Franchez’s minor league career: http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=sanche001fre
Franchez started his career in the short-season leagues at almost a full 2 years older than Panik, yet Panik showed a much better ability to make consistent contact. Pnaik’s k-rates and bb-rates in college and his first pro season are consistently better than Franchez’s.
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Still, I think we’re talking about 69 games for a college player in low-A ball. I like what Panik has done to this point, but I think you’re making some pretty big assumptions.
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Yeah
I mean, Freddy Sanchez’s hit tool is major league quality. So, uh.
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I'd say his floor is never reaching the majors.
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Wouldn’t that be the basement? I kind of read an implied ‘as a major leaguer’ to floor/ceiling discussions…
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 27, 2012 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
Projecting the worst possible outcome can be useful in future roster construction ? If we had ten Conor Gillaspie’s in the system, we would still need to look for everything but clankmitt utility players. Wait…that’s probably a bad example. We may actually have that.
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Waah
my week off went by way too quickly.
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Fuck. I finally got my outlook to configure to my works server just last week and now they blocked me!!!! Webmail it is for me.
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Ugh, I hate webmail. At least ours really sucks. Almost makes it impossible to do emails while out of the office. It’s actually easier to do emails over my iPhone
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by Giant among Angels on Feb 27, 2012 7:15 AM PST up reply actions
Webmail
Is the only time I use Internet Explorer. Firefox only loads “Outlook Web Access Light”, can’t print, can’t organize. IE has more frames and you can actually print! Yea, my phone is better than firefox for webmail.
Bye Travis and thanks for 2010! Good luck with the Brewers!
Llama me JESUS!! VROOMING to second base somewhere near you.
Chrome?
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by CalBear949 on Feb 27, 2012 7:37 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
Yeah it sucks. I’m at work and don’t got the imaged, IT approved and control computer. So I don’t get to have access to nice things.
How a IT department can only service one type and computer is beyond me.
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by say hey nation on Feb 27, 2012 7:21 AM PST up reply actions
It makes it easier for them.
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I know. Its just that they made this decision with no-ones knowledge.
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by say hey nation on Feb 27, 2012 7:37 AM PST up reply actions
Well yeah because somebody would have wanted more!
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But they could have told us once teh decision was made!
Plus the techs are pretty bad at there jobs and generally now nothing about computers. YOU CAN ACCESS THE INTRANET WITHOUT AN IMAGED COMPUTER….
/accesses intranet without imaged computer…
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by say hey nation on Feb 27, 2012 7:42 AM PST up reply actions
It seems like this is the process for IT techs:
1)Spend 5 minutes poking around trying to get it to work
2)Format the hard drive and put new image on there
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You forgot the cycle the power step.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 27, 2012 7:52 AM PST up reply actions
‘Have you turned your machine off and then turned it back on again?’
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 27, 2012 7:55 AM PST up reply actions
This actually does fix many problems people have. “My wifi isn’t connecting, my computer is stuck, etc…”
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That’s how that answer the phone in The IT Crowd.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 27, 2012 8:15 AM PST up reply actions
I RESOLVED IT! I just have to VPN in!!!
But that means I have the stupid websense thing blocking all teh good sites.
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by say hey nation on Feb 27, 2012 7:38 AM PST up reply actions
VPN pisses me off, too
Giant Dirtbags: :(
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by Giant among Angels on Feb 27, 2012 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
Its weird. Log into VPN open Outlook. VPN time’s out, Outlook stays connected.
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by say hey nation on Feb 27, 2012 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
It mostly pisses me off because TWC won’t let me access networks from home over VPN. Though when i used ATT DSL i had no problem. It makes it very difficult to work from home.
My work around the issue was tethering my comp to my phone, and access it that way.
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by Giant among Angels on Feb 27, 2012 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
I won't look at the Padres farm system
at least the Dback farm system is pretty thin
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by CalBear949 on Feb 27, 2012 7:25 AM PST via Android app reply actions
The Farm
There are 3-4 guys who will surely be ML ready players, and a handful that look to be toolsy prospects.
The combination of homegrown talent on the ML team and in the farm has to be at a high in my lifetime. Bonds years had almost nobody coming up from the farm.
Blerg
There are 3-4 guys who will surely be ML ready players
Wahhh?
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Brown, Hembree, and Sanchez could all be ready by the start of 2013. Perhaps Panik before the end of the ’13 if you wanted to rush him because of (bad) reasons.
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I’m questioning the surely part.
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 27, 2012 11:07 AM PST up reply actions
NL West Numbers (gleaned from the comments)
San Diego Padres 9
Colorado Rockies 5
Arizona Diamondbacks 3
Los Angeles Dodgers 3
San Francisco Giants 2
Then, you can go look at Keith Law’s farm system ratings (obviously distinction between depth and top end talent) and see:
Padres #1
Diamondbacks #6
Dodgers #12
Rockies #13
Giants #26
I think the Giants are likely the owners of the worst farm system in the NL West. The Padres seem to have the best, but the Diamondbacks have a system with some great high-end talent, and it’s deep as well – they probably have the best combination of ML talent and minor league depth.
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I think we're easily the worst
And the Padres and D-backs systems are scary.
Everyone like to say, O well we have young talent in the majors so it’s cool. Well, the Diamondbacks have lots of young talent in the majors too.
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Doom!
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Dwayne Johnson!!!!!!
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by say hey nation on Feb 27, 2012 7:49 AM PST up reply actions
True enough
Players (of any note) 25 or under who played in the majors last year (above average MLers in Bold):
Giants: Bumgarner, Sanchez, Surkamp, Gillaspe, Belt, Posey, Sandoval
Diamondbacks: Parker, Goldschmidt (half bold because I dunno), Upton, Hudson, Parra, Cahill, Enright, Collmenter
I’d take our young major leaguers over theirs, but it’s not like their young major leaguers are bad, and their upper farm system is better than ours. Also their farther away farm system is probably better too.
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or you could weight the list yourself
6.7 San Diego Padres 5.7 Arizona Diamondbacks 5.0 Colorado Rockies 1.4 San Francisco Giants 1.4 Los Angeles Dodgers
Weight it how?
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.98 gives you the reasonable result that #120 is worth about 10% of #1.
LOL KLaw
1. There’s no way that the Fodgers have the 12th best farm system in the majors – it’s in the 20-22 range, at best.I think that it’s debatable whether or not the Giants or Fodgers have the worst-rated system in the NL West, but by the end of the 2012 season I think were very likely to see a huge jump by the Giants system as several of ther numerous lower-minor prospects finish their first or 2nd full-season pro seasons.
2. The main reason that the Rox and Padres have such highly rated systems is that they’ve traded away major major league talent in the past 13 months (Padres: Adrian Gonzales, Matt Latos; Rox: Ubaldo Jimeniez). If the Giants were to trade 1 or 2 of their best major league players for prospects they’d likely end up with a big haul of talent and easily within the top 15 of all systems.
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I wonder if there is a way to determine
how “efficient” an organization is in actually producing major leaguers. I mean the D-backs have some very good arms in their system but until they actually get to the MLB and pitch well, it’s all talk. As we talked about this last weekend, Williams, Foppert, Ainsworth, and Lowry were all degrees of can’t miss.
I think people underestimate how incredible/efficient the Giants farm system has been in the past 5-6 years. I feel like the Padres always has a deep farm system and yet nothing.
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In the last three years their rotation has featured the following from their farm:
Tim Stauffer, Josh Greer, Cory Luebke, Mat Latos, Clayton Richard, and Wade LeBlanc
1) I cannot take Cory Luebke seriously.
2) All about average at this point…Luebke is projected at 101 ERA+, Cashner at 100 ERA+ and Stauffer at 96 ERA+
3) Says a lot about the organization when they traded away Latos.
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For two great hitting prospects and a major league starter with upside.
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Fair enough
I am interested to see how the Padres do since the new owner appears to have money
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It's not about the owner having money.
It’s about an owner who can generate surplus revenue in a small market.
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I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
You're moving the goalposts again.
You didn’t say anything about quality, just efficiency. “Producing major leaguers” is a broad statement.
1) irrelevant
2) irrelevant
3) It says that they have the depth to sustain his loss more than it does whatever unspoken negative idea you were suggesting.
You are right
But I feel that some of that has to do with the fact that the Padres have to play their prospects due to a lack of FAs or money.
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The Padres stopped spending much money on their farm system and drafting in the early part of this century when the owner ran into money problems. Thatl’s one of the reaosns Kevein Towers got fired. They finally started taking risks with their drafts starting back in 2009 when the new ownership started taking over.
My son, Adalberto Mejia. He's got the goods - he just needs a cool nickname.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
2. I think that this is part of the point. The Giants have not traded away their best major league players, have graduated a lot of prospects to the majors, and traded away one of the top prospects in baseball for a two month rental last season. That is why our system sucks (well, or at least needs an infusion of prospects and time to develop the ones that are there; I have some hope for guys like Gillaspie Hembree and Gus Benusa to add some value to the major league roster, as well as brown and to a lesser degree panik).
Gus Benusa: His real name is Karl. Senior Year batting average: .638.
Thank you Mr. Neukom. Lets hope Larry doesn’t ruin that.
I'm a failure. I can't even fake the death of a stripper.
-GOB Bluth
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Neukom was a good owner but building the farm system is largely a work by the baseball/FO people. There is no indication that Neukom materially contributed to the draft or the farm system development.
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I give most of the credit to Barr
And a bit to Sabean for letting him do his thing.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 27, 2012 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
I agree. The Giants have done a great job in drafting and developing players (pitchers and position players wow) the past, what, five years? And some of that credit has to go to Sabean if for nothing else than realizing other people might be smarter than him in some areas and listening to them/letting them do their own thing.
Gus Benusa: His real name is Karl. Senior Year batting average: .638.
Barr has been instrumental, yes.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
and Tidrow.
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Tidrow has been with the Giants for much, much longer than Barr.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
The other way to look at it is
We have 4 players in the top 50 25 or under MLB talent
Posey, Bumgarner, Sandoval, Belt
This farm system ranking is a snapshot in time taken at the worst time possible. I wonder where the Giants would rank in a rolling 3 year average.
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
He was scouting Christopher Plummer.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 27, 2012 7:55 AM PST up reply actions
Grant's gonna be mad that you didnt link to his post about this
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.
Grant Brisbee is the greatest person in the entire world
There happy? Please don’t send me anymore Lasorda warnings.
There once was a poster who’s stunt
Was to piss off the blogger quite blunt
When he told Grant to screw
He received a warning so blue
And was blinded by Lasorda’s gunt
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 27, 2012 8:45 AM PST up reply actions 5 recs
You are talented. Have a rec.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
A couple of times
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 27, 2012 9:05 AM PST up reply actions
Poor Clooney
All he has left are his millions of dollars and gorgeous GF
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.
Such a shame
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 27, 2012 9:11 AM PST up reply actions
I think that is Patton Oswalt’s dad.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 27, 2012 7:57 AM PST up reply actions
I knew I saw him. Posted in the liveblog thread last night but no one said anything :(.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
Follow My pointless Twitter @Soulbrother16
by Soulbrother16 on Feb 27, 2012 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
Alex Pavlovic ‏ @AlexPavlovic
Forget the vets, I know which live hitting group I’m watching today: Belt and Crawford vs. Hembree’s Fastball
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 keep getting work fitness emails to join a Zumba class. I MIGHT JUST DO THAT.
Ask me about my blog.
TO: hidden_penis@Graphs.com
From: Zumba@Zumba.org
Subject: Jiggling Mound of Flesh
Dear fatass,
…
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 27, 2012 8:05 AM PST up reply actions
My Penis is not hidden, it is detachable!
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 27, 2012 8:07 AM PST up reply actions
Rec'd
Something the whole world needs to know about.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 27, 2012 8:46 AM PST up reply actions
lmao
I remember seeing that in an episode of Top Gear a while ago
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 27, 2012 9:04 AM PST up reply actions
One the testimonials for that product has a bit much TMI:
"This is my third overseas combat deployment as a Military Police Officer and this product
makes my life so much easier – I am able to just open a Humvee door, unbutton my
pants, and go." Sgt. Tiffany B.
by Random Giants Fan on Feb 27, 2012 10:06 AM PST up reply actions
lol
"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.
Wow.
I just read a story about how Robert Griffin is really fast and should be the #1 pick b/c he’s so much faster than Luck.
And then I read a story about how a Heisman winning QB has never won a SB.
Kickham where it hurts
Then one day you wake up naked, in a bathtub, freebasing Eugenio Velez. Just because they never made an after-school movie about it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be careful with that vrrroooom. It’s for recreational use only.
Yea it is not like Luck is slow.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 27, 2012 9:16 AM PST up reply actions
The paragraph of Grant’s writing in 2011 that most stuck in my head.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 27, 2012 9:26 AM PST up reply actions
Click to begin slideshow?
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
what would Crawford have to do for all you haterz to quit baggin' on him?
Pedro Feliz.
also, proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
Get his average and RBIs up.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
hit
"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.
hit the series winning 3 run HR in the World Series?
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 27, 2012 9:13 AM PST up reply actions
I don't think people have set a specific "sucks" threshold.
I’d be kind of worried if they had.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
I’d be surprised if they didn’t
Pedro Feliz.
also, proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
What level of bagging would people need to do for you to stop bagging on them for bagging on Crawford?
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
my bagging threshold? 16%
Pedro Feliz.
also, proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
/used to be a bagger
Pedro Feliz.
also, proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
They are called Courtesy Clerks now...
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
Be better than Bocock or Burriss?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 27, 2012 9:15 AM PST up reply actions
Crawford can actually play shortstop, so in that respect he’s already better than Burriss.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
As bad as Burriss is at the plate, I think Crawford is going to be worse.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 27, 2012 9:19 AM PST up reply actions
that’s a dour outlook
Pedro Feliz.
also, proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
Yet not baseless
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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He'll probably be worse at hitting for average.
But has better patience and power. And his defensive value gives him a lot more leeway to suck at the plate, though obviously it would still be preferable for him to hit.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
[do you still beat your wife]
Pedro Feliz.
also, proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
Crawford's ceiling is league average this year
With a floor under Tejada.
SS was easiest place to open pocketbook and get a real upgrade.
I don’t think it is Crawford people hate, they hate RDF. And if they fail to sign Cain… apocalypse will be incoming.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 27, 2012 9:21 AM PST up reply actions
Crawfords D keeps his floor above 2011 Tejada.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 27, 2012 9:25 AM PST up reply actions
Depends on who you ask
I agree with you though.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 27, 2012 9:26 AM PST up reply actions
And if they fail to sign Cain… apocalypse will be incoming.
This is the main issue for me. All winter long we have heard the “no big ticket items because we need to lock up the pitching staff” thing. And while the number of dollars to sign Lincecum and/or Cain isn’t infinite, neither was the cost of a shortstop solution better than what we are currently stuck with.
Everybody points to the deadweight light at the end of the tunnel with contracts coming off the books as the point when the Giants will suddenly decide to spend on improving the offense, but they could have structured current FA contracts in such a way to take advantage of future payroll flexibility.
So yeah, when our best pitchers leave for free agency and we still have to watch one of the worst offenses in baseball, I am going to be upset.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 27, 2012 9:28 AM PST up reply actions
Wishcasting a major league-average Brandon Crawford supports my decision to be a pragmatic fanatic about the Giants. I don’t buy into the delusion that the offense can be good if certain things go “right”. It’s designed to be average at best, and as I’m not an inherently optimistic person when it comes to baseball, the Giants will be worse than average. Again. Again. Again. Again. Again. Again. Again.
so, if Crawford does produce—and sometimes players do that—then everything could fall into place
Pedro Feliz.
also, proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
Crawford is not a linchpin of the offense.
Production from the top 7 spots in the order is more important by an order of magnitude.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
at least whatever they were able to muster up in 2010
Pedro Feliz.
also, proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
Okay. Cool.
Yeah, the offense is built so that the best case scenario is exactly league average/middle of the pack.
We couldn’t improve the offense this year because we had to lock Tim up lock Matt up lock Bumgarner up stuff our cash in our mattresses.
Adopted Alliterative Bryce Bandilla
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 27, 2012 9:32 AM PST up reply actions
Since ownership says the payroll is 130 million
Would my landlord be happy if I told him I spent his rent money on strippers?
Hey man, I spent $3000 this month, aren’t you happy?
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 27, 2012 9:44 AM PST up reply actions
I’d be OK with them failing to sign Cain, because them failing to sign Cain means Cain is looking for a Free Agent amount of money, which he should be, but which I think is too much for him.
The Cain situation is win-win for me. I like Cain, obviously, and would be happy to see him stay. But we’ve gotten a lot of value out of him for the money. If we miss out on the part of his career where he’s basically paid as much as he’s worth but we got the part of his career where he was worth a lot more than he was paid… that’s fine.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
7/140
Then you lose!
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Yeah, then I lose.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Hit like a catcher.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 27, 2012 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
Dress and speak like Omar
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Feb 27, 2012 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
At this point, that does count as a job
Who cares if you get paid to do something?
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Feb 27, 2012 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
Probably breaking but I am very intrigued by this
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Giants general manager Brian Sabean said Sunday that he’s still pondering whether to add former outfielder Pat Burrell to the team’s stable of special assistants and part-time coaches.
I would like to see the discussion between Pat and Dunston about hitting approach.
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Extremely breaking.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
...
Stable, huh? You got one that can hold this stallion? Ha. Bet you don’t. But if you put a couple of fillies in there, I might stick around for a while, if you catch my drift? Talkin’ about sex.
by Grant Brisbee on Feb 27, 2012 9:56 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Talkin’ about sex.
Isn’t that the theme for every Pat discussion? I wrote this awhile back but just about every discussion about Pat is a double entendre.
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Double entendre is all about trust. And relaxation.
by Every6thDay on Feb 27, 2012 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
and practice…lots and lots of practice.
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If nothing else, he needs to be hired as an “advance scout” to precede the Giants into every city and identify and soften up the “opposition”.
My son, Adalberto Mejia. He's got the goods - he just needs a cool nickname.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Snow!!
Snowing pretty hard at 2500’ right now. Much better than rain.
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
We're at about 6 inches in Reno in the foothills
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Feb 27, 2012 10:17 AM PST up reply actions
TWSS!
Unintentional
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Feb 27, 2012 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
Looks like the Mets will host next year's All-Star game.
Wheeler's gonna win Cy Youngs in that park
Pitching and defense wins championships, but oh those dingerz....
Charges each all-star to make an appearance.
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I'm on the verge of tears after reading this
“Well, it sure as hell won’t bankrupt the city and county more.”
by Every6thDay on Feb 27, 2012 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
Perhaps just the opposit!
All Star game in 2016!
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I can attest that I will attend Kings games if they can be seen downtown.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Or the kings!
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 27, 2012 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
Let’s not all start sucking each other’s dicks just yet…well, ok, just the tip though
by folsomfella on Feb 27, 2012 1:35 PM EST reply actions
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 27, 2012 10:45 AM PST up reply actions
Booooooo
So Seattle gets its team stolen and doesn’t get to steal another city’s?
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Feb 27, 2012 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
Maybe they can poach Memphis so they’re actually in the proper fucking part of the country to be in the Western Conference.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Meh
Destroying my soul won’t bring theirs back.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
by Alex_Lewis on Feb 27, 2012 12:17 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Rec'd.
Lookin’ at you, Baltimore.
2012 marks 10 years since Game Six, 50 since Game Seven, and 100 since Game Eight.
But only two since Game Five.
Say hey!
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Feb 27, 2012 1:55 PM PST up reply actions
I think that “Maloof” is like the perfect onomatopoetic name for wealthy sports owners. Like a mashup of “malicious” and “aloof”. I want the Maloofs to all wear monacles and spend their days swimming in gold coins while figuring out how to raise taxes on the peasants.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
by GiantPain on Feb 27, 2012 11:05 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Then we could have galooty maloofs.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Meanwhile, their children are murdering pets, their wives are driven to mania, and their enemies are slowly surrounding them.
by Every6thDay on Feb 27, 2012 11:07 AM PST up reply actions
I was led to believe that is exactly what they do.
@legaleagle88
I'm not crazy. My mother had me tested.
Adopted Giant: Chris Heston
Supposedly they are going to throw 70 million into the new arena, so it isn’t a total city pillage.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Where that money will come from, I don't know
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
A surcharge on tickets at arena events, apparently.
2012 marks 10 years since Game Six, 50 since Game Seven, and 100 since Game Eight.
But only two since Game Five.
Say hey!
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Feb 27, 2012 1:56 PM PST up reply actions
I think its time to repost this
"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.
by rotorueter on Feb 27, 2012 10:43 AM PST reply actions 11 recs
LOL!!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 27, 2012 10:43 AM PST up reply actions
rec
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 27, 2012 10:46 AM PST up reply actions
Alderean Shot First!
I'm a failure. I can't even fake the death of a stripper.
-GOB Bluth
by ELOOIE on Feb 27, 2012 10:47 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I am confused as to what preempted it, but I like it.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Prompted*
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Just all of the Lucas bashing.
"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.
Yeah, I got to this before I had read that part of the thread. This is what I get for leaving the McC tab open on a closed laptop.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
The way the updates load is pretty weird sometimes.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Isn’t it just by chronology? But it doesn’t load them all at once for me—it sometimes takes 10+ minutes to load all the comments.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Yeah, it loads in chunks, and even though it’s by chronology, the speed is out of whack.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
LOL
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Feb 27, 2012 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
Alderaan shot first!
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
Follow My pointless Twitter @Soulbrother16
by Soulbrother16 on Feb 27, 2012 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
Andrew Baggarly ‏ @CSNBaggs
Either Heath Hembree is having command issues, or he’s practicing wild pitches. Quips Dunston: “Now they know how Robb Nen used to throw.”
Henry Schulman ‏ @hankschulman
Chris Stewart just saw his life — and a wild Hembree fastball — flash before his eyes.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Threet'd
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 27, 2012 11:01 AM PST up reply actions
In fairness
Dunston never saw many pitches.
by scout6 on Feb 27, 2012 11:09 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Well-played.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Career .375/.400/.875 against Robb Nen
Even Shawon cheated the game against Nen!
Adopted Alliterative Bryce Bandilla
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 27, 2012 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
How is this not green ?
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
More webcasting.
#SFGLive returns this Friday 3/2 at 9:30am PST – Watch the final #SFGiants workout Streaming Live twitpic.com/8phpdo
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
I am jealous that the Nats have gotten their 3b locked up
I wish the Giants would do what the Nats did on Zimmerman’s last contract and pay him more now in exchange for a couple of option years on his FA.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I’m jealous that other teams believe in locking their players up.
Adopted Alliterative Bryce Bandilla
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 27, 2012 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
Well
the Giants did buy out the rest of Panda’s arb years. There is a little more risk with Panda though.
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That isn’t really locking a player up since he was already under contract for those years. Granted it does give us a chance at not having o pay a ton through arbitration, but arb years are usually fairly cheap anyway.
Adopted Alliterative Bryce Bandilla
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 27, 2012 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe a Matt Moore kind of deal?
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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by can of corn on Feb 27, 2012 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
Nah..
Maybe a Matt Moore kind of deal?
Matt Moore deals may contain strange injuries
http://aol.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2012-02-27/tampa-bay-rays-matt-moore-left-hander-stomach-injury
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
Lol Karabell's "Bold Prediction"
12. San Francisco Giants: Catcher Buster Posey returns somewhat successfully by playing in 128 games and hitting .283 with 14 home runs, but first baseman Brandon Belt leads the team with 24 home runs and 92 RBIs.
Moar liek crazy mirite?
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.
It's surprising an ESPN writer from Philly is so out of touch with the Giants
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.
Even if Belt does play
How the hell does he get 92 RBIs? Maybe if he hits right behind Pablo and Buster, there’s a chance.
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?
he'd bat 5th?
1)pagan
2)sanchez
3)Panda
4)Buster
5)Belt?
6-8)meh
I'm a failure. I can't even fake the death of a stripper.
-GOB Bluth
Hahaha.
This is a great reminder.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
One Pill to own them all,
One Pill to find them,
One Pill to bring them all
And in the darkness bind them.
In the land of RBI, where the money lies.
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by speckops on Feb 27, 2012 11:38 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
If this happens, I am going to give up all pretense of player evaluation
And just enjoy the game.
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Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 27, 2012 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
My favorite RBI stat
Aubrey Huff, 2009: .694 OPS, 85 RBI
Aubrey Huff, 2010: .891 OPS, 86 RBI
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
That just shows me that he has the ability to drive in runs no matter what his numbers are.
"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.
Unfortunately this only adds fodder to the fire
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 27, 2012 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
My favorite RBI stat
Pedro Feliz
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by can of corn on Feb 27, 2012 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, but
Aubrey Huff, 2009: 779 OPSBIs
Aubrey Huff, 2010: 977 OPSBIs
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by marcello on Feb 27, 2012 12:00 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
So telling.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 27, 2012 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
Didn’t Feliz drive in 80 or more runs in something like 4 consecutive seasons.
Gus Benusa: His real name is Karl. Senior Year batting average: .638.
You mean 80 BLB’s?
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by say hey nation on Feb 27, 2012 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
Close.
His last four seasons in SF, 2004-2007: 84, 81, 98!, 72, or about 84 per season. He also drove in 82 in 2009 with the Phils.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
ribeyes!
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
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by Murray, Present on Feb 27, 2012 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
Response!
First, me to Karabell:
@karabellespn Brandon Belt is not in the #SFGiants plans beyond a bench role/part-time. And nobody gets on base for that team to drive in.
Karabell’s reply:
@karabellespn
@Every6thDay I agree it’s starting to look like the Giants really don’t expect Brandon Belt to be a regular. Might need new home.
Noooooooooooo!
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Maybe we can get that Juan Uribe guy back. He’s a gamer with World Series experience!
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by UnleashTheGore on Feb 27, 2012 1:09 PM PST up reply actions
They do expect him to be a regular
In Fresno
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
2013... 2013... 2013... 2013...
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So the Kings are getting a new arena and keeping their team?
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suck it Seattle
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
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by operation carrot on Feb 27, 2012 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
All we know is that the Maloof’s are getting cash up front.
by Every6thDay on Feb 27, 2012 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
probably
though I heard 70 million from them, plus more money for other stuff down the line. supposedly.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
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Lunch:
I hit a Mongolian grill place yesterday, which is great, because I essentially paid ten bucks for 3 or 4 delicious meals.
by Lies and Perfidy on Feb 27, 2012 12:11 PM PST reply actions
I had a vanilla latte and circus animal cookies for breakfast
I don’t know how to top that for lunch.
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by can of corn on Feb 27, 2012 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
circus animal latte and vanilla cookies?
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Double Espresso and a Lemon Bar ?
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Your ideas intrigue me.
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Caffeine, Sugar, rinse and repeat
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/subscribes to newsletter
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I love Mongolian BBQ (I assume same thing as Grill?)
I like the control over the meal you get, but that they’re still cooking it. Also, all you can eat is fantastic.
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yeah, same deal
It’s great. Just a mountain of delicious things and only delicious things.
by Lies and Perfidy on Feb 27, 2012 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
Yup
And you get to choose how spicy, garlicy, etcy. And soft serve at the end!
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I like it
but not as much as AYCE Korean BBQ.
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Never heard of it, but sounds right up my alley
It looks like there isn’t one in the Bay Area though?
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There are a bunch
Where are you?
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North San Jose
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"And besides, if I wanted to participate in a mindless patriotic ritual where my voice isn’t really heard, I would vote." - Chris Marcil
I'm a moron
I thought AYCE was part of the name, not All You Can Eat.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
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Oh...
typing laziness.
I went to this place: http://www.yelp.com/biz/el-camino-mongolian-bbq-santa-clara
It was pretty good.
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Yup, I've been there a few times
I personally like Su’s a little more though:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/sus-mongolian-bbq-santa-clara-2
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
"And besides, if I wanted to participate in a mindless patriotic ritual where my voice isn’t really heard, I would vote." - Chris Marcil
I essentially paid ten bucks for 3 or 4 delicious meals.
But you ate all 4 in one sitting, so I think it still just counts as one.
Adopted Alliterative Bryce Bandilla
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 27, 2012 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
I don't know if that's physically possible
My goal at the grill was just to eat enough to fit all the leftovers in one box. I barely managed it.
by Lies and Perfidy on Feb 27, 2012 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
Wait?
They let you take out at a AYCE place?
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It's not exactly AYCE - it's one bowl, one box
So standard operating procedure is to fill the bowl with meat & vegetables, stack noodles on top of them as high as you can without toppling, and then take home whatever’s leftover.
by Lies and Perfidy on Feb 27, 2012 12:31 PM PST up reply actions
Food Jenga
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 27, 2012 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, that seems crazy.
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 27, 2012 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
PANIC!!!
Andrew Baggarly ‏ @CSNBaggs
Freddy Sanchez’s lower back flared up. Bochy called it a hiccup, said he hopes Sanchez can take part in workouts in next day or two.
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?
Hahahaha
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 27, 2012 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
He sneezed
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Bochy recommend that Freddy’s back hold its breath and drink a full glass of water.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 27, 2012 12:19 PM PST up reply actions
BUBBLE WRAP IMMEDIATELY!!!!
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 27, 2012 1:24 PM PST up reply actions
OT:Baseball
I see Beckett showed up to ST in the Best Shape of His Life®
"Most decisions get made by time and space.." Brian Sabean
Flubber.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Oh dear
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by can of corn on Feb 27, 2012 12:19 PM PST up reply actions
This is 'shopped right?
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
Ricky "Light Tower Power" Oropesa
by LincecumFTK on Feb 27, 2012 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
Actually, I think this is from last year. I remember seeing this pic before.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 27, 2012 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
GUNT GAZER
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Feb 27, 2012 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
FLAB FUCKER
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 27, 2012 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
PAUNCH POKER
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 27, 2012 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
LIPID LICKER
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Yup.
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 27, 2012 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
More beer in the clubhouse.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 27, 2012 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
Ewww...
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GRANT, Y U SO SEXY ON RADIO?
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
He has a face that’s made for radio!
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
And a voice made for newspapers.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 27, 2012 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
Was he moaning again?
Adopted Alliterative Bryce Bandilla
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 27, 2012 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
Dammit, work!
I missed my lord — I mean, Grant — on the radiooooo!
by Every6thDay on Feb 27, 2012 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
Summary for those of us at work and couldn't listen?
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 27, 2012 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
Guy's all what's up with the NL West, and I'm all, you know, and he's all cool, cool, and then I'm like "Pop culture reference!" and he's all lol
by Grant Brisbee on Feb 27, 2012 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
You're a Valley Girl?
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I thought you did great.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
Well, thanks.
I have a ways to go before I can out-dulcet you, of course.
by Grant Brisbee on Feb 27, 2012 1:04 PM PST up reply actions
He’s on the other side of the mic though, so instead of competing, I think you guys should start collaborating.
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 27, 2012 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
/bowchickawow
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 27, 2012 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
missed a " wow " in there
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He’s not that good.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 27, 2012 2:01 PM PST up reply actions
Shift-Ayyyy
I will never again feel bad about ASOIF conversations in here.
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Anyone have thoughts on the Sharks trade?
Mine is that they broke up the Couch/Ginner bromance.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
yeah but i think it was a good move if theyre trying to win the cup NOW
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
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by operation carrot on Feb 27, 2012 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
or as i said on ftf
America is all about speed. Hot, nasty, badass speed. -Eleanor Roosevelt, 1936
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
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by operation carrot on Feb 27, 2012 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
Captain Sgarbossa :(
Fear the Fin - NEEDS MORE DOVES
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1) There is a Sharks’ trade?
2) Do not know anything about the the piece coming in but it seems like they are trying to sure up the defense, especially the PK.
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Maybe this means Dougie will be out a while.
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And there is this
2:45 PM: ESPN and TSN’s Pierre LeBrun tweets "Sharks and Blue Jackets talked again on Nash but price didn’t change: Couture as part of package. No-go.
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Apparently
the Rangers made a huge offer but the Blue Jackets declined.
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Thank fucking god
Logan is like Buster.
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So he’s going to get hurt soon?
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 27, 2012 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
He got hurt last night. Hopefully nothing too serious, though.
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I’m a prophet.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 27, 2012 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
Both players are forwards, fyi.
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Yeah
but defense is defense, right? Some defensemen seem to do nothing by shoot (Burns).
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Brent Burns is still infinitely better at defense than Colin White.
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Haven't played that much attention to the Sharks
but White played for the NJ for a long time and is 34.
Would seem like a good pickup.
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34 seems a bit old for a hockey player...
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That's probably it
Maybe the Sharks should try get Blake back.
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Blake’s too busy helping Brendan Shanahan suspend people.
And 34 is old-ish for hockey players; usually a lot start retiring at around 35. But that’s in the non-Lidstrom, non-Selanne division, as both of them are 41 and still top players in the league.
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Teemu Selänne is the Nolan Ryan of Hockey Players.
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What’s the Nolan Ryan equivalent of missing a wide open net on a wraparound in a playoff game?
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Not Ryan, but this may work
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBpiVzyCxKw
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Haven't played that much attention to the Sharks
but White played for the NJ for a long time and is 34.
Would seem like a good pickup.
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Colin White is the equivalent of a half-blind Orlando Cabrera. So bad. So useless. So have no idea why he’s not scratched ever.
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LOL THIS POST
Immediately following CalBear’s take.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 27, 2012 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
He hadn’t scored a goal in 148 games, he has the largest disparity between the amount of goals scored against the Shark when he’s on or off the ice (.5 goals per 60 minutes), he’s literally half blind (got hit in the eye with a puck), and at one point was on the ice for 8 of the past 10 goals scored on the Sharks.
Colin White sucks.
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:(
Are the Sharks that thin on defense?
For some reason, the Sharks can never seem to find the right mix with defensemen. They usually have a couple of really good guys but the quality goes down pretty quickly thereafter.
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Todd McLellan : Colin White :: Bruce Bochy : [Insert gamer veteran here]
There is no reason for White to play – especially because Vandermeer has been much better – yet McLellan plays him anyways.
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No need to let information get in the way of an opinion.
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Because we need to use Vandermeer as a forward, duh
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 27, 2012 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
Oh my
Jeff Samardzija
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He's like a character from an Alexandre Dumbass novel!
by Grant Brisbee on Feb 27, 2012 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
If you put him in bell bottoms and a leather vest he’d look like half the smoking section at my high school.
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 27, 2012 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
Ha! We had a smoking section too. Kids these days look at me like I stepped out of the dark ages if I mention that.
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I loved that series.
The Three Mulleteers in the Smuggles of Pirates Cove
The Three Mulleteers in Beezus & Ramona
The Three Mulleteers in Much Hairdo About Nothing
by Every6thDay on Feb 27, 2012 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
Why do you say that? Does he stand on the mound for 150 pages before he does anything and we find out he’s a pitcher?
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 27, 2012 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
He looks like he’s about to bite into that baseball. Seductively.
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I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
His eyes are wooing the baseball.
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I hope Timmy didn't start a trend.
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I feel like Samardzija has always had long hair.
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My cow orker graduated HS with him. She laughed upon seeing this picture.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 27, 2012 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
orker?
I barely know her!
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
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LARS IS A COW ORKER. I HAVE PICTURES TO PROVE IT.
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YOU TOLD ME YOU BURNED THE NEGATIVES!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
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