Community Projection: Clay Hensley
by Grant Brisbee on Feb 29, 2012 12:10 PM PST
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PrintWell, no, not really. Let's not go too nuts with the projections.
But consider this an open thread about that last spot in the bullpen. Maybe I'm reading too much into offhand comments, but it feels like there isn't much of a contest for the last couple of spots in the bullpen. Most of the articles or comments that I've heard/read peg Guillermo Mota as a lock, which I understand. Most of the same articles peg Clay Hensley as a lock, which I only partially understand.
It's not that I'm an ardent anti-Henslite -- we're talking about the sixth or seventh man in the bullpen, so it's hard to get too worked up about anyone -- but he certainly should have to pitch his way onto the team. He had a fantastic year in 2010 (2.16 ERA, 9.2 K/9, three HR allowed in 75 innings), but it was a year that was wildly out of place with the rest of his career.
The early reports were that Hensley signed a major-league contract, but Henry Schulman later twote that the contact was non-guaranteed. Hensley could make just over $1 million if he reaches his incentives -- Silver Slugger, Gold Glove, stuff like that -- which means that if it's a coin flip between him and a minor leaguer, there are a half-million reasons to lean towards the younger pitcher.
If I had to go with a favorite candidate based on statz? Almost certainly Dan Otero:
| Year | IP | HR | BB | SO | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Seasons | 1.90 | 213.1 | 8 | 30 | 189 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 8.0 | 6.30 |
In five seasons, he's walked 30 batters. That's fewer than Jonathan Sanchez walked in his last eight starts with the Giants. But I'll hazard a guess that Otero throws 73 m.p.h., as that would be the only reason it would make sense for him not to be a non-roster invitee. Name the last time a right-handed reliever came out of the minors with gaudy stats to be successful with a fastball that scouts didn't care for.
Well, yeah. Romo. But you probably had to look that up.
edit: Otero isn't an NRI because he's already on the 40-man roster. I'm a genius. In that case, he's the official McC Bullpen Dark Horse of 2012.
Heath Hembree has a shot to make the roster, as he's wowing people in camp with his fastball and slider. That is, the velocity and break of said pitches. His control is a work in progress. He just walked Jose Guillen, for example. There's a strong chance that he'll start in Fresno.
Dan Runzler is hoping for good things, but he hit Jose Guillen as he was walking to first. He's also the subject of the best quote of the spring to this point:
He had trouble going through lineups, seeing hitters second time around, and blah blah blah. So we’ve tried to smooth him out. He’s leading with his front arm, which is a big key."
I'm so proud that Righetti is a blah blah blah man instead of an "et cetera" or "yadda yadda yadda" guy.
Beyond that, there isn't a large group of realistic applicants mixed in with the NRIs. There are pitchers without a long minor-league track record (Mitch Lively, Stephen Harrold, Austin Fleet, Seth Rosin), wily minor-league vets (Ramon Ortiz, Shane Loux, Jean Machi), and I-remember-those-guys (Travis Blackley, Brian Burres).
So it's either Runzler, Hembree, or Hensley.
It's probably Hensley.
Once Belt is optioned, this is going to be a really boring spring for roster battles.
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Hensley is the backup Zito mopper upper
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 29, 2012 12:14 PM PST reply actions
Hensley is the one
getting interviews on KNBR and CSNBA. It will be him unless he blows up.
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I was going to say this at the end but since Lars . . .
says it first, I have to agree. I actually imagine Hensley taking over for Zito in the rotation if Barry can’t be respectable in his first 3-4 starts. Or later if/when Barry struggles. Hembree needs more seasoning and is clearly Closer material. I once thought Runzler could start but now I just want him to find the plate. I hope he’ll some day make a fine setup man. So Hensley gives us flexibility and experience. we may very well need it.
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Gotta do it to keep Cain in the third slot of the rotation, where he belongs.
by non sequitur on Feb 29, 2012 12:19 PM PST up reply actions
Have to keep his value down any way we can!
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Hensley is going to get the spot.
I have no idea what the Giants are doing with Runzler.
I really hope Hembree will be our closer in 2 season.
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Bumgarner will start Sun. and Cain Mon. Bochy said Bumgarner could open as No.2 starter to split up lefties in case Vogelsong can’t go.
I don’t have any problem with Bumgarner as #2 starter. Dude’s pretty good.
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Yeah I am fine with it.
And even though we rag on Bochy for it, it’s not outlandish to do the R-L-R thing. Plus it splits up our inning eating pitchers in case of Madbum explosion 1st inning!
And I use Madbum explosion 1st inning for any generic short start where the bullpen is needed early.
Other accepted terms are “Routine Zito Start”
Hearing about Zito’s tweaks in camp makes me want to believe against my better judgment that he’ll be better. But I think I’ve been disappointed one too many times at this point.
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I like how it’s implied that Vogelsong would be the obvious #2 starter because he is better than Bumgarner. However, lucky Bumbarner gets his chance if Vogey isn’t ready to go.
Or it could just be that they like Bumgarner lower in the order because he can throw a lot of innings and keep the ’pen rested ahead of Zito.
Or it could be that the Giants want to keep Bumgarner’s inning count down without actively limiting his innings.
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Except it isn't.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
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I don’t see much that really substantiates this particular blanket generalization about Bochy in this instance.
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Or stated another way,
Implied and perceived are not the same thing. You may perceive it that way, but neither of your assertions are really implied.
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Bochy says if Vogey isn’t ready to go then Madbum will take his place. That tells me for some reason Vogey is ahead of Madbum in some category that is buried in that large head of Bochy’s. It isn’t a stretch to guess what that is.
You are making a logical leap that the #2 starting position is an either/or proposition. That is in no way apparent by Bochy’s comments, and is probably false. Ryan Vogelsong can’t “split up righties,” another well-treaded trope of Bochy’s that is actually explicitly mentioned in the comments.
I apologize for crass with my comments above, but you’re really stating that something is “obvious” based on two degrees of speculation. Which wouldn’t be obvious at all.
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How am I suppose to read “Bumgarner could open as No.2 starter to split up lefties in case Vogelsong can’t go” Am I assuming too much if Vogelsong is healthy? What is Bochy saying would be the case if Vogey is healthy? Seriously. If I’m misreading this, please shine some light on it.
I believe you are assuming too much, yes, with my explanation below.
I do not believe we can gather from the tweet alone what the planned rotation is with a healthy Vogelsong. If we find a complete version of the comment somewhere, it might be more illuminating, but as is I think it is merely a comment on Vogelsong’s presence or absence affecting the rotation, at least initially.
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Again, sorry for being crass. Wasn’t called for on my part.
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I deserved it. I’ve been going off on the Giants FO way more than I should, even when it doesn’t make sense. I need baseball to start.
I think we all need baseball to start.
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Data would also help resolve some of the things that we’ve bashed in our heads over, such as Crawford’s hitting abilities.
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Wha?
I think the implication is that the preferred order would be Bum – Vogey – Zito in the 3-5 spots. If Vogey isn’t ready that would mean Bum – Zito – #6 starter and they might move Bum up so he’s not back to back with Zito.
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Yeah. If it’s lined up Lincecum-Cain-Bumgarner-Zito-whoever, you will have 3 lefties or 3 righties all in a row, which Bochy generally doesn’t allow.
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The implication is that if they want a righty in between Tim and Cain that it would obviously be Vogey. My question is why is it obviously Vogey? Only if Vogey isn’t ready to go will Madbum be 2nd? He says it like it goes without saying that a healthy Vogey is the choice.
I don’t put too much into starting pitcher rotation and wouldn’t care. I do care if Bochy thinks Vogey is a better RHP than madbum.
You keep using that word.
I don’t think it means what you think it means.
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Vogey is a better RHP than MadBum.
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Sorry. I said that wrong.
I meant a lefty in between. The tweet says that if Vogey isn’t ready to go to start the season then the planed rotation of Tim/Vogey/Cain/Madbum will be replaced with Tim/Madbum/Cain/etc to break up the righties. Sorry I confused things.
So my point is why is a healthy Vogey, a righty, assumed to be the default and only if Vogey isn’t ready to go will they use Madbum to split it up? Why is Tim/Vogey/Cain the better option to start the season? That makes no sense to me unless Bochy thinks a healthy righty Vogey is better than Madbum even if it means 3 righties in a row.
Here's the thing
If Vogey is ready to go then he splits up the lefties by going #4. Tim/Cain/Bum/Vogey/Zito.
If he’s not ready to go then Bum might move up to #2 so you have Tim/Bum/Cain/Zito/#6 starter. That way you avoid having the 2 lefties back to back. (You could also avoid it by slotting the #6 starter between Bum and Zito, but that means it’s Zito and not #6 who’s in line to skip starts.)
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I get it now
I feel stupid. Thanks for clearing that up. I was fixated on splinting up Tim/Cain and didn’t consider splitting up lefties.
Also, Vogey is also RH and Bumgarner is LH. Tim/Vogey/Cain would be RRR, which is no bueno with Bochy.
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No, but seriously.
the planed rotation of Tim/Vogey/Cain/Madbum
Nowhere in the tweet does it say that.
“If Vogelsong can’t go” is the key statement. Nowhere does it say where he would go, and it is not implicit from the statement that Bumgarner would go in his place. Merely that Vogelsong’s absence would affect the planned rotation order.
That is the only thing that can be safely established from the statement.
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Sorry, meant for the first line to be in blockquote.
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I think I want Runzler, so that he can pitch OK and then they might be able to trade affeldt or something
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I think Runzler stays in Fresno
simply because they have Lopez and Affeldt. Lefty bullpen quota is filled!
Otero’s numbers are very interesting.
This old quote from 2008 is kind of scary, though:
“He probably doesn’t have an above-average pitch,” Rice said. "But he keeps the ball down in the zone and he’s very aggressive. He has a big heart, though, and that’s the first thing you need to be a closer. He’s got pretty decent stuff. It’s just not ‘wow’ stuff. He could be a setup man in the big leagues or maybe even a starter.
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He has a big heart, though, and that’s the first thing you need to be a closer
A horrible medical condition, lets start there.
“So what if he doesn’t have bones in his arm, that’s the first thing you need to be a closer.”
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He has a big heart, though, and that’s the first thing you need to be a closer.
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IT DOESN’T MATTER IF HE LOST HIS ARMS IN A HORRIBLE FROZEN MEAT ACCIDENT! HE HAS A BIG HEART AND HE IS GOING TO LOCK DOWN THE 9TH INNING!
Well, you do need a heart. I think it would be tied though with brain, arm, legs, and lungs.
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 29, 2012 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t understand how anyone can think these things.
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What is the prime requirement for a closer in your book?
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 29, 2012 1:42 PM PST up reply actions
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 29, 2012 1:43 PM PST up reply actions
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In my book, there would be no such thing as a closer
Assuming that I were forced to have one, the requirements would be the same as for other relief pitchers.
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I’d add that he can get both righties and lefties out.
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 29, 2012 1:46 PM PST up reply actions
Not being good enough to start?
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 29, 2012 1:51 PM PST up reply actions
Well, obviously, if a pitcher can start, he ought to.
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Seriously though, a set of brass balls is the main requirement above and beyond whatever talent level of pitching is there.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 29, 2012 1:55 PM PST up reply actions
That would make sense if there were any evidence that players play differently in high-leverage situations.
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Do you have conclusive evidence that there are no players who pitch differently in those situations?
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 29, 2012 1:59 PM PST up reply actions
The null hypothesis is that performance in high-leverage situations is equal to performance in other situations. The burden of proof isn’t on me to prove that; it’s on you to disprove it.
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Brian Wilson pitches better in save situations vs non-save situations. ??
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Batters hit .230/.320/.329 against him in high-leverage situations but .216/.306/.252 in medium-leverage situations. Does this make him unclutch?
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It means in high leverage situations he has to throw more strikes
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So, no.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 29, 2012 2:02 PM PST up reply actions
Yes, I’m totally going to go through every player ever and prove that none of them had a statistically significant difference in their performance in situations of varying leverage.
Of course I’m not going to do that; it’s ridiculous.
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Look, I claim, based on my personal experience and first hand observation, that high pressure situations affect some people more than others. You flatly deny it. I want to know what the basis of your belief is.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 29, 2012 2:07 PM PST up reply actions
I mean, I’m willing to listen, but I have trouble accepting that all relievers are fungible in the 9th…
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 29, 2012 2:15 PM PST up reply actions
There’s no way that I would reasonably expect to BABIP .300, yet league average BABIP is pretty consistent around .300. And that’s in a large part because there’s a huge selection bias towards people who can actually hit the ball hard enough to BABIP .300 in the majors.
Similarly, when dealing with relievers in the major leagues, we’ve already selected for the ability to deal with pressure. They probably wouldn’t have made it that far without the ability to perform in a stressful situation. I suspect that for the most part, major league relievers will react to high pressure in a very similar way across the board.
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There's a ton of research on the subject
This Baseball Prospectus article from a few years ago is a pretty decent summary:
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=2656
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OK, having had a chance to consider, I think that ‘clutch’ is not what I’m getting at (it’s kind of a straw man actually)… what I mean is that, even at the major league level, there are guys who go after hitters, almost regardless of the hitter, and guys that nibble and basically accept a certain amount of walks in exchange for limiting loud contac (think Kirk Reuter). With a lead and in the ninth inning, a nibbler guy is the wrong guy to put out there.
I think I probably conflated pitching style with ‘heart’, but at the same time I think it takes a certain intestinal fortitude to challenge a hitter, even at the risk of getting loud contact, and that this is particularly true of the ninth inning and not something that has necessarily been selected for.
So, in conclusion, I think that the guy you trot out there in the ninth needs to have the brass balls to not fuck around and the stuff for that to be effective (which does not need to be ‘shut down’ stuff, but merely good enough that hitters have to respect it).
Now, if you have a guy like Rivera that has only one, incredible pitch, then using him to take the ninth inning away from the opponent makes sense, particularly on the road, but that is due to the stuff and not the heart.
OK, back to work…
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 29, 2012 3:40 PM PST up reply actions
I’d have to think about that, but it doesn’t seem wrong to me. Good relievers do tend to strike out a lot more batters than starters.
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I’d think you’d need some sort of cajones to be the guy who’s supposed to nail things down but get beat up and have to face everyone and then go out and do it again. If the reliever blows the game in the sixth it’s not as noticed as if it’s blown in the 9th. It’s maybe not whether or not they can do it in a game but whether they can do it repeatedly. I keep on thinking of poor Byung-Hyun Kim who looked defeated defend in the ’01 Series
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 29, 2012 6:45 PM PST up reply actions
There’s no statistical evidence that that matters.
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On the other hand, what would that statistical evidence even look like?
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It’s not something you can mathematically prove- not everything can be. Just having to hear it from the fans and the press day after day every time you blow a save has to wear some people down. Think of how well Benitez seemed to handle his extremely occasional screw ups- he’d criticize everybody and everything but himself and attack the press. That’s not exactly the attitude of somebody who’s handling pressure well.
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This is baseball, not art
Everything can be proven or disproven with a reasonable level of confidence, given the proper tools. Armando Benitez couldn’t handle pressure, and yet he was a successful closer for several years. Maybe he stopped being able to handle pressure when he came here, but he failed because he stopped being good. If it were about the pressure, we would have plenty of examples of good middle relievers who couldn’t handle the pressure of closing. We don’t.
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The major issue here is that we lack the proper tools, or even sufficient evidence to disprove the assertion.
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Yeah… as much as I feel like it’s appropriate to allow for considerations of makeup or temperament, it lacks falsifiability.
Oh well.
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One of those things that ...
I didn’t read anywhere else, but I can guarantee that a million people have already come up with it.
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Wow that was way funnier in my head
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I read it in a Sylvester the cat voice.
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It looks pretty dirty when I read it on the board.
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I read it in a Sylvester Stallone voice.
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I’m so proud that Righetti is a blah blah blah man instead of an “et cetera” or “yadda yadda yadda” guy.
Is this a dig at Seinfeld?
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its a dig on Latin as well
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…because I saw him pitch twice and he was totally dominant. At the time, his ERA was .37 or something. It was a ridiculously SSS, but I loved seeing the number on the scoreboard.
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I assume you mean velocity. I don’t remember (I keep telling you guys — I am not good at this stuff!).
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just use some combination of
non specific words like kruk
ex. hot fuzzy junk
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by Ohdecker on Feb 29, 2012 12:34 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
I should have said he was “country hardballing it.”
@legaleagle88
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Adopted Giant: Chris Heston
He throws the eephus and the occasional knuckleball.
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 29, 2012 1:07 PM PST up reply actions
First, feces. This gets the hitters to dive out of the batters box
then he lobs any pitch over the plate for a called strike.
Yadda Yadda
You can’t yadda yadda over the best part! Grant, you didn’t even mention the lobster bisque!
by sfgiantsrule24 on Feb 29, 2012 12:27 PM PST reply actions
That line was supposed to read LESS than Sanchez right? or was that the joke?
I get lost on these things.
I am going with Clay Hensley, since he is a former Padre, and he had one good year in the last 5 or so, which goes with current giants FA thinking.
Blerg
yay floppers
least dempsey will get a free kick
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by operation carrot on Feb 29, 2012 12:28 PM PST reply actions
err earned a free kick
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 29, 2012 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
so Clay Hensley is a hired gun.
just like his boy Mat Latos
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by Ohdecker on Feb 29, 2012 12:30 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
question
is Latos the mercenary or his new teammates?
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by CalBear949 on Feb 29, 2012 12:38 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
I have this feeling that the US is playing to win, Italy is just treating it as an exhibition game yet Italy’s still going to win
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 29, 2012 12:28 PM PST reply actions
yeah
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
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by operation carrot on Feb 29, 2012 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
but anytime i can see tim howard on my tv makes me happy
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by operation carrot on Feb 29, 2012 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
the beard threw me a little
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by CalBear949 on Feb 29, 2012 12:39 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
This is the feeling I get in every US match.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 29, 2012 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
Pretty much yes. They run around and hustle their assess off, controlling most of the game, and then the other team just puts together some amazingly pretty play that the US could never ever do and when the game.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 29, 2012 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
I don't know
it’s a home game for Italy so it would be embarrassing for them to lose to the US.
US is playing okay. Not aggressive enough on offense and chasing a little much on D
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by CalBear949 on Feb 29, 2012 12:37 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
It’s not that they’re not being aggressive on offense, it’s that they don’t have enough players with the creativity to breakdown a disciplined defense. And starting 3 defensive-minded CMs in the midfielder doesn’t help.
by BestHyperboleEver on Feb 29, 2012 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
but even when their forwards
get the ball near the penalty area…they are tentative.
Dempsey is a decent forward but Altidore always seems to be looking for a call.
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by CalBear949 on Feb 29, 2012 12:42 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Altidore seems to have every tool physically, but something just isn’t right.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 29, 2012 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
Beyond that. He doesn’t seem to have that knack for scoring that someone liek Depsey has.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 29, 2012 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
Just as I type that Dempsey scores, assisted by Altidore.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 29, 2012 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
He doesn’t read the game/move off the ball especially well and his touch is inconsistant. That said, he is a handful for opposing CBs and still has a decent scoring record.
by BestHyperboleEver on Feb 29, 2012 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
And as I say that, he knocks one down beautifully for Dempsey to slot home.
by BestHyperboleEver on Feb 29, 2012 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
yeah…I totally thought he was going to boot that
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by CalBear949 on Feb 29, 2012 1:01 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
American Soccer
When I was a bit younger, I used to play the game football manager a lot. There was an american kid on there, I think he was only 14 when he first appeared, called Freddy Adu. And he consistently developed into the best player in the world. For about 3 straight years of games. What did you people do to hm? Where is he now?
he is in the mls
and occasionally on the national team
he peaked at 14
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by operation carrot on Feb 29, 2012 2:41 PM PST up reply actions
Peaking at 14 sounds incredibly tragic.
Adopted parent of Chris Stewart. Hey, at least he isn't Eli Whiteside or Bengie Molina!
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 29, 2012 2:43 PM PST up reply actions
POP CULTURE REFERENCES
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 29, 2012 12:28 PM PST reply actions
I LIKED POP CULTURE REFERENCES BEFORE THEY WERE COOL
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 29, 2012 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
Yea the Coke Polar Bears are played out
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 29, 2012 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
They go ‘skiing’ often.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
got their “lift tickets”
Get your ass out of the water you're off the team.-Murph(my high school swim coach)
by Ohdecker on Feb 29, 2012 12:42 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
pffffffffffffft
you guys are so unhip it’s a wonder your bums don’t fall off!
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
YAWN, I'VE HEARD THOSE BEFORE
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 29, 2012 12:31 PM PST up reply actions
Pffft….I heard those before you did
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 29, 2012 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
HOW ABOUT THOSE GUYS!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 29, 2012 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
THEY ARE WHO THEY ARE
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If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
You DO realize that Beltran would have demanded a Fielder-esque contract if we had been bidding on him, right?
"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.
LOL
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.
In a word, no.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Beltran or [Jose] Reyes, we would have been without [Jeremy] Affeldt, [Javier] Lopez, [Ryan] Theriot, [Eli] Whiteside, [Clay] Hensley, and [Brett] Pill–obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
This would be funny
If wasn’t true
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You’re no fun
Hi, you must be new here.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 29, 2012 12:56 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I think you misspelled Zack Wheeler
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by Ohdecker on Feb 29, 2012 12:35 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
If we had done that
We would obviously have not been able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
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Cheer up sleepy Gene Lamont
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 29, 2012 12:41 PM PST reply actions
It’s kind of a pity that ROTK 10 was so buggy, I enjoy playing as an officer a lot more than a ruler.
I liked VII the best
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 29, 2012 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
I played III on my SNES
I beat the game, once. And replayed the first and last scenario multiple times, usually as created ruler.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 29, 2012 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
semi-OT: billy koch
To reference Mr. Brisbee’s SBN piece. Man, he went from receiving MVP votes as a closer on the ‘02 A’s to being out of the majors three years later at age 30.
I think I'm the only one here who likes the new Wild Card rules
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.
no I like em too
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by Ohdecker on Feb 29, 2012 12:49 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
To me it just means teams need to try for their divisions
Which I always support
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I would have rather seen 2 divisions, like East and West, 1 division winner and 1 WC team from each. First round, the division winner gets to play all 5 games at home.
Adopted Alliterative Bryce Bandilla
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 29, 2012 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
I am neutral on them
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I don’t mind them.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 29, 2012 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
I definitely think that this is the best way to add two teams to the playoffs.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 29, 2012 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
It’s stupid. Why don’t they just expand the playoffs to 16 teams and be done with it?
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
So you like it better when two teams from the same divison
Are in a close race for their division, but both are going to make the playoffs so they don’t give a shit who wins the division?
And why does a WC team making the playoffs get the same treatment as a division winner?
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.
This current set up will just move that down a notch. Now instead of a close race for the wild card, the two teams won’t give a shit because they’re both wild card winners.
Adopted Alliterative Bryce Bandilla
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 29, 2012 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
Yes, this, exactly
Now, a team might clinch the Wild Card spot with ten games left in the season. It doesn’t matter what they do the rest of the way; those games are entirely meaningless. They’ll be setting their rotation and getting everything else ready for one game.
One game.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
YES.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 29, 2012 1:46 PM PST up reply actions
Exactly.
Frank Robinson, a Giant among managers
by mrs. owlcroft on Feb 29, 2012 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
Eight Divisions, Zero Wildcards
Pedro Feliz.
also, proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
dear god no
Under-.500 teams in the playoffs every other year!
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
I don't hate it
But I don’t like it, either.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Questions for all the brits on this board
are there any European hipsters who try to be “different” and follow mls brand soccer
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by operation carrot on Feb 29, 2012 12:49 PM PST reply actions
lol
No.
(I’m not officially a Brit, I’m a New Zealander living in the UK. But I can assure you that the answer to your question is lol, no.)
by DiggingForFire on Feb 29, 2012 4:42 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
This means that there definitely are a few, but that they are not yet at the point where they can complain about other people ruining their ironic fun.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 29, 2012 4:44 PM PST up reply actions
OT
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
Baggschat
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
“So, what can you tell me about Barry Zito?”
@legaleagle88
I'm not crazy. My mother had me tested.
Adopted Giant: Chris Heston
Goooaaaaalllllllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How that crappy play led to a goal is pretty amazing
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 29, 2012 12:59 PM PST reply actions
Umm…welcome to football?
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.
from one shot, it looked like Jozy accidently kicked it to Dempsey but from another vantage point, it looked like a totally sweet play. So….let’s go with sweet play
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 29, 2012 1:02 PM PST up reply actions
DEMPSEY!!!
USA USA USA
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 29, 2012 12:59 PM PST reply actions
When can we as a country come up with a better chant?
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 29, 2012 1:00 PM PST up reply actions
'Mer-i-ka! 'Mer-i-ka! 'Mer-i-ka!
Can't spell "Colletti" without LOL.
Seriously, other countries are all singing songs, and lots of them and all us neanderthal americans can come up with is USA USA. Nothing like creativity there guys.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
but it’s so easy and anyone can do it
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 29, 2012 1:02 PM PST up reply actions
Ooooooh Ooooooooooooh, Ooooooh Ooooooooooooh
/chops
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 29, 2012 1:04 PM PST up reply actions
Just read that occasionally fans will start belting out “Over There” or “America the Beautiful” at games. Kinda dig “Over There” as a soccer song
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 29, 2012 1:05 PM PST up reply actions
in english and in spanish
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam%27s_Army
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by operation carrot on Feb 29, 2012 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
“Over there” is awesome for a soccer game. Plus it is way easier to sing as a large group than American the Beautiful
Adopted parent of Chris Stewart. Hey, at least he isn't Eli Whiteside or Bengie Molina!
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 29, 2012 1:56 PM PST up reply actions
I think we should give Grant the task of writing some sweet American chants like these http://fanchants.com/football-team/england/.
Better yet, he can write some for the Giants.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 29, 2012 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
idk i personally love the USA chant
simple and awesome
especially when used inappropriately
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
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by operation carrot on Feb 29, 2012 1:05 PM PST up reply actions
OOH ESS AAH!
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.
Dempsey's been killing it in the EPL
Not surprising he’s the one who scored
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DEMSPY
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 29, 2012 1:00 PM PST reply actions
Breaking?
Love how Baggs blames Ross for Posey’s injury.
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.
And Hensley not making the team .
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 29, 2012 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
Howard is 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 29, 2012 1:06 PM PST reply actions
Water is wet.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 29, 2012 1:07 PM PST up reply actions
.
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Proud parent of Seth Rosin: Couldn't throw an intentional walk if he wanted to
by operation carrot on Feb 29, 2012 1:10 PM PST up reply actions
That was awesome.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 29, 2012 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
They’re from Italy, what do you expect? They’d be letting the country down if they didn’t have amazing hair
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 29, 2012 1:07 PM PST up reply actions
...on their chests, beneath their gold medallions, exposed by their unbuttoned collared shirts...
Can't spell "Colletti" without LOL.
…and their backs…
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 29, 2012 1:12 PM PST up reply actions
Thank you two for filling in in Natto’s absence.
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 29, 2012 1:47 PM PST up reply actions
Women in huge sunglasses wearing scarves and riding Vespa scooters!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 29, 2012 1:49 PM PST up reply actions
And being fascist!
Adopted Alliterative Bryce Bandilla
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 29, 2012 1:51 PM PST up reply actions
CIAOOOOOO
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
Tweetybox
by troymccluresf on Feb 29, 2012 1:52 PM PST up reply actions
Yep, there he is: http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/team/roster_40man.jsp?c_id=sf
@legaleagle88
I'm not crazy. My mother had me tested.
Adopted Giant: Chris Heston
Yellow
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 29, 2012 1:11 PM PST reply actions
Why did I never realize that Stephen Drew is JD Drew's brother?
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
WHAAAA
Proud Papa of right-hander Clayton Blackburn whose pro debut made him look like one of the steals of the 2012 draft, as he allowed just six runs in 33 1/3 innings in the rookie-level Arizona League. Signed by Giants area scout (and former big leaguer) Dan Murray in the 16th round, Blackburn would touch 94-95 mph, sitting in the low 90s, with good feel for locating the pitch, and both his curveball and changeup project as above-average pitches.
I’m not sure. There is a third one too.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 29, 2012 1:15 PM PST up reply actions
I mean it says it on his B-R page!
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 29, 2012 1:16 PM PST up reply actions
Tim Drew?
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
No
There is another.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I was just using it as an opportunity to make a Star Wars reference.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I didn’t understand the reference because there was another Drew but he wasn’t related to JD, Tim, and Stephen.
WELL YOU SHOULD LEARN TO READ MY MIND
Actually, that would be creepy.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I understood, and I don’t read your mind. I think being familiar with Star Wars would be just as helpful in this scenario.
Adopted Alliterative Bryce Bandilla
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 29, 2012 1:29 PM PST up reply actions
Drew Barrymore is his sister.
"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.
Drew Carey is their uncle.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
Tweetybox
by troymccluresf on Feb 29, 2012 1:17 PM PST up reply actions
Yup.
Part owner of the Sounders, I’m pretty sure.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
Tweetybox
by troymccluresf on Feb 29, 2012 1:40 PM PST up reply actions
I thought Bob was your uncle
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 29, 2012 1:43 PM PST up reply actions
Was that Sisqo’s band?
@legaleagle88
I'm not crazy. My mother had me tested.
Adopted Giant: Chris Heston
I have no idea.
It gets brought up a lot.
Brandon Crawford: Yeah, but check out that Defense!
Lars Bet: 1st HoF: Bonds > Clemens
Did you also fail to realize that J.D. stands for...wait for it...
David Jonathan…?
Can't spell "Colletti" without LOL.
Wouldn’t that make him DJ?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
He wasn’t a communications major though.
Adopted Alliterative Bryce Bandilla
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 29, 2012 1:22 PM PST up reply actions
Apparently not in the South...
Can't spell "Colletti" without LOL.
I had a friend in college
Who we called JD. His name was James Andrew. But when his parents came to visit him, we realized they called him “Drew”, so the JD thing stuck.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
My uncle's name was J.D. McKay.
Just the initials. The IRS used to send him stuff addressed to John Doe McKay because they couldn’t accept just initials as a name.
Frank Robinson, a Giant among managers
by mrs. owlcroft on Feb 29, 2012 4:06 PM PST up reply actions
I wish there were some way to hide soccer-related posts.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
I wish there were some way to hide your posts.
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MAPS!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 29, 2012 1:20 PM PST up reply actions
MAP THIS
/grabs crotch
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Large map
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by El Person on Feb 29, 2012 1:24 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
height = 300 is your friend.
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Canada's!
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 29, 2012 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
Nibbling areas
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Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 29, 2012 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
wet crotch
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Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 29, 2012 1:26 PM PST up reply actions
Big Black Bay.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 29, 2012 1:31 PM PST up reply actions
Get him banned? Or that random app/extension thingmabob?
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The second thing. Not that I thought you were serious, of course.
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Do tell.
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 29, 2012 1:30 PM PST up reply actions
D'oh!
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Wait, I thought I got it from you. It’s an extension for Chrome, I think, but I don’t remember where it is.
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Just don’t make the people on the list post on a separate blog.
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 29, 2012 1:42 PM PST up reply actions
Oh come on. It’ll be a separate but equal blog.
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A separate blog with posts about soccer, basketball, and how cake is better than pie is inherently unequal to this one!
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 29, 2012 1:48 PM PST up reply actions
Yes. B/c it drove that Ferrari.
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by say hey nation on Feb 29, 2012 1:56 PM PST up reply actions
With 99 of its friends?
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 29, 2012 1:57 PM PST up reply actions
canalstreetchronicles actually came up with a script to hide individual comments
cant find a link right though but i remember they did it
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by operation carrot on Feb 29, 2012 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
There’s one that works for MCC, too.
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LOL GRUMPY!
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Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 29, 2012 1:22 PM PST up reply actions
I’m so sensitive!
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I only have a problem with soccer, because (let’s face it) soccer is the worst.
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I rank soccer and basketball the same. They’re both at different ends of the spectrum, but equally far from good.
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 29, 2012 1:24 PM PST up reply actions
World Cup> any basketball game I am not playing in
But MLS can go into the dust bin for all I care
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 29, 2012 1:30 PM PST up reply actions
They’re basically the same game, but the net is bigger in one.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Feb 29, 2012 1:43 PM PST up reply actions
And oddly that one scores like 100 less times per game.
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 29, 2012 1:45 PM PST up reply actions
Basketball is also prejudicial towards people of normal height.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 29, 2012 1:49 PM PST up reply actions
Or at least have people comment in the same subthread, to make quick Z-ing through them easier.
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refs are cracking me up in this game
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by operation carrot on Feb 29, 2012 1:30 PM PST reply actions
Hensley will likely make the team
To boost Zito’s ego when he’s feelin’ blue.
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On July 20, 1969, a few hours after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, he hit his first, and only home run.
us needs to hold here
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by operation carrot on Feb 29, 2012 1:31 PM PST reply actions
Geez - AJ Burnett hit himself in the eye with a ball during bunting practice?
Heading out to see an eye specialist. That can’t be good.
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Gotta keep your eye on the ball.
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clap clap clap
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by operation carrot on Feb 29, 2012 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
LOL BUCCOS
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Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 29, 2012 1:35 PM PST up reply actions
REASONS THE DH SUCKS!
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by say hey nation on Feb 29, 2012 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
There's actual film of it on ESPN now.
Looks like he got himself in the temple, not the eye itself, which is good.
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by mrs. owlcroft on Feb 29, 2012 4:18 PM PST up reply actions
is twote a word?
I thought it was tweeted.
Stupid twitter.
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-GOB Bluth
Twote the Raven,
Nvrmre.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
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by GiantPain on Feb 29, 2012 1:35 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
/applause
Well done.
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He twote the twit that twould be tweeted.
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 29, 2012 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
Does anyone else like to say things like
“snoze” instead of “sneezed”, following from the “froze/freeze” pairing…?
Can't spell "Colletti" without LOL.
is tweeted a word?
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 29, 2012 1:39 PM PST up reply actions
it all confuses me.
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HAI GAIZ LET'S GO TO AMICI'S
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USA USA USA
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by operation carrot on Feb 29, 2012 1:40 PM PST reply actions
Beat ItLA
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by operation carrot on Feb 29, 2012 1:40 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
USA USA USA
GET A BRAIN MORANS
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Can I make a suggestion? Can y’all put your footy talk in one thread? Reply to each other and such? Then us real ’mericans can Z through them more easily.
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Final score?
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1-0 WE BEAT THE EYE-TALIANS
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UNPACK!
Giant Dirtbags: :(
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by Giant among Angels on Feb 29, 2012 1:44 PM PST up reply actions
forgive my ignorance
what does unpack mean in this context?
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UNPACK UNPACK UNPACK
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by Giant among Angels on Feb 29, 2012 1:47 PM PST up reply actions
Thank you for using the correct terminology.
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 29, 2012 1:50 PM PST up reply actions
Since I had to ask once, I’ll pass it along.
I guess a month ago, there was a comic whose punchline was Sabean & Baer trying to wow a free agent by bringing them to Amici’s, and someone claimed that if you “unpack” the sentiment behind that comic, it was really racist because of the implication that Italian food is unworthy or for peasants or some other ridiculousness that anyone who’s ever listened to KNBR would understand to not be anywhere close to racism.
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by troymccluresf on Feb 29, 2012 1:51 PM PST up reply actions
this is helpful!
As is speckops’s comment above. Thanks for enlightening me!
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Mayor of Smug.
/flashes secret sign
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If this new playoff system was in place for the 2011 season
Day 162 would have never happened.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 29, 2012 1:44 PM PST reply actions
One of the si.com writers has a column on this.
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What about on leap year?
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 29, 2012 1:46 PM PST up reply actions
the thing is, it happened
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Can u back through all the other seasons in the history of baseball
And tell me how the new system would’ve affected those. My guess is one or two of those would have been better.
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Why would I want to do that?
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 29, 2012 1:53 PM PST up reply actions
For funsies
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Yeah, I love the idea of more undeserving teams making the playoffs.
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I mean, just think about the 2002 NL
Can you imagine the race for the second Wild Card spot between Houston (84-78) and Montreal (83-79)? I’m creaming my pants with retroactive excitement about that, and about one of them getting to face the Giants (95-66) in a one-game playoff.
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by El Person on Feb 29, 2012 1:58 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
In 2001, the A's (102-60) would have played the Twins (85-77)
Taste the excitement!
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I’m creaming my pants with retroactive excitement
I nominate this for phrase of the day.
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Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 29, 2012 1:59 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I might have been okay with that as it would give the Expos one last chance to win something and have the entirety of Quebec give Bud the finger.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 29, 2012 1:59 PM PST up reply actions
Stupid strike
On the other hand, that strike did ensure that we wouldn’t see a postseason with two teams under .500. That really would have blown.
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Hooray for cherrypicking seasons to make my point!
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Okay, let's look at every team that would be the second team in
1995: Houston (76-68), California (78-67)
1996: Montreal (88-74), Seattle (85-76)
1997: New York or Los Angeles (88-74), Anaheim (84-78)
1998: San Francisco (89-73), Toronto (88-74)
1999: Cincinnati (96-66), Oakland (87-75)
2000: Los Angeles (86-76), Cleveland (90-72)
2001: San Francisco (90-72), Minnesota (85-77)
2002: Los Angeles (92-70), Boston or Seattle (93-69)
2003: Houston (87-75), Seattle (93-69)
2004: San Francisco (91-71), Oakland (91-71)
2005: Philadelphia (88-74), Cleveland (93-69)
2006: Philadelphia (85-77), Chicago (90-72)
2007: San Diego (89-73), Detroit or Seattle (88-74)
2008: New York (89-73), New York (89-73)
2009: San Francisco (88-74), Texas (87-75)
2010: San Diego (90-72), Boston (89-73)
2011: Atlanta (89-73), Boston (90-72)
Hooray for mediocrity and the Yankees and Red Sox making the playoffs every year!
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So 25% increase of playoffs to Giants
4 times. At the cost of what, 2 times they made the 4 seed?
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 29, 2012 2:44 PM PST up reply actions
02 might not have happened!
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Lars Bet: 1st HoF: Bonds > Clemens
Didn't we win the division in 00?
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Lars Bet: 1st HoF: Bonds > Clemens
And '03.
97 and 100 wins, respectively. 2003 was wire-to-wire.
Fucking Marlins. Fucking Jose Cruz, Jr.
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I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Yes but the WC KO'd us both times
WC deathmatch game burns their best starter. Although… we won game 1 both times and….
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 29, 2012 3:14 PM PST up reply actions
Ah ok, I get what you were getting at.
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lies
Edwards Guzman hit his first major league home run against the Expos, didn’t he? I remember that.
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Oh, it was against the Mets
He played for the Expos later. I think I got those two things confused.
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That argument can be made for anything affecting the end of a season. My roommate claimed that the 1993 Giants would be in the postseason. It really doesn’t matter either way, as far as specific examples; it’ll all even out over time.
My problem is that a third of the sport makes it to the postseason.
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by troymccluresf on Feb 29, 2012 1:52 PM PST up reply actions
not even close to the same thing
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But that would be like making Leap Day happen every year
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 29, 2012 1:57 PM PST up reply actions
It's kinda close to the same thing though.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Close.
But the whole week leading up to 162 was what made it great. Also, it relied on 4 games, not 2.
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No, and let me try to explain why
Baseball is by its nature a game where the lesser team will often win. That’s why there’s a 162-game season; it’s so that the best teams win out. 162 games provide a sufficiently large sample size to evaluate teams. If two teams are tied, it may go to a playoff. I would prefer that three-game playoffs be used here (like the National League did before the leagues were abolished by MLB), but even a one-game playoff is simply one part of a 163-game season. This one-game series is not part of the regular season; it is a discrete event and far too small a sample to be fair in any way. Above I gave the example of the 2001 AL. It would have been a travesty if the Twins had beaten the A’s that year in one game and eliminated Oakland despite the huge gap between the teams that the regular season had shown.
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Right
But in one scenario, teams play a sudden death game to determine who goes on in the playoffs.
In the other, teams play a sudden death game to determine who goes on in the playoffs.
It’s kinda close to the same thing. It certainly isn’t “not even close to the same thing”.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Cherrypicking extreme examples is disingenuous
I would bet over the years Wild Card 1 and Wild Card 2 had faily similar records.
And why should the Wild Card be treated on equal footing as a division winner.
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They should just say
“You need to finish within X games of the other wild card to qualify for a 1 game play off”
Set it at like 3 or something.
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I think a Wild Card team deserves to be punished for not winning its division
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You could be punishing the 2nd best team in the league.
While rewarding the 5th. I’m fine with punishing the 4th, while rewarding the 5th.
Brandon Crawford: Yeah, but check out that Defense!
Lars Bet: 1st HoF: Bonds > Clemens
If divisions don't matter
Why even have them?
I look forward to division races mattering more than they used to. It drove me crazy when late season games between division rivals didnt matter because both teams were in the playoffs.
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They want to fuel division rivals like Giants – Dodgers and Yankees – Sox. With divisions and unbalanced schedules, those teams get to play 18 times a year.
Brandon Crawford: Yeah, but check out that Defense!
Lars Bet: 1st HoF: Bonds > Clemens
I’m perfectly happy playing the Dodgers more often than the Marlins.
Also, divisions are better for the television market as well. 3/4 of the your team’s games air at 7 PM or 1 PM. Not so with midwest and east coast road games.
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Yeah I'm fine with divisions too.
I just don’t agree you should be automatically punished for not winning your division.
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It’s a fine line to walk, I guess.
I liked the two-team wild card play-in a lot back in 2009, but over time I’ve soured on it somewhat. What I really want is to reward winning your division – since I think divisions are fun and good for the game in many respects – but what this new system really does is punish you for not winning your division. It’s opening the gap, but not in the way I’d like.
How you reward winning over and above HFA is beyond me, though.
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This system allows a third-place team to win the World Series
I’m very much not okay with that.
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It practically already happened with the 2006 Cardinals.
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That was awful, of course.
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So no matter how you have the divisions set up, as long as there are divisions there is going to be some room for those kinds of shenanigans. I agree that fringe .500 teams winning the WS sucks, but I guess when that happens I do levy some responsibility on obviously superior teams for not getting the job done.
I don’t know. I just want good, exciting baseball, dammit.
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Under the old system, the only team I can think of offhand that really shouldn’t have been there was the ’73 Mets.
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I don’t really like the old system. It just seems like it makes things irrelevant for most of the league too quickly. But, that’s just my personal preference. I like the setup the way it is.
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I dislike divisions as a concept
I can accept them because it’s probably impossible to sustain fan interest if only two teams out of thirty go past the regular season. There certainly shouldn’t be three.
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Part of it is here.
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Here we go:
Here we go:
In the 32-league seasons since the wildcard was implemented (1995-2010), the average W% for the best team in the league is .620. The second-best division winner averages .583, the third-best .556. The wildcard team is .573 on average, while the team that would be the second wildcard averages .548.
So D1 > D2 > W1 > D3 > W2
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According to those #’s, differences between the 2 wild cards average 4 games apart.
Brandon Crawford: Yeah, but check out that Defense!
Lars Bet: 1st HoF: Bonds > Clemens
Doesn’t seem particularly close, to me.
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If they’re going to have a second wildcard, I would really prefer to see the 4th and 5th seed duke it out in a play-in game/series to decide the #4 seed. That makes infinitely more sense to me.
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Even wouldn’t mind the caveat where if the 5th place team is a division winner and the 4th place team is wild card, that the 5th place team is @home.
Brandon Crawford: Yeah, but check out that Defense!
Lars Bet: 1st HoF: Bonds > Clemens
The answer of course is Jake Dunning
Jake Dunning: converted SS and the next Joe Nathan, except without...you know
The answer of course is onions
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Jake Dunning: converted SS and the next Joe Nathan, except without...you know
Rough, that's just the way your mother likes it
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Jap Anus relations for $500
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These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Sorry Grant, I know you have similar problems, but wow, fuck this guy.
Schiff, 46, is facing another kind of jam this year: Paid a lower bonus, he said the $350,000 he earns, enough to put him in the country’s top 1 percent by income, doesn’t cover his family’s private-school tuition, a Kent, Connecticut, summer rental and the upgrade they would like from their 1,200-square- foot Brooklyn duplex.
“I feel stuck,” Schiff said. “The New York that I wanted to have is still just beyond my reach.”
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bonus-withdrawal-puts-bankers-malaise-050100338.html
Kickham where it hurts
eh reminds me a little bit of the boxing coach in cinderella man
you can be making a quarter mill a year but if youre expected because of your station to live like youre making a half a mill it can still be very stressful for those guys
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
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by operation carrot on Feb 29, 2012 2:04 PM PST up reply actions
The median household income in the US is $26,364. In Brooklyn it’s $32,135.
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Things are bad, but that sounds way too low! I hope. I thought it was closer to $45K.
by non sequitur on Feb 29, 2012 2:37 PM PST up reply actions
checking, if only for my own edification
Ok, the 2010 Current Population Survey has the median household income at $49,445. Over 2006-2010, the median was on average at $51,914.
by non sequitur on Feb 29, 2012 2:49 PM PST up reply actions
I can’t seem to find those number in your links but they are probably more accurate than the numbers I got from wikipedia.
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subjective line
Search for “median” on those two pages and you should find it. Although there is gobs of data on both pages.
I think I found what you were looking at:
In 2006, the “real” (adjusted for inflation) median annual household income rose 1.3% to $50,233.00 according to the Census Bureau.4 The real median earnings of men who worked full time, year-round climbed between 2006 and 2007, from $43,460 to $45,113 (about 3.6 time minimum wage in 2006 to 3.7 time minimum wage in 2007). For women, the corresponding increase was from $33,437 to $35,102 (2.8 and 2.9 times minimum wage respectively). The median income per household member (including all working and non-working members above the age of 14) was $26,036 in 2006.5 …
This $26,036 figure is close to your $26,364, anyway. The reference is to the U.S. Census — it’s the same data. This figure is for each household *member*. Then of course you got to add them up to get the household income.
by non sequitur on Feb 29, 2012 3:01 PM PST up reply actions
I love the guy
who says that people without money don’t understand the stress of having to consider taking his 3 kids out of private school.
Yeah people without money only have worry about trivial stuff like food and shelter
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by CalBear949 on Feb 29, 2012 2:09 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
That entire article is full of first world problems.
On a recent Sunday, he drove to Fairway Market in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn to buy discounted salmon for $5.99 a pound.
He said he no longer goes on annual ski trips to Whistler (WB), Tahoe or Aspen.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Feb 29, 2012 2:11 PM PST up reply actions
It's not even first world problems
it’s spoiled rich people problems
The whole article sounds like it came out if the Onion
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by CalBear949 on Feb 29, 2012 2:13 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
yeah this whole article should just be titled "Fuck yo couch"
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Hahaha
They never should have gave you bankers moneeeeey!
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by jhiat00 on Feb 29, 2012 2:16 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
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.
It makes me pretty angry. Also, these are the same people who totally screwed the economy. They should shut the hell up and be glad they even have jobs.
@legaleagle88
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They should be in jail.
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First I was like, "Hey cheap salmon!"
And then I was like “Red Hook? That’s where Tazz is from.” I can understand his rich white person trepidation.
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Oh man, I remember this guy from about a year ago
M. Todd Henderson, a University of Chicago law professor who’s teaching a seminar on executive compensation, said the suffering is relative and real. He wrote two years ago that his family was “just getting by” on more than $250,000 a year, setting off what he called a firestorm of criticism.
“Yes, terminal diseases are worse than getting the flu,” he said. “But you suffer when you get the flu.”
Yeah, and when you have the flu you don’t go around telling people with cancer how rough you have it, and how they don’t understand how much you’re suffering too.
This stuff makes me feel all pitchfork and torchy.
The first six innings are overrated.
This sounds like Patrick Ewing
“Yeah we make a lot of money, but we spend a lot of money too.”
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Live below your means
I can live anywhere and raise 4 kids on 250k a year, not even blinking. Tokoyo? London? NYC? SF? Easy.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 29, 2012 2:28 PM PST up reply actions
All problems are local/relative. There’s some rich person out there who is just as upset over the fact that he has a dent in his car, as someone is that they won’t have dinner tonight.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 29, 2012 5:45 PM PST up reply actions
10% rule.
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by Murray, Present on Feb 29, 2012 4:07 PM PST up reply actions
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by RDreamer on Feb 29, 2012 2:05 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Baggschat
my guess is that barring injuries to others, Belt is most likely to begin in Triple-A Fresno.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
So I get to root for injuries now?
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Sabean gets run over by a train
So...I've decided to adopt Seinfeld.
by positiveuphemism on Feb 29, 2012 5:27 PM PST up reply actions
Awesome
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 29, 2012 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
I honestly didn’t think this would happen. Shows what I know.
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Me either. It makes less than no sense that they believe in Crawford and Pill, but not Belt. I would love to think that they just don’t care about Crawford and Pill, but are trying to make sure that Belt’s development path goes well, but I know that’s not true.
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Yeah, I doubt this works for me
lulz
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 29, 2012 2:19 PM PST up reply actions
Hey, Baggs posted my "question"!
I look forward to the Mariners sending Dustin Ackley to AAA. Terrible hitting teams can’t have their best prospects on the major league club, or else all hell would break loose.
by GP
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I assume this is a rip on the Giants potentially sending Belt to Fresno. If a hitter isn’t deemed to be ready, he isn’t deemed to be ready. I do think Belt will reach a stage when he can’t learn anything in the minors. I’m not sure he’s at that stage right now. That’s why his approach will be watched carefully this spring.
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Ignoring the fact that the Giants would be better with him right now
What is he not doing that being in the minor leagues would help him with, other than becoming a veteran?
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Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
In AAA, Belt walked almost as much as he struck out while maintaining ~145 wRC+. I don’t think he has much left to learn there.
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He doesn't. That's what's so maddening.
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Maybe the AAA team teaches how to manage your boss effectively
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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
This is my feeling as well.
I don’t feel he’ll improve in Fresno, and of our options for the 25th man, Belt probably has both the highest floor and ceiling. He can only help the team, which is not the case with Burriss.
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The only good thing about Belt going to AAA is that he’ll get to play everyday.
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This
If he isn’t going to play everyday in the majors, or at least like 4 out of every 5 days, he should be in AAA.
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That feels like a moral victory, since I don’t think it will make him a better player.
I’ve said this before, but I’d rather him get 300 PAs against major league pitchers than 600 PAs against AAA org filler.
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That means shit to me
He should be playing every day in the majors. The fact that we have to take a grain of salt from management not fucking up because they already fucked up in the first place is just… fucked up.
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Tow that line, Baggs!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 29, 2012 2:34 PM PST up reply actions
TO THAT LINE BAGGS
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One toes a line.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 29, 2012 2:47 PM PST up reply actions
Not if the line needs to be moved and has no means of self-propulsion.
by BestHyperboleEver on Feb 29, 2012 2:48 PM PST up reply actions
Good luck using your toes while sailing!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 29, 2012 2:49 PM PST up reply actions
One tows a boat using a line. The line is not towed.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 29, 2012 3:45 PM PST up reply actions
Also, do not picture my toes wearing little sailor suits and running all over your kitchen table. You’re welcome.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 29, 2012 3:46 PM PST up reply actions
Thank you. I see this everywhere and it drives me insane.
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by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 29, 2012 2:50 PM PST up reply actions
Toe the rubber
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From RotoGraphs:
8) At least 3 of the following 6 pitchers will end up on the DL in 2012: Ervin Santana, Bud Norris, Edwin Jackson, Madison Bumgarner, Michael Pineda and Ryan Dempster. This information is from an article I am writing. 46% of all pitchers that pitched at least 120 innings and threw sliders 30% or more of the time end up on the DL sometime during the next season. These 6 pitchers all threw sliders over 35% of the time in 2011.
http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/index.php/jeff-zimmermans-10-bold-predictions-for-2012/
Brandon Crawford: Yeah, but check out that Defense!
Lars Bet: 1st HoF: Bonds > Clemens
This kind of definitive statement is analytically lazy:
At least 3 of the following 6 pitchers will end up on the DL in 2012
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 29, 2012 2:15 PM PST up reply actions
I was more looking at the line 46% of the pitchers that did what MadBum did ended up on the DL.
Brandon Crawford: Yeah, but check out that Defense!
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What they should have done is present their data with the realization that, in fact, it is possible that none (or all) of those players will go on the DL in 2012.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 29, 2012 2:18 PM PST up reply actions
Ugh, thiiiiiiis.
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Whoever wrote this has no idea how statistics work
At least 3 of the following 6 pitchers will end up on the DL in 2012
What % of pitchers end up on the DL at some point in a season anyway? It’d be more meaningful if he broke it down into specifically elbow injuries. Otherwise, sliders might just be causing everyone to twist their ankles.
Sundrendy!
all the ones on my fantasy team
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N-O-T-R-A-D-E
I’ve wondered this myself. When I asked about it earlier this winter, I was told N-O. I’m not discounting the possibility, but I’m told the Giants will extinguish every moment of exclusivity until they get Cain signed or watch him leave as a free agent.
If they haven't signed him to an extension and the Giants are <.500 at the deadline
Why not trade Cain? You can always sign him as an FA anyway.
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How often does a player traded in midseason sign with his original team that winter? The only example I can think of offhand is with Rickey Henderson and the A's.
Of course, a team that trades a player in midseason isn’t likely to want that player back.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
ive always thought it would be cool to be able to loan players
like the pirates could loan mccutchen to another team in return for prospects and then get him back again at the start of the next year
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
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by operation carrot on Feb 29, 2012 2:27 PM PST up reply actions
Cliff Lee signed with the Phillies after they traded him
Wasn’t midseason, but there’s precedent.
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I am not against this line of thought
Especially if Cain goes for 100% FA deal, see what you can get for 2-3 months of service. You might get him back, or you have 20 mil a year on someone else anyways. Or in Sabean’s case, 8 more guys.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 29, 2012 2:46 PM PST up reply actions
Jerry Stackhouse.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 29, 2012 2:37 PM PST up reply actions
Giants could be 15 games out at the deadline and will N-O-T trade anybody.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I thought it was not worth it to trade mid season anymore
You only get compensation if he then signs with the team he was traded to or something?
Weird new rules are weird.
Hensley added to projection aggregation spreadsheet
doesn’t look like anyone is making prediction on this guy though.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AoGHQUDFQsDKdEJKSVl4VGpLWXdxRi1oYU1BWG9USUE#gid=6
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actually
both the Yankees and Red Sox are trying to lower their payrolls
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by CalBear949 on Feb 29, 2012 2:50 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Yes, because they’re against the luxury tax threshold.
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The new luxury tax games are actually going to be kind of interesting, I think. How will the top teams toe the line?
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I imagine they’ll find some way to tow it with a tugboat.
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I can't tell if this is a grammar correction or not.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
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A propos of a subthread elsewhere here.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Ah, I see it now.
I actually thought Lars was correct – tow as in the nautical sense – but it is apparently of military origin.
I was led to believe that as distinct from toe the line, as in “get close to crossing the line.”
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Noting that the latter is the sense I meant to convey.
I imagine they’ll be dancing back and forth across the soft cap as they see fit, with up years to push for a championship and down years to receive forgiveness in the form of compensation.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
The ongoing tow the line v. toe the line debate.
Tow the line is totally wrong. Why can’t you people see that?
http://grammartips.homestead.com/toetheline.html
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by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 29, 2012 3:08 PM PST up reply actions
Also, I never knew Brian Wilson was a Big Lebowski fan
Said Wilson, “I am amped to be on board with Lucky Strike. The concept – from the ambiance to the food to the energy – is edgy, crafty and unique. I am pumped to be in the Lucky Strike mix and am honored that lane 12 will be renamed lane 38. The Dude abides”
Sundrendy!
Yeah, just based off of personality I would have pegged him as Big Lebowski fan.
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by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 29, 2012 2:40 PM PST up reply actions
Me too.
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by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 29, 2012 3:08 PM PST up reply actions
Toasted!
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by Murray, Present on Feb 29, 2012 4:05 PM PST up reply actions
That would be weirdly incongruous with Wilson’s MO.
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by Murray, Present on Feb 29, 2012 4:05 PM PST up reply actions
Baggs Chat
Actually, I talked with Bobby about Belt today. Don’t read me wrong: The Giants are high on Belt and believe he has the chance to be an impact hitter. They owe it to themselves, and him, to be open minded. And they will be. But as we all know, organizational inventory is a big consideration when putting the roster together. You can always start with Huff, and if a change needs to be made or an injury occurs, then you dip down and get Belt. Remember, it’s a long season. The guys who start on opening day aren’t always the guys who finish, even on World Series winners. (See Bowker, John.)
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depending how he does the first few months
there is very good chance he could be Molina’d
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by CalBear949 on Feb 29, 2012 3:04 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
He is a beat writer
I care more what Bochy and Sabean say.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 29, 2012 2:50 PM PST up reply actions
I wonder if we could wait until halfway through ST to freakout?
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by CalBear949 on Feb 29, 2012 2:52 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
LOL YOU
Suppressing MCC freakouts.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 29, 2012 3:25 PM PST up reply actions
what the heck is
organizational inventory?
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by CalBear949 on Feb 29, 2012 2:51 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Which guys are on the 25 (and getting paid $$) and who has options left, stuff like that.
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I organized and inventoried some breast implant factory in Fremont once… lasted 2 weeks.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 29, 2012 2:55 PM PST up reply actions
any talk of the Giants moving the fences like the Mets are doing with Citi?
by CJ 2:47 PM
Over Larry Baer’s dead body.
Good
the fences are fine where they are
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by CalBear949 on Feb 29, 2012 2:53 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Agree.
What’s the chances of a Cain extension before the season starts?
by KrazyKrab 2:48 PM
I think it’ll happen. He wants to stay and the Giants want to keep him. The rest is just posturing.
by Andrew Baggarly CSN 2:49 PM
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BAGGS WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO TAKE YOUR TALENTS TO TV?
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 29, 2012 2:55 PM PST up reply actions
Good
Ask him about Zito
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 29, 2012 2:55 PM PST up reply actions
You’re likely unaware of this, but last year it was a CSN baseball chat tradition to have at least one question about Barry Zito. Could you tell us something about Barry Zito (can be a real fact or completely made up, or both).
by GP 2:57 PM
He wore a rumpled, patterned red sweater to the ballpark today. I’m not sure, but I think Walter Matthau wore the same sweater in “Grumpy Old Men.”
by Andrew Baggarly CSN 2:58 PM
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Can someone ask him about Burris?
what exactly does the club see in him?
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by CalBear949 on Feb 29, 2012 2:56 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Pretty sure his answer will defensive flexibility. Sounded like that when he answered the Pill question.
I would guess speed (whatever) plus no more options.
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VROOOOOM
Call it 9-1-10 fever.
I like having 1 vroomer off the bench, but I preferred DaRUUUUN. My guess is Sanchez’s ? Made Burris a slightly better fit.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 29, 2012 3:04 PM PST up reply actions
then
they should have kept Ford.
At least he plays CF well
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by CalBear949 on Feb 29, 2012 3:05 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
I dont disagree
Somehow Giants think infielders can make OF, but not vice versa. Flexibility is my guess. Both hit like dirt.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 29, 2012 3:07 PM PST up reply actions
But was a disaster everywhere else, including at the plate and on the basepaths. He has no place on the roster.
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as opposed to Velez?
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by CalBear949 on Feb 29, 2012 3:08 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Also useless.
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sucky player fail
I meant Burris
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by CalBear949 on Feb 29, 2012 3:09 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Same answer. Also useless. Should not be on a major league roster. In his case, position flexibility means playing many positions poorly.
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Imagine the fantasy impact
Being able to use Burriss at 7 positions!
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 29, 2012 3:11 PM PST up reply actions
Don't knock Velez till you tried it
I enjoy the fact of all the Giants who went to LA and sucked, Velez broke the MLB record for most PA without a hit in a year for them.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 29, 2012 3:09 PM PST up reply actions
If vroom is your only tool
You don’t deserve a spot on the 25 man roster. If the Giants really want a guy on the bench who only knows how to run fast, they should just give Usain Bolt $500k to ride the pine.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 29, 2012 3:14 PM PST up reply actions
Like Herb Washington on the 1974 A’s.
Washington, a track star with no baseball experience, appeared in 105 games for the Athletics in 1974 and 1975, scoring 33 runs and stealing 31 bases, without once playing the field or coming up to bat. His 1975 Topps baseball card is the only baseball card in history to use the “Pinch Runner” position labe
Adopted parent of Chris Stewart. Hey, at least he isn't Eli Whiteside or Bengie Molina!
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 29, 2012 3:18 PM PST up reply actions
That last word should be “label”
Adopted parent of Chris Stewart. Hey, at least he isn't Eli Whiteside or Bengie Molina!
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 29, 2012 3:20 PM PST up reply actions
The ‘74 A’s were so good that they spent a roster spot on a player who couldn’t hit or field and won the World Series anyway.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
It’s a good job of accurately identifying the talent level of the team.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 29, 2012 3:40 PM PST up reply actions
Fangraphs has him at -.4 WAR for his career.
Which is odd because he has a positive speed score.
Brandon Crawford: Yeah, but check out that Defense!
Lars Bet: 1st HoF: Bonds > Clemens
Holy shit. And he went 0-2 in stolen bases in the post-season. He was a huge failure.
"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.
Also, according to Wikipedia, he decided to settle in Youngstown fucking Ohio. What the hell—-why??
"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.
Dude owned some McDonald’s stores.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
He wasn’t even from Youngstown. It’d be like someone growing up in Utah and deciding to settle down in East St. Louis.
"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.
Mebbe he met a lady friend.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Jim Otto used to own a couple of Burger Kings and the walls were covered with photos of him. Nice guy.
I went to one. Rocklin, wasn’t it?
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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Ah. I knew it was somewhere on my trek to SLC.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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Had a positive wPA tho
Brandon Crawford: Yeah, but check out that Defense!
Lars Bet: 1st HoF: Bonds > Clemens
I like having 1 guy who can run
For all the 1 run games the G’s play. Yea, he preferably has more than just that 1 tool.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 29, 2012 3:38 PM PST up reply actions
Jesus. He's gone mad.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Power corrupts.
Adopted parent of Chris Stewart. Hey, at least he isn't Eli Whiteside or Bengie Molina!
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 29, 2012 3:35 PM PST up reply actions
I think C3PO has a propellering mode.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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isn’t it possible that Otero wasn’t a NRI because he’s on the 40 man roster? just wondering.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
oh someone beat me to it
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
the best part of spring is almost here
photo day albums are starting to go up on Zimbio! Giants should be soon.
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.
nearly every picture of the royals in their album is tagged as Joakim Soria
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.
Soira’s nickname?
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Dammit. Soria*.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
/googles
…Oh.
Carry on, then.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
I love picture day.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
You OK?
Any threat of a tornado where you live?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Not at the moment. It’s been a busy day, though, with damage to the west and north of us. At least one person was killed in Cumberland County, about an hour west of here. And we just got through with more tornado warnings to our south, near the Smokies. The clearing line should be approaching soon.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
I'm surprised this hasn't made its way on here yet.
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My boy Shawn Payne takes his walks and his VROOM to Augusta this season.
And actually
Heath Hembree is at a 3.65 FIP for this season too.
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by free f.p. #14 on Feb 29, 2012 3:46 PM PST up reply actions
what’s the difference between FIP & FAP?
Pedro Feliz.
also, proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
Hahaha.
Isn’t that around where Bauer is, too?
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
still in the Surkamp
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.
If he was a knight he would be Ser Surkamp.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
if this knight went camping it would be ser surkamp's camp
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
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by operation carrot on Feb 29, 2012 4:07 PM PST up reply actions
If he was running an election effort from there it would be Ser Surkamp’s Campaign Camp.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
one of his pollsters might
Survey Ser Surkamp’s Campaign Camp
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
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by operation carrot on Feb 29, 2012 4:24 PM PST up reply actions
I wonder what family Ser Zito represents.
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by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 29, 2012 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
Dunno but the banner would be Avacados on an egg-yellow field.
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If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
I feel like it’s getting to the point where I’m legitimately missing out on this board by not having read GoT.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
hey well the dvds come out next week
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.
Me too sometimes.
But I also don’t have a lot of free time to invest to watch the show or read the books. Or the drive.
You’d just be frustrated after reading the first 5 books and finding out the last two probably won’t be finished for 8 more years. Although, I am looking forward to the HBO-GRRM fight that is going to take place in about 4 years when GRRM doesn’t have material for the next season yet. It should be epic.
I just don’t like sex and violence or violent sex or killing murder and mayhem, so that keeps me from reading them. the mister has read the first one and agrees that I probably wouldn’t appreciate it. I trust him to know me.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Book 1: Bobby
Book 2: Barry
Book 3: ?
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Book 3: CDOs
Book 4: Credit Default Swaps
Book 5: Destruction of Wall Street
by non sequitur on Feb 29, 2012 4:48 PM PST up reply actions
60s singer
Gary “US”
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Does the baseball team you are on not practice everyday, or do you post while shagging BP in the OF?
Giant Dirtbags: :(
David B. Flemming is Diamond Certified.
by Giant among Angels on Feb 29, 2012 7:30 PM PST up reply actions
The field was too wet to practice, so we did some stuff indoors and got home early.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Would have been cooler if you posted while shagging
Giant Dirtbags: :(
David B. Flemming is Diamond Certified.
by Giant among Angels on Feb 29, 2012 7:37 PM PST up reply actions
Ewwwww
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 29, 2012 7:46 PM PST up reply actions
Interesting. A Game of Thrones MMORPG is slated to be relased next year.
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by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 29, 2012 4:48 PM PST up reply actions
Next year?
That sounds worryingly early. Worrying because it doesn’t seem like enough development time to be, you know, good.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
It is slated to enter beta this fall.
http://kotaku.com/5889362/in-the-game-of-thrones-mmorpg-you-win-or-you-grind
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by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 29, 2012 4:50 PM PST up reply actions
Browser-based. Blech.
No wonder.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
i think i read it's a browser based mmo
not like a WoW type game
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I've seen footage from BSGO.
I am guessing it will be pretty shallow gameplay-wise.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
SANSAESQUE
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 29, 2012 4:53 PM PST up reply actions
Waaaay over my head.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Regardless of development time, every MMO seems to be bad lately. My guess is it will get pushed back a year or two like everything else. Or it’s browser based or something.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 29, 2012 5:49 PM PST up reply actions
Hopefully Guild Wars 2 will live up to its potential.
Making most other MMOs irrelevant.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
GW2 looks good
I might be up for playing it if I wasn’t quitting WoW after basically seven fucking years of playing that game. No more MMOs for now.
by Lies and Perfidy on Feb 29, 2012 5:01 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah. I played WoW for about a year, got my Loremaster, got a PS3, and lost all interest since I had no investment in the endgame. My main hurdle to MMOs is playing on a Mac.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Nah.
The free-to-play, microtransactions route is opening up the genre again. There’s no shortage of WoW clones, but the market is getting more diverse, with the free market taking care of the rest.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
I bought a life time subscription to LOTRO only for them to go to free-to-play. I was too pissed to ever try it lol.
Oof.
Yeah, that would be a bit of a souring experience, wouldn’t it.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Worse than that
All my buddies and I decided to leave WoW and move to this game. I buy 2 copies. One is a lifetime subscription. I get in the Beta and build up a bunch of gold that we get to keep into release that I would pass out to my buddies. Then, it opens and they all changed their minds and didn’t buy the game.
I think I just have major burnout on MMOs. After years of SWG/FFXI/WOW/LOTRO I enjoy the single player games like DA, ME2 and Skyrim much more. MMOs require too much coordination and scheduling with too many people. It’s too much like work for me.
That’s why I like the idea behing GW2. No hard trinity. Lots of dynamic, pickup world events. Skills change based on weapons. Lots of opportunities for swapping. Doesn’t feel like as much of a commitment as you see with standard grinding into raiding. Yo could call it more pick-up friendly.
I guess WoW is going for that with Diablo 3 and MoP, but it doesn’t feel quite so gimmicky. Maybe that’s only because it’s new, but I like what I have seen.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Er, yeah. That’s what I meant. WTB proofreader.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
That or ArchAge online.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 29, 2012 5:50 PM PST up reply actions
Meanwhile, Madison Bumgarner’s projected FIP is 3.09. Also, Madison Bumgarner is 22.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
I hope he wins the Cy Young this year
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
That would make four Cy Young winners who started for the 2009 Giants.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Matt Cain winning would also do that.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
His lack of WINZ means that he will always be a third highest vote getter at best. Until he is on the Yankees.
Adopted parent of Chris Stewart. Hey, at least he isn't Eli Whiteside or Bengie Molina!
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 29, 2012 4:49 PM PST up reply actions
I look forward to hearing JoPo talk about baseball more often again.
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The beauty of baseball: While you may lose a Fausto from time to time, you will gain a Giancarlo when you least expect it.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Is he associated with Los Pollos Hermanos?
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
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by Murray, Present on Feb 29, 2012 4:11 PM PST up reply actions
according to a Knoxville friend they are under a “tornado watch” until 1am. I forget how those work…watch means it might happen, warning means it will happen?
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Yeah. I think tornado warning = oh shit, tornado/funnel cloud spotted. We had one of those go off last year; it was entirely too exciting for my taste.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I guess looking at Wikipedia it looks like it’s just degrees of likelihood, with warning = much more likely/imminent, but not necessarily that a tornado has been spotted.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
these people got hit in those bad tornadoes, when was that? last year? and she just moved back into her rebuilt house. So I guess that it is “only” a watch is a good thing.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
so wait
All of a sudden, it occurred to me that A. That’s the area where some people I know are and B. Harrisburg is where some of them live…
There are apparently 2 tvs’s in the area now. One in Knoxville.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Blerg
Just had a co-worker break down crying at my desk because her dad is in the hospital. I am not good with that stuff. I just kind of froze and she stood there for a minute and then walked away.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
A hug is often prescribed in that sort of situation. Or a small gesture to show that you care.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
or even just an “I’m sorry to hear that, is there anything I can do to help?”
those situations can be terribly awkward.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
A hug was my first instinct but it would have been super awkward. Before I could think of anything to say she left.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
I like to do things like buy people muffins. It doesn’t solve the problem, obviously, but most people appreciate a good muffin.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Go find her with a bottle or glass of water or a box of kleenex and ask if there’s anything you can do to help?
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Just talk about how bad it was when your animal last went to the vet or something.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 29, 2012 5:52 PM PST up reply actions
Anything happen today other than some boring soccer game?
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I’m trying to figure out how to classify debts owed to CMISP and am having trouble finding a definitive guideline.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Davy Jones died.
There are tornado warnings in Knoxville
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I'm bummed about Davy
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
yeah, and 66 seems so young. I mean he was still performing and was active, from what I’ve read anyway.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
i read he performed on feb 19 :(
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.
Belt is going to start in AAA.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
That's because the cake committee wasn't there
We’re usually the most civil in the discussion. Our official standing:
Bread is not cake. Pizza is pie. Cookies are cakes. Pancakes are cakes. Doughnuts are cakes. Muffins too.
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"Cake is not a exclusive or exclusionary brand."
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I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
pizza is not pie
The Golden Bear is ever watching
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by CalBear949 on Feb 29, 2012 6:21 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Number 3 is factually incorrect.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 29, 2012 6:23 PM PST up reply actions
cookies are cakes
just difference in density
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by CalBear949 on Feb 29, 2012 6:24 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Call for references. Support this statement with actual fact, please.
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No, this is not true.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 29, 2012 6:26 PM PST up reply actions
Find me any dictionary that does NOT define “cookie” as a small cake.
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Luckily, dictionaries are not authoritative on cooking technique. Etymologically the words are related, but the ingredients and methods used are distinct.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 29, 2012 6:30 PM PST up reply actions
Precisely.
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I’ll take the definition of a word for $500, Alex.
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Proud father of the man in charge of taking your hard-earned cash.
"This confectionary sweet is inferior to pie."
“What is cake?”
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
And I think you are pigeonholing the term “cake” into your own definition of the term.
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Actually, I am mainly influenced by Michael Ruhlman’s definitions.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 29, 2012 6:36 PM PST up reply actions
For the purposes of a cake vs. pie discussion, I think a certain definition should apply. Not the broadest one possible. That makes any discussion meaningless (because otherwise it’s very very important).
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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This is some World War I shit going on right here.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
It was mostly tongue in cheek.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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NO! COOKIES ARE NOT CAKES! SMALL CAKES ARE CUPCAKES OR PETIT FOURS OR SOMETHING, BUT IN NO WAY ARE THEY COOKIES!!!
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 29, 2012 6:45 PM PST up reply actions
There are many forms of small cakes. You can’t contain the deliciousness. Cake has no boundaries.
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Proud father of the man in charge of taking your hard-earned cash.
You are blinded by your prejudice.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 29, 2012 6:53 PM PST up reply actions
Your tastebuds are lying to you.
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
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Also, the CIA.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 29, 2012 7:46 PM PST up reply actions
If cake has no boundaries
then everything is cake?
IMO, cookies are biscuits, neither cake nor pie.
I know, but it's fun anyway.
WHAT SAY YOU, TARTS? YOU EITHER STAND WITH PIE, OR YOU STAND AGAINST PIE.
Maybe more Peloponnesian War.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Oh sure, let’s just drop the term cake down to the crappy red velvet cake our Aunt Esther made for our 11th birthday party that tasted extra bitter by the fact that we got a frickin GOBOT when all of our friends brought their Transformers to play with at the party.
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
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What the? As a member of the cake committee, I say that only the first statement is true. The rest are horse pucky.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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Calling pizza not a pie is like calling cheesecake not a cake.
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
Proud father of the man in charge of taking your hard-earned cash.
confused
because cheesecake is not cake. Just like Boston Cream Pie is not a pie
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Adopted parent of Nate Schierholtz: The Greatest Fear of All Chinese Catchers
by CalBear949 on Feb 29, 2012 6:31 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Sure
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 29, 2012 7:08 PM PST up reply actions
Is this breaking?
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The Arizona Diamondbacks and catcher Miguel Montero say they have ended talks on a multiyear contract until after this season, when he will be a free agent.
The two sides have been in talks in recent weeks but general manager Kevin Towers said no agreement could be reached.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Unironically breaking
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John Shea
John Shea
Also In San Francisco Giants
No surprise at all if Bumgarner is slotted in rotation between Lincecum and Cain. Past three years, Lincecum started opener, Cain started game 3 and a lefty started game 2: Sanchez in ’11, Zito in ’10, Big Unit in ’09. #SFGiants
CAIN IS A THIRD STARTER AT BEST
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Pointless Bochyism
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The Giants do a ton of rageworthy things
This is not at all one of them.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Yup.
And Bumgarner before Cain is way more defensible than Sanchez or Zito before Cain.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Yeah
It’s almost certainly going to make no difference, but there’s a minuscule chance that it could lead to Madison Bumgarner getting one extra start instead of Matt Cain. I wouldn’t be bothered by that.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Or a grammerr rule.
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive father of Enmanuel de Jesus.
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base.
by bigboneded on Feb 29, 2012 4:59 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I was thinking the same thing.
K before BB, except after Z.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Yeah I am ok with it
Just amazed that it was like this the last 3 years straight from opening days on.
R-L-R-L-Wellemeyer.
Also, ’09 was Randy Johnson.
’08 had Timmy and Cain back to back, but only because Zito was the opening day starter.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
John Shea
John Shea
Also In San Francisco Giants
This would be the first year Barry Zito opens a #SFGiants season as the fifth starter. First five years of his $126 mil contract, he was slotted first, first, fourth, second and fourth. Giants lost four of those five.
Gaaaahhh!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive father of Enmanuel de Jesus.
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base.
by bigboneded on Feb 29, 2012 5:00 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I turned on KNBR this afternoon. Fitz and Brooks was on. Fitz said “Bruce Bochy doesn’t favor veterans.” I did a facepalm and quickly turned the station.
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
He should just go back to being ignorant about basketball.
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive father of Enmanuel de Jesus.
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base.
by bigboneded on Feb 29, 2012 4:58 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Completely misogynistic and shallow post
hottest baseball wives and girlfriends
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 29, 2012 5:01 PM PST reply actions
Checks to see what website this is...
…notice what it is. Does not click link.
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Bleacher Rep-oh, never mind.
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 29, 2012 5:36 PM PST up reply actions
Latos GF looks exactly how I would envision his GF
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pregnant and holding a can of PBR?
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Bad tattoos, lots of makeup, and bleach blonde hair
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.
she sounds like a real mercenary
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
I think it's terribly sad that baseball wives now believe they should look like prostitutes.
It used to be different, trust me.
Frank Robinson, a Giant among managers
by mrs. owlcroft on Feb 29, 2012 5:51 PM PST up reply actions
Bleacher Report?
Yeah. No.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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If anybody has the chance, rec the Merope update thread to keep it on top so that we could easily find the Twitter account for updates.
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Can you give a link, please?
@legaleagle88
I'm not crazy. My mother had me tested.
Adopted Giant: Chris Heston
It's under recent fanshots
But here it is: http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2012/2/29/2832762/merope-updates
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
For those who defend the Warriors cutting Jeremy Lin
I turned on the game and see Nate Robinson brick a terrible shot. If Nate Robinson gets minutes, then Jeremy Lin would have been useful
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:l
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Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
Aubrey Huff: "Let's Get Weird"
by slackersphere17 on Feb 29, 2012 6:02 PM PST up reply actions
Robinson was brought in after the season started
lin was cut before the season started in an attempt to clear money in order to sign deandre jordan
it wasnt robinson or lin
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 29, 2012 5:19 PM PST up reply actions
Seems like a lot of terrible moves were made in the name of
We think we MIGHT get Deandre Jordan
Proud Papa of right-hander Clayton Blackburn whose pro debut made him look like one of the steals of the 2012 draft, as he allowed just six runs in 33 1/3 innings in the rookie-level Arizona League. Signed by Giants area scout (and former big leaguer) Dan Murray in the 16th round, Blackburn would touch 94-95 mph, sitting in the low 90s, with good feel for locating the pitch, and both his curveball and changeup project as above-average pitches.
yeah thats kind of the warriors mo
a lot of terrible moves
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 29, 2012 5:22 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, it's more symbolic of the Warriors' complete stupidity and irrelevance
Of course the guy they cut becomes literally (Chris Traeger) a worldwide phenomenon.
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Feb 29, 2012 5:24 PM PST up reply actions
At least the Warriors got Kwame Brown out of it all
BIG THINGS COMING
by ohcleverhansyou on Mar 1, 2012 12:27 AM PST up reply actions
This reminds me of the “We could have had Aaron Rodgers instead of Alex Smith” argument. Lin is almost certainly better off in D’Antoni’s system than Mark Jackson’s. Even if we lost Curry for the season, Lin probably wouldn’t have gotten a ton of minutes and looks in Oakland.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Except we could have had Aaron Rodgers over Alex Smith
And Rodgers would have been better. Period.
Would Lin on the Warriors have become “Linsanity.” Maybe not. But he would have had value given how the team ended up being constructed
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except that alex > rodgers
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 29, 2012 5:40 PM PST up reply actions
chasm?
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.
pack lost to the giants in regulation
49ers lost in ot
science!
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 29, 2012 5:44 PM PST up reply actions
LOL, well played
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.
SCIENCE!
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Feb 29, 2012 8:24 PM PST up reply actions
Except we could have had Aaron Rodgers over Alex Smith
And Rodgers would have been better. Period.
This is the same side of the argument as in the Lin scenario. Both appear obvious at first blush, but that’s only if you hold all else equal. Which is imposible.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Again
I never said Lin would have become Linsanity with the Warriors. I said he would have been useful given that we now have Nate Robinson playing, who sucks.
Alex Smith could never be what Aaron Rodgers is now. If you think he could have been, I can’t help you. Smith doesn’t have the physical tools that Rodgers does.
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.
Not my assertion.
It’s been argued that Rodgers would have been worse off with the Niners than he has turned out to be with the Packers. Worse teammates and no time to develop.
Lin probably would have been worse off staying with the Warriors than has turned out to be with the Knicks. Bad system for him and less opportunity to develop.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Billy Ripken: Posey NL MVP
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
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If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base.
by bigboneded on Feb 29, 2012 5:50 PM PST via mobile reply actions
at least come back player of the year. at least.
there’s an award nobody sets out to be eligible for!
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Ryan Vogelsong didn’t win last year, so I’m not sure what that award means.
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C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Many feel that it’s not possible to ‘come back’ to a place one has never been, and while my vote would have been Vogey, I can see their point.
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 29, 2012 6:03 PM PST up reply actions
I guess I could see that
It would hold more water for me if he were a career minor leaguer getting his first chance; it’s not as if Ryan Vogelsong was never a major league starter before 2011.
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C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
I still find the Berkman argument a little ridiculous.
Berkman OPS+:
2009 – 140
2010 – 112
2011 – 166
Sandoval OPS+:
2009 – 144
2010 – 99
2011 – 153
In his “abyss year,” he was still 12% better than the rest of the league. Berkman won because he had 100 uninspiring PAs with the Yankees.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Yeah, fuck that big-faced half-a-Yankee bastard.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 29, 2012 6:19 PM PST up reply actions
/pandering to TL2
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 29, 2012 6:19 PM PST up reply actions
Berkman is definitely a galoot.
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Berkman is ugggggggly.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
You are now dead to TL2
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
/TL2 doodles speckops as a zombie
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
I believe you misunderstand.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 29, 2012 6:29 PM PST up reply actions
I only do it because I love you all.
Repent before it is too late.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Well, his OPS+ was 30 points lower with them. And everyone remembered the meh Yankees Berkman who only hit from one side because nobody cares about the Astros.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
If anyone on the team has a chance to be MVP, it’s Sandoval.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
THIS
A .325 30 homer season is always possible
Proud Papa of right-hander Clayton Blackburn whose pro debut made him look like one of the steals of the 2012 draft, as he allowed just six runs in 33 1/3 innings in the rookie-level Arizona League. Signed by Giants area scout (and former big leaguer) Dan Murray in the 16th round, Blackburn would touch 94-95 mph, sitting in the low 90s, with good feel for locating the pitch, and both his curveball and changeup project as above-average pitches.
I think he'll be better than that if he stays healthy
by Lies and Perfidy on Feb 29, 2012 6:24 PM PST up reply actions
It seems insane to me that he can see the ball better now because of the Lasik surgery.
Like, he couldn’t see rotation on the ball before? And he can see it now? That’s terrifying! I feel like that pisses on most “performance enhancer” purist arguments by itself.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
“MADRE DEL DIOS that’s what a strike zone looks like!”
/kills the shit out of the ball
by Lies and Perfidy on Feb 29, 2012 6:27 PM PST up reply actions
Or Lincecum
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 29, 2012 6:03 PM PST up reply actions
It’s hard to win MVP when you’re mediocre.
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Is that what we're calling pitchers these days?
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Pill!
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
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Pill be an NL MVP when 749 players all go on DL.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I am really curious why the AL has to go on the DL as well.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Oh man, a monster year from a healthy Panda. Excuse me, I’ll be right back.
/fapping
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 29, 2012 6:05 PM PST up reply actions
Buster Posey
MLB Network’s 60th best player right now.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Pablo is number 46, Matt Cain 44.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Silly SFGuy.
48 and 18.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
did we talk about this
Tejada also said he thinks he can still play – he didn’t perform well with the Giants last year, he said, because he wasn’t happy there.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
There wasn't much "talking"
Not Buster Olney @TrippingOlney Close
MIGUEL TEJADA WANTS TO PLAY FOR THE A’S. I’LL GIVE EVERYONE A FEW SECONDS TO LAUGH HYSTERICALLY.
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Schulman tweeted
that the A’s accepts as long as Royce Clayton plays Tejada
The Golden Bear is ever watching
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
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by CalBear949 on Feb 29, 2012 6:28 PM PST via Android app up reply actions 1 recs
Nobody was happy
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We did a little in the previous post. I may had hinted that Tejada was an ass.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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I also wondered if Bochy is the players’ coach he’s been made out to be, if so many people hate playing for the team.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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The fact that they wait until they are no longer on the team supports the players’ manager view.
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 29, 2012 6:28 PM PST up reply actions
Well, has anyone said they hated playing for the team besides Rownads and Tehaha?
by Lies and Perfidy on Feb 29, 2012 6:28 PM PST up reply actions
If a Garko bitches, and nobody's around to give him an NRI, does it make a sound?
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Fuck Tejada, and fuck Rowand. I knew all the talk of them being “stand-up guys” was bullshit. Now I can hate them like I always wanted to.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 29, 2012 7:50 PM PST up reply actions
30 rock
Just watched the Leap Day episode on Hulu. So they got Jim Carrey and Andie McDowell to appear for a few seconds in a fictional movie.
Jim Carrey's awesomeness is inversely proportional to the number of projects he is involved with.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
I liked the “It’s Leap Day, it doesn’t count” theme of the ep though. The meh class I had today? Doesn’t count.
by non sequitur on Feb 29, 2012 6:26 PM PST up reply actions
Good Rosenthal article on the new playoff format.. He was originally a doubter too
Winning the division should matter, shouldn’t it? But too often under the current system, the cushion of the wild card deterred division leaders from giving maximum effort in the season’s final days.
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman offered a damning indictment earlier this spring, saying his team conceded the AL East to the Tampa Bay Rays two years ago because the format reduced the meaning of the division title to "nothing more than a t-shirt and a hat."
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Again, I’m not convinced that winning your division should mean having an advantage over a wildcard team that finishes with a better record. If they fixed it so that was 3 division winners and 2 wildcards with the fourth and fifth seeded team going to the play-in series/game, that would be better.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
How would you feel about HFA and seeding based purely on record?
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
The latter was what I was saying I was for—HFA I could see going to the division winner or the #4th seed in that priority.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I don’t really see a good reason why divisional rivals can’t play in the DS, either. The worse team has to “earn the right” to play the team that outpaced them? Something like that?
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Seeing the word “seeding” applied to baseball gives me hives.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
I don’t mind it with four teams.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
I’d rather keep the status quo.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
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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.
Blergh.
I’m pretty sure I’d hate that.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
I’d rather keep the current system as is. But if they’re going to insist on a second wildcard team, I see no reason why the play-in game should on average be between the third and fifth best teams.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
One of the trademarks of a conservative is the impulse to legally/structurally uphold and buttress informal institutions.
In light of that, I suppose I have a conservative streak in me when it comes to baseball.
I think Winning The Division matters, and that it should be protected if necessary.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
I think not having a third of the teams making the playoffs matters far more.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Well, yes, I didn’t want expanded playoffs in the first place.
But here we are.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
You apparently don't care about divisions
I do. That’s where we diverge.
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burn
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 29, 2012 6:34 PM PST up reply actions
So you’re totally okay with putting another mediocre team in the playoffs and with the fifth-place team in a league winning the World Series. Reducing a whole season to one game? Totally fine. But heaven forfend the sacred divisions be debased!
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Besides your extreme examples
Pulled from an absurd year where an 102 win team didn’t win its division (which pretty much never happens), the Wild Card 1 and Wild Card 2 teams usually have pretty similar records
Last season’s Wild Card 1 and Wild Card 2 Records.
AL
Rays: 91-71
Red Sox: 90-72
NL
Cardinals: 90-72
Braves: 89-73
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I’m pretty sure last thread someone pulled up data that Wild Card 1 was, on average, 4 games better than Wild Card 2.
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Even if the difference were that small every year (it’s not), why should that one game be immaterial?
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Why is winning your division immaterial?
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I’m pretty sure winning your division gets you in the playoffs and stuff.
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So did winning the Wild Card
As Cashman said a division title meant nothing. I don’t like that, especially with the unbalanced schedule.
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And the solution is to dilute the postseason with another team?
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I don't see it as a dilution
I see an opportunity for an exciting one game playoff, division titles mattering, and then virtually the same system.
Seems awesome to me.
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Allowing more and weaker teams into the playoffs is by definition diluting it
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Sure
The addition of the 1st Wild Card (the system you are defending) diluted the playoffs.
The addition of two divisions diluted the playoffs as well.
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Now if we are talking about what you meant by dilution
And not the literal definition. My response is this
The expansion of the postseason will be only baseball’s second since 1969 and first since ‘95. The ratio of qualifiers — 10 of 30 — still will be the lowest of any major professional sport.
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And the highest in baseball history. Nineteen years ago, it was 4 of 28.
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I think 4 of 28 is unreasonably low. There’s no reason to follow your team after about June for more than half of the teams in the league.
8 out of 30 was just right.
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Before expansion it was always 4 out of 16, no?
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 29, 2012 7:47 PM PST up reply actions
Holy shit that’s right. No divisions…
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 29, 2012 7:55 PM PST up reply actions
They still had a league championship. So, 4 teams.
Shot Heard Round the World, and all that.
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nope
That was a three-game playoff because the Giants and Dodgers were tied.
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Same thing happened in 1962; both teams ended up playing 165 games that year.
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Fun Fact
Both game clinchers in ’51 and ’62 were on October 3rd and the Giants scored 4 runs in the 9th to win both games.
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I would imagine that Jimmy Davenport’s walk was a little bit less dramatic than Bobby Thompson’s home run.
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Reposted verbatim because y'all seem intent on missing this:
Linked from here:
In the 32-league seasons since the wildcard was implemented (1995-2010), the average W% for the best team in the league is .620. The second-best division winner averages .583, the third-best .556. The wildcard team is .573 on average, while the team that would be the second wildcard averages .548.
So D1 > D2 > W1 > D3 > W2. The difference is about 4 games. That doesn’t seem particularly close.
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I don't particularly care about this
An 82 win team can win their division. So what’s the difference?
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At least a couple of reasons. First, that’s much, much rarer than an 82 win team winning the second wildcard. Second, in a five team system, there’s no way that an 82 division-winning team should not have to be in the play-in series over two 88 or 90 win wildcards. That’s asinine.
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if you can’t win 90+, then go home
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how about everyteam that wins 90 games go into the playofffs
some years there is just three
others their could be 5
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by operation carrot on Feb 29, 2012 6:49 PM PST up reply actions
It seems like you'd prefer just an AL and NL
And Top 4 records from each league go in. That’s awful.
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I’d rather keep the status quo.
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But the status quo
Has issues with teams with far inferior records making the playoffs.
If an 82-85 win team wins its division its placed on equal footing with far better teams, record wise. In this situation a 82-85 win Wild Card 2 team that team has to play a one game playoff to move on and is at far more disadvantage then the 82-85 game division winner.
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i hate it that so much focus at the end of the season is now on the worst teams in the hunt
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A common consequence of having teams in the hunt at all.
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There will be this
But also greater importance and focus on division races
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I’ve read this a couple of times, and I think the point is still eluding me.
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The idea is that the one game is a winner-take-all, so the wild card team (in theory) has to throw their best pitcher out there, putting them at a disadvantage heading into the divisional series against an even better team.
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So in theory, the wild card team that does survive is at a disadvantage even if they make it in to the divisional round, raising the likelihood that they will be bounced out before the World Series.
Personally, I’d rather just force the wild card to play a 2-1-2 against the best team or something.
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This sentence
Second, in a five team system, there’s no way that an 82 division-winning team should not have to be in the play-in series over two 88 or 90 win wildcards.
Seems to indicate that you have an issue with record disparity.
My point was that if Wild Card 2 has this record disparity they are at a significant disadvantage. A shitty division winner has no disadvantage
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Bravely fighting that strawman
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Do not go gentle into that good thread
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Wow, that works perfectly.
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I guess my BA has to be good for something.
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And this was hurting who?
But too often under the current system, the cushion of the wild card deterred division leaders from giving maximum effort in the season’s final days.
I guess if they were playing another playoff contender maybe? But how many of them will own up to slacking it in a series like that?
I imagine the Yankees would call it “getting their team ready for the Division Series.” Lining up starters, resting vets, etc.
It’s common practice in the NFL, after all. Just only after they’ve clinched HFA or a bye.
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I am ok with the additional playoff team, provided they don't continue down the NBA path
but not a fan of the play in game.
I used to like it, but now that it’s here I am more wary.
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The fans. They pay to see real baseball. Also, gamblers. They are supposed to be betting on actual contests. Plus, the children. Think about the children.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 29, 2012 7:57 PM PST up reply actions
Yay warriors
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With the release of the At Bat App today, I just learned something new
(BREAKING?)
Finally, MLB told us about a new “At The Ballpark” app coming on Opening Day 2012. The app will expand on the features offered in the At Bat app last year and will offer maps to concession stands, emergency exits and more at ballparks, as well as a geolocated check-in service. Individual clubs can offer seat upgrades, special offers and food discounts to app users. Some clubs even offer mobile food ordering from the app, and can deliver food right to your seat.
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by Giant among Angels on Feb 29, 2012 6:59 PM PST reply actions
EVERYONE LOVES MAPS!
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I investimagated At Bat to see what would be part of the free “lite” version….almost nothing :(
and by almost nothing I mean JUST SCORES! of course the “good stuff” (live audio, gameday, stats, live lookins, in game highlights…so basically EVERYTHING ELSE besides scores) you must still pay for…
/le sigh
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I love at bat.
Do I have to start over again, or will it just update at bat 11?
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I had to download a new app, but then again, I switched from iPod to my Android phone.
I suspect it would be a new purchase and download though; that’s what I did moving from 10 to 11.
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yeah, you have to re-up every year and I’m sorry $15 for a phone app? no thanks! this year I’m putting that $$$ towards Extra Innings, cuz I’d rather watch more games with y’all than listen to a glitchy, delayed At Bat feed and miss all the fun ;)
I will miss the velvet tones of Dave Flemming tho
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I can't get KNBR at my house or work
so it’s worth every penny to me.
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I’m hoping this is how it’ll work for us. and $15 for the whole season isn’t horrible.
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I pay the $15 for when I’m somewhere I can’t listen to the radio, and also for when I’m out of town and want to listen to my guys. It’s worth the money for me just to be able to listen to games during our week in Hawaii.
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but don’t you both get games on your tv boxes? I don’t :(
I’m a visual learner lol
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no tv in the bedroom.
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me either! :) tv stays in the living room, where living happens (or something)
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Its a hard & fast rule in our house.
But we’ve been known to watch Netflix on the computer in bed.
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yeah, we have a little dvd player that lives in the bedroom, but usually we only watch sitcoms on that.
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That’s one of my rules. For us, and for the kids.
Although the oldest does watch the occasional Netflix on her Nintendo 3DS while in her room.
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At least there’s no blackout rules for radio!
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Do they have something like this for NFL?
I’ve looked, but have not found anything. Instead I stream the games for free. But I’d rather hear Ted Robinson
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by Giant among Angels on Feb 29, 2012 8:27 PM PST up reply actions
Through Verizon 4G LTE, I got an NFL app that was pretty cool. I think it gave me radio feeds, but I can’t be sure. But it was a Verizon 4G LTE exclusive, I think.
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Sporcle-orcle-orcle: Giants 40-man roster.
How many can you get? I got 37.
http://www.sporcle.com/games/EvanWill/2012-san-francisco-giants-spring-training-
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Bah
Only 34
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by Giant among Angels on Feb 29, 2012 7:27 PM PST up reply actions
I missed minor leaguers that I should have remembered
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by Giant among Angels on Feb 29, 2012 7:29 PM PST up reply actions
31. Only 1 guy I feel bad about (i.e. on the 25 man roster).
Holy shit our outfield depth is bad.
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We have Christian and Blanco in as NRIs, they’re just not on the 40-man. I suspect they’ll both accept assignment.
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Yeah, and Brown lower down.
But still, yech.
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I’m less worried about our outfield than our infield, non-first base division.
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Why?
3B: Sandoval
SS: Sandoval
2B: Sandoval
1B: Posey
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You misspelled "Burriss"
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I feel better now!
Thanks!
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Sandoval has another brother?
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Pedro
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UNPACK UNPACK UNPACK
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this kid!
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by slackersphere17 on Feb 29, 2012 8:12 PM PST up reply actions
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- WHO'S GOT IT BETTER THAN US??? The ny giants sadly =(
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i only got 29 before i started cheating lol
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Me too!
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I actually got him and missed a few obvious ones.
I tore the roof off the house for my son Chuckie Jones.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 29, 2012 7:34 PM PST up reply actions
i remember but couldnt spell his damn name
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by operation carrot on Feb 29, 2012 7:49 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I missed him. Don’t feel too bad about the two others, either.
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36
Missed Kieschnick, Graham, Correa, and Otero
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I missed Kieschnick, Peguero, Graham, Correa, Edlefsen, Culberson
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by Giant among Angels on Feb 29, 2012 7:36 PM PST up reply actions
Kieschnick, Correa, Villalona
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I feel like I should’ve had that last one, given how much we’ve talked about it.
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I feel less bad because I was thinking about the people in camp.
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Surkamp I feel stupid about
Otherwise Kieschnick, Graham, Correa, Otero, and Adrianza. I guess I shoulda had Adrianza but it never crossed my mind that he’d be on the 40.
by Lies and Perfidy on Feb 29, 2012 7:54 PM PST up reply actions
I missed Casilla. Whoops.
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I cheated to get Casilla, so my 27 really ought to be 26. I could only think “Jairo Garcia” but I figured that I deserved this one.
by non sequitur on Feb 29, 2012 7:58 PM PST up reply actions
Wuuuuh? you remembered his fake name but not his real name?
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Yeah, why not. We probably use it in jest more than his actual name.
by non sequitur on Feb 29, 2012 8:01 PM PST up reply actions
38
Forgot about Kieschnick (who?) and Culberson (LOL!)
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31
Woulda had 32 but I thought it was “Gillespie”
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Blanco is not on the ST roster?
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It's a misleading title.
They mean the 40-man roster.
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Only 27. Theriot and Burriss I should have got, but it’s been a long day and my brain isn’t working.
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36/37
Who the hell is Brandon Belt?
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31/37 really
Somehow I forgot Crawford and Runzler, the rest I don’t feel bad about.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 29, 2012 8:00 PM PST up reply actions
Some scrub
- SF GIants Baseball 2011 = *sigh* Home of 6 World Series Titles
- SF 49ers Football 2011-2012 = *sigh* Home of the 5.5 Super Bowl Champs ( Aaron Rodgers should of been a Niner)
- WHO'S GOT IT BETTER THAN US??? The ny giants sadly =(
- A fan of the Warriors and Lakers.
29/40
I would of got more if they recognized first name’s, people like me cant spell last name’s well
- SF GIants Baseball 2011 = *sigh* Home of 6 World Series Titles
- SF 49ers Football 2011-2012 = *sigh* Home of the 5.5 Super Bowl Champs ( Aaron Rodgers should of been a Niner)
- WHO'S GOT IT BETTER THAN US??? The ny giants sadly =(
- A fan of the Warriors and Lakers.
same score here!
I spent 30 seconds trying to spell Nate’s last name correctly without peeking LOL ME
the 11 I missed are all guys coming up from minors (except for Pagan, who I have no reference for at all) :) but I got everyone else, so that makes me happy!
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villalona is on the roster?
What the hell
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Basically the Giants are appeasing him so he won't sue.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
They could have just released him, no?
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by Johnny Disaster on Mar 1, 2012 7:56 AM PST up reply actions
goofus we need to stop doing to goofus dance, you might be trying to make money
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
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by operation carrot on Feb 29, 2012 7:23 PM PST reply actions
Man, what a night.
I got called back into the office to file for the Newscast Unit on the storm damage/fatalities here in Tennessee. I just got off the phone with a producer for a Q&A that I guess will be cycled into the newscasts and Thursday’s Morning Edition.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
How close are you to the storms?
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They’ve been gone for a couple of hours. There’s an isolated tornado warning to our northwest in association with a broken line of storms, but nothing else.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
Great. Hopefully nothing is forecast any time soon.
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
We just got a new tornado warning. I’m going back on air.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
You are like an intrepid NPR adventurer!
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 29, 2012 8:07 PM PST up reply actions
How’d the Q&A go?
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Went well. I’d never done one for the network before. I stupidly forgot to ask how they’d use the material, but I suspect it will be used as drop-ins in the overnight newscasts and on Morning Edition.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
I’m really tempted to run out to my car at the top of the hour in a couple of hours.
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It’ll be on sometime after midnight ET. And, as I said, likely on the Eastern and Central Time feeds of ME, so you may catch it anyway.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
Hah.
I’m a night owl. I can probably count on one hand the number of times I’ve heard Morning Edition in the past three years.
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I never get to hear the overnight newscasts. If you hear any of my material tonight, lemme know.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
Okay, looks like the first piece airs in the 12:01 ET newscast.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
You have my undying admiration.
This is what makes newscasters.
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Shift A
Why do they have Harold Reynolds doing the top 100 right now program? Is it really that hard to see how much of an idiot he is?
OT: Did anyone else hear Gary Brown on KNBR this morning?
I did a giant facepalm when he mentioned that the things he’s been working on most for spring training are his bunting and base-running.
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That stuff is important.
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C.R.E.A.M.
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Dollar dollar bill y'all
Well, not bunting. But the other stuff.
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Dollar dollar bill y'all
I think a guy with his speed and reputed low SLG can make bunting for hits (and infielders playing in) a productive part of the toolset.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 29, 2012 8:03 PM PST up reply actions
Forcing infielders to play in should help his BABIP.
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It’s all game theory. If he’s got a reputation of a burner and a bunter, it makes sense for him to bunt way less than he otherwise would.
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Well, it’s reactionary. If the infielders are playing in, he should swing away. If they’re playing back on him, his odds go way up for bunting successfully.
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I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Although, to keep them honest, sometimes you have to bunt even when they’re in. You just do it way less often than you otherwise would.
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Yeah. But that’s all the more incentive to practice it. A good bunt can beat a defense.
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It’s rarely the sort of thing you want a productive hitter to do.
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It often worked out when Torres did it.
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Only because most productive hitters aren’t fast enough to justify bunting.
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I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Every time you lay a bunt down, you remove any possibility of getting a walk or an extra-base hit; essentially, all bunters are Emmanuel Burriss. You have to be very, very good at bunting for a hit for it to make sense.
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Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
To have an .800 OPS, one would have to reach base a full two-fifths of the time.
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C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Ichiro’s bunt success rate is 50%. Which means it’s had a positive impact on his OBP, probably even after you factor in generously classified sac bunts. And OBP is weighted as more important than SLG.
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Ichiro actually bunts very little considering how good he is at it.
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That’s part of why he’s so successful, I would think.
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Yeah, I think it probably is.
Which probably is indicative that there’s not a ton of room to make bunting a large part of a successful offensive skillset.
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Being a good, fast bunter makes your other tools better.
It’s like the threat of the on-deck hitter, except it actually works.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Can it still be a good weapon? Yeah. Is it as important as everything else? Probably not.
In general, players are pretty smart when they bunt in non-sacrifice situations.
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Again, I think the value of bunting is not as great as the value of the threat of bunting.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
would you say the same of stealing 2nd?
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I think a good stealer, especially a good volume stealer, gets plenty of value on their own.
I don’t imagine the added value they get from the occasional forced error is equivalent to the value you probably get from keeping the defense on the infield grass. Especially if a RHB like Brown can bunt to his pull side.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
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In one of those “Tony LaRussa is God” books, LaRussa talked about having Pujols bunt a few times during the season just to freak out other managers with the idea Pujols would bunt. Part of me thinks that’s crazy and part of me thinks that’s just crazy enough to work.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 29, 2012 8:36 PM PST up reply actions
Part of being a good bunter is picking your spots. Again, it’s a reactionary skill.
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I wonder how he portions them out.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 29, 2012 8:14 PM PST up reply actions
That could be why they’re having people practice bunting, because this team is pretty bad at it. Can’t remember how many bunts were either bungled or wound up with the guy at 2nd being the out
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 29, 2012 8:21 PM PST up reply actions
All the same, I irrationally love the Chris Stewart drag bunts.
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Huff nearly bunting for a hit in Game 5 was probably my favorite bunt of all time.
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I really loved it, too.
Bunts are only good when you don’t see them coming. Like bouncing the ball off a guy’s head while inbounding in basketball.
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Yeah. I hate sacrificing, and I loved it at the time. It was so unexpected and well executed that it very nearly worked. It took some great fielding just to get him at first.
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I love guys who bunt against the shift.
It’s a great “fuck you.”
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
If Bonds had done that, he probably could’ve had an extra 10-15 hits a year. 5 from bunting, 10 from not grounding out to RF.
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I remember he did this once at home vs. Oakland. Bunting down the 3rd base line. Easily made it to 1st.
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It’s one of those crazy things where if he hit it hard enough, he could almost make it to second.
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Ortiz has done it a couple times. I love that shit.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Bunt against the shift, I mean. No clue about the doubles.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Guys who tend to get shifted against tend not to be very fast, so I doubt it’s ever happened.
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Yeah.
Also, I just looked up the bunt hit leaders for 2011. First is Pierre (of course) with 23 and a bad success rate.
Third is Bourjos with 17 and a 44% success rate. Those bunts accounted for about 10% of his times reaching base.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
LOL bunting
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If it helps him get on base and into scoring position, I won’t complain.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Yes, exactly.
Freddy Sanchez bunting: dumb.
Gary Brown bunting: good if done well.
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I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
True, but he specifically said those two things, nothing else. It gave me an image in my head of the entire ST roster spending days on end practicing bunting and base running, nothing else.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 29, 2012 8:02 PM PST up reply actions
GET AWAY FROM THE BAT RACK, ROOKIE!!
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 29, 2012 8:04 PM PST up reply actions
Well, he’s probably only faced live pitching twice so far.
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I am sorry
we’re complaining about what the Giants are working on in ST? What about their stretching routine? Pre-game meals?
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by CalBear949 on Feb 29, 2012 8:02 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
I'm with you.
Why the fuck shouldn’t they practice all aspects of the game, especially in the first two weeks?
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I guess I should have specified why I facepalmed
True, but he specifically said those two things, nothing else. It gave me an image in my head of the entire ST roster spending days on end practicing bunting and base running, nothing else.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 29, 2012 8:04 PM PST up reply actions
Now that you mention it, he said he ate a churro a day in SJ because he loved them so much. That can’t be good.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 29, 2012 8:04 PM PST up reply actions
They are awesome!
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
It good to hear that he is practicing his sac bunting
- SF GIants Baseball 2011 = *sigh* Home of 6 World Series Titles
- SF 49ers Football 2011-2012 = *sigh* Home of the 5.5 Super Bowl Champs ( Aaron Rodgers should of been a Niner)
- WHO'S GOT IT BETTER THAN US??? The ny giants sadly =(
- A fan of the Warriors and Lakers.
i did
But I must have missed the bunting comment…
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by Giant among Angels on Feb 29, 2012 8:21 PM PST up reply actions
Whoa
For some reason it just hit me: You can have 3 teams from one division make the playoffs.
I am so stupid.
lol
- SF GIants Baseball 2011 = *sigh* Home of 6 World Series Titles
- SF 49ers Football 2011-2012 = *sigh* Home of the 5.5 Super Bowl Champs ( Aaron Rodgers should of been a Niner)
- WHO'S GOT IT BETTER THAN US??? The ny giants sadly =(
- A fan of the Warriors and Lakers.
They should merge with the Rays. They can be the Blu-Rays.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
/rimshot
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.
Aaaaaand rec.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
LOL Blue Jays
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MLB really wants the NYY and BOS in the playoffs often
- SF GIants Baseball 2011 = *sigh* Home of 6 World Series Titles
- SF 49ers Football 2011-2012 = *sigh* Home of the 5.5 Super Bowl Champs ( Aaron Rodgers should of been a Niner)
- WHO'S GOT IT BETTER THAN US??? The ny giants sadly =(
- A fan of the Warriors and Lakers.
Now those assholes in Tampa Bay won’t be able screw things up!
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how hilarious would it be if NYY and BOS went into a weird "team is terrible" phase
where they are the 2 worst teams in the division for like 20 years…I bet MLB and Fox would either A) Shit themselves B) make new rules to get them into the playoffs
I’m really hoping that the post-Boss Yankees manage to fall to mediocrity. Like, sign the exact wrong couple big contracts and spend the declining years of A-Rod, Sabathia & Texeira muddling around .500.
by Lies and Perfidy on Feb 29, 2012 8:20 PM PST up reply actions
but imagine what would happen if the Sox and the Yankees were the two teams that had to do the play-in.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 29, 2012 8:23 PM PST up reply actions
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I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
There’s a reason I didn’t post it myself.
/clicks SL
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Trade Lincecum 4 Alex Rodriguez?
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New baseball format.
15 teams in each league.
No divisions
DH in both leagues
157 game season, or something around there.
Play each team in your league 8 times
Play each team in the opposite league 3 times.
His rationale:
THE BIGGEST DRAW IN BASEBALL ARE THE YANKEES, NOW THEY PLAY EVERY TEAM IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE 45 TIMES! EVERY OTHER YEAR, THEY COME TO YOUR TOWN!
PLUS NOW THEY ONLY PLAY THE RED SOX 8 TIMES!
AND NO MORE PITCHERS HIT
BALANCE!
IT’S FAIR ACROSS THE BOARD!
Gross
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But Derek Jeter, the greatest baseball player in the MLB would be on our tv's
- Derek Jeter
- Shadows
awwww. i can see it now
- SF GIants Baseball 2011 = *sigh* Home of 6 World Series Titles
- SF 49ers Football 2011-2012 = *sigh* Home of the 5.5 Super Bowl Champs ( Aaron Rodgers should of been a Niner)
- WHO'S GOT IT BETTER THAN US??? The ny giants sadly =(
- A fan of the Warriors and Lakers.
DID YOU HEAR THAT DEREK JETER AND THE YANKEES WERE PRACTICING RELAYS TODAY AT PRACTICE?
DID YOU!!!!??
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by Giant among Angels on Feb 29, 2012 8:24 PM PST up reply actions
Bobby Valentine was just unfamiliar with the fact that team do things besides run their fucking mouth all day during Spring Training.
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Seriously.
Though, we probably wouldn’t hear about that crap if it weren’t for the OMGYANKS and OMGSAWX
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by Giant among Angels on Feb 29, 2012 8:28 PM PST up reply actions
Well, the former ESPN thing, too.
Showalter was running his mouth around this time last year, too.
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THATS WHY HE IS DA BEST
- SF GIants Baseball 2011 = *sigh* Home of 6 World Series Titles
- SF 49ers Football 2011-2012 = *sigh* Home of the 5.5 Super Bowl Champs ( Aaron Rodgers should of been a Niner)
- WHO'S GOT IT BETTER THAN US??? The ny giants sadly =(
- A fan of the Warriors and Lakers.
Play each team in your league 7 times,
plus a home-and-away agains the Lakers, Celtics, and Heat!
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
That's Bull.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
He’s the one Giants supporter on MLB Network
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Nah, Reynolds likes the NL West and the Giants in particular.
Andrew Susac models himself after Buster Posey: Throwin' darts and breakin' hearts.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
this?
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 29, 2012 8:18 PM PST up reply actions
Patrick does have some really bad ideas.
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
- SF GIants Baseball 2011 = *sigh* Home of 6 World Series Titles
- SF 49ers Football 2011-2012 = *sigh* Home of the 5.5 Super Bowl Champs ( Aaron Rodgers should of been a Niner)
- WHO'S GOT IT BETTER THAN US??? The ny giants sadly =(
- A fan of the Warriors and Lakers.
forgot sl, my bad
- SF GIants Baseball 2011 = *sigh* Home of 6 World Series Titles
- SF 49ers Football 2011-2012 = *sigh* Home of the 5.5 Super Bowl Champs ( Aaron Rodgers should of been a Niner)
- WHO'S GOT IT BETTER THAN US??? The ny giants sadly =(
- A fan of the Warriors and Lakers.
ahahahaha
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 29, 2012 8:25 PM PST up reply actions
It’s too bad that show sucks now.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
havent watched it in a very long time
but I’m sure they tried to crank up the weirdness like those cartoon network shows
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 29, 2012 8:25 PM PST up reply actions
not really
It’s just total shit.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Guess he needs more practice.
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If he were still in the AL would this have happened? Do AL teams have their pitchers practice bunting in Spring Training?
by non sequitur on Feb 29, 2012 8:19 PM PST up reply actions
What is kind of crazy about the Posey game from last year is that Ross gunned Coghlan out at home in the 7th. The runner tried to do a fade style slide where just his hand would brush the plate, but Posey tagged him in time. That seemed like a more ideal timing play to try to cream the catcher than the Cousins play, to me.
Giant Dirtbags: :(
David B. Flemming is Diamond Certified.
by Giant among Angels on Feb 29, 2012 8:19 PM PST reply actions
Coghlan wasn't trying to win a job.
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I realize that. ROY, etc…
Just a comment
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by Giant among Angels on Feb 29, 2012 8:24 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, just giving one possible reason (of many).
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The Iditarod comes to a few blocks from my house on Saturday
Most exciting sporting event in Alaska!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
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If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base.
by bigboneded on Feb 29, 2012 8:21 PM PST via mobile reply actions
How much sun do you get these days (or actual daylight)?
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Its up to about 10 hours now.
It was still light out at about 6:30 tonight.
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
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If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base.
by bigboneded on Feb 29, 2012 8:31 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
wow neat, you going to go see them?
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TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Yep They leave Anchorage and come up here about 15 miles and stop…that’s the ceremonial start. Then they drive about 30 miles North for the Sunday re-start.
I love dogs and the sled dogs are freakin amazing and I get to meet a bunch of em.
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
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If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base.
by bigboneded on Feb 29, 2012 8:48 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
that is super cool. Is there enough snow for them?
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TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I think we had record snowfall this year. But of course I’m a noob so to me its just “lotta fuckin snow in cold-ass Alaska.”
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
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If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base.
by bigboneded on Feb 29, 2012 8:57 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
My boss when I was in high school had a son who won the thing a time or two. She was quite proud.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
The Shat is on Colbert tonight.
Proud parent of Gregor Blanco, the Mountain that Walks, MVP of the VWL.
Can someone explain why autocorrect exists in cell phones? A story out of Georgia resulted in a lockdown of a high school due to autocorrect. Someone texted another person “gunna” (never mind the poor spelling) and it autocorrected to “gunman be at West Hall today”
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
It helps me text without looking down.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
Follow My pointless Twitter @Soulbrother16
by Soulbrother16 on Feb 29, 2012 8:48 PM PST up reply actions
After all this off season talk
tomorrow’s intrasquad game is going to be so good to watch
The Golden Bear is ever watching
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Adopted parent of Nate Schierholtz: The Greatest Fear of All Chinese Catchers
by CalBear949 on Feb 29, 2012 8:50 PM PST via Android app reply actions
Get to the Choppa
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2012/2/29/2834926/salvador-perez-and-the-giants
Giant Dirtbags: :(
David B. Flemming is Diamond Certified.
by Giant among Angels on Feb 29, 2012 8:51 PM PST reply actions
I don't know why I wrote this at 8:00 at night, but I did.
by Grant Brisbee on Feb 29, 2012 8:52 PM PST up reply actions
I preferred what you wrote at 7:00am this morning
Giant Dirtbags: :(
David B. Flemming is Diamond Certified.
by Giant among Angels on Feb 29, 2012 8:54 PM PST up reply actions
Because you procrastinate about the same as the rest of us?
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
But I dont wanna migrate to a new thread
- SF GIants Baseball 2011 = *sigh* Home of 6 World Series Titles
- SF 49ers Football 2011-2012 = *sigh* Home of the 5.5 Super Bowl Champs ( Aaron Rodgers should of been a Niner)
- WHO'S GOT IT BETTER THAN US??? The ny giants sadly =(
- A fan of the Warriors and Lakers.
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