Brian Sabean and Bruce Bochy star in ‘Meet the Bloggers’ (video) " Bay Area Sports Guy
An interview of Bruce Bochy and Brian Sabean by a bunch of unfettered Hot Pocket-lovin', basement-livin', level-81-paladin-clamin' bloggers. To Bochy and Sabean's credit, they waited until the cameras weren't on them to make the universal wanky motion. Good on you, fellas! This is pretty danged cool.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Feb 7, 2012 7:52 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
He actually said the words “Range Factor” and “Small Sample Size.” But then he also admitted to overspending on relief pitchers because they wanted to keep the pitching intact.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 9:06 AM PST up reply actions
The worst career decision of my life was to be righthanded, lemme tellya.
by wcw on Feb 7, 2012 9:07 AM PST up reply actions
I came so close
My dad is a lefty and pitched at Dartmouth (1976 team ERA leader! Also went 3-8 with poor run support).
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ERA and W/L? Who are you? Give me your dad’s FIP or something.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 9:14 AM PST up reply actions
Alas
Those are the only stats available on the Dartmouth historical stats website, and pops is an unreliable narrator of his pitching prowess.
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Fun fact though
The guy who was the Dartmouth team leader in 74 and 75 before my dad was this dude:
http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=1000731&position=P
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by team leader I meant in ERA/Wins/Strikeouts
I’ll have to ask my Dad about him some time.
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I remember him. Was never a big AL fan so I don’t think I ever saw him in person, but there were enough As games on the teevee now and then around me. Not bad.
by wcw on Feb 7, 2012 9:20 AM PST up reply actions
Unfortunately my dad grew up in southie, so his only experience of people with baseball bats didn’t involve playing baseball.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 7, 2012 9:20 AM PST up reply actions
But they moved to LA while he was in HS and he got to go to class with Leslie van Houten
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by say hey nation on Feb 7, 2012 9:21 AM PST up reply actions
Those 3 wins also lead the team. And he lead the team in strikeouts
It was not a good team.
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I'm a lefty and I feel like I'm squandering this advantage
The first six innings are overrated.
Statistics show left-handed people are more likely to be schizophrenic, alcoholic, delinquent,
dyslexic, and have Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, as well as mental disabilities. They’re
also more likely to die young and get into accidents
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 9:25 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, but they’re also very likely to get signed to a $5MM one year deal by Sabean at some point in their lives.
Boo
by LosGigantesTodoElTiempo on Feb 7, 2012 9:28 AM PST up reply actions
The question then is, Is Sabean a lefty?
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 9:30 AM PST up reply actions
So basically, they are less likely to have their shit together.
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how long could you handle
having to use left-handed scissors without breaking down!
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Statistics show GuyWhiteyCorngood is more likely to be a total fucking buzzkill.
The first six innings are overrated.
Haha, I just have that handy because out of the 6 people I work with, 3 are left-handed.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 9:40 AM PST up reply actions
I haven't gotten to this point yet:
Near the end was probably the most awkward moment for me. I asked Sabean what I thought was a relatively innocuous question, what Bruce Bochy brings to the table that other managers don’t. I didn’t mean it as a shot at Bochy in the slightest, more just a look into Sabean’s feelings since they seem to work pretty well together. While Sabean spoke complimentary of Bochy, I kept looking over at the Giants manager, and he was staring right through me. I don’t know if he thought I was taking a shot at him, but by the look on his face it sure seemed like it.
But that sounds weird.
Shouldn't that be "complimentarily?"
/enough with the pedantic spelling corrections, WTAWTAM. It’s too fucking early in the morning for that shit.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Feb 7, 2012 8:12 AM PST up reply actions
Well, since the camera didn’t pan over to Bochy until this exchange with Sabean was complete, I can’t say for certain…but it just looked like Bochy had mentally checked out of the session that was in the middle of being wrapped up. His mind looked to be on other things.
‘Man.. these really are the strongest cough drops you can get without a prescription.’
by wcw on Feb 7, 2012 8:16 AM PST up reply actions
I looked over at Bochy several times while Sabean was answering the question, and he was staring at me the whole time. I figured he’d look away if I kept glancing over … nope. I almost moved the camera over to Bochy during that time, but for some reason I didn’t.
I was told the night before we’d only be talking to Sabean, so when Bochy came in first I was surprised. I had the question prepared for Sabean only, and if I had a second chance to do the interview I probably wouldn’t have asked the question.
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by Bay Area Sports Guy on Feb 7, 2012 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
I didnt' watch the video
By my response was like how would you feel if your GF’s friend asked your gf how good of a bf you are, when you are sitting in the room. Awkward.
Blerg
The unheard question
“Hey, Brian, Grant Frisbee is too busy getting lost in a bottle booze to be here but he wanted me to tell you that you smell as bad as Howie. What do you say to that?”
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 8:06 AM PST reply actions
2012 Giants: Taking Your Money and Runnin' Like Hell
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 7, 2012 9:42 AM PST up reply actions
I like the lineup mostly
Esp compared to last year. Huff clogging the wheels and Buster recovering slow are my only 2 worries.
Blerg
I’m more worried about Freddy, although I guess Fontenot at second wouldn’t be as bad as Stew or Eli.
2012 is going to be awesome!
The drop off at second is nearly as steep as at other positions
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 7, 2012 8:55 AM PST up reply actions
Freddy definitely has a higher chance of not playing or not playing well than Buster does.
2012 is going to be awesome!
I would say that Freddy has a higher chance of not playing, but Posey has a higher chance of not playing well when playing.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 7, 2012 8:57 AM PST up reply actions
Really? Buster sounds so confident and his rehab reports have been stellar. And Freddy is just much older and less likely to heal well.
2012 is going to be awesome!
What pro-athlete/team is going to say an injury isn’t healing well? It just doesn’t happen if there is ANY HEALING what so ever. I also expect Posey to be gun shy for good portion of the season as the type of injury he was just brutal and may put a little hesitation in his game. Also his injury and the position he play might prove difficult.
Freddy is a injury pro. He’s been through this knows what it takes to get back to full speed mentally.
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by say hey nation on Feb 7, 2012 9:05 AM PST up reply actions
They are interviewing Buster and Groeschner on Buster’s injury and they’re both saying glowing things. They’ve been avoiding talking to Freddy about his in anything but the most general terms. Bochy expressed doubt that Freddy would start opening day.
Freddy’s injury is to his throwing shoulder. I don’t know about whether Buster will show fear, but he seems pretty emotionally solid so if anyone can deal with it, I think he can.
2012 is going to be awesome!
I just think that if Freddy plays, he has a better chance at playing up to his talent than buster. That doesn’t mean that Buster won’t it just that I can see his injury effecting his play more, when healthy, that Freddy’s.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 7, 2012 9:13 AM PST up reply actions
One thing I'm wondering about...
It seems as if most of the discussion on Buster’s comeback centers on how his defense and running will be impacted by the injury. Has there been any informed discussion on how it might impact his hitting?
I’m thinking that since it was his left ankle rather than his right ankle, the injury should have minimal impact on his hitting (other than just general rustiness from the long layoff). But has this been discussed?
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
I don't know if it's been discussed
but my desktop picture right now is Buster in the contact portion of his swing, and there is much stress to the outside of his left ankle. I could see maybe it being an issue.
He seems resigned to continuing to rehab it during at least the next season and maybe forever.
2012 is going to be awesome!
There's a pretty cromulent major league lineup here; we just won't see it
Pagan CF
Belt 1B
Posey C
Sandoval 3B
Huff LF
Cabrera RF
Crawford SS
Sanchez 2B
Nate spelling Cabrera, Huff & Pagan regularly; Theriot and Fontenot as MI help for when Freddy implodes and/or Crawford looks completely helpless; Stewie as backup C; Gregor Blanco for the hell of it.
Ain’t happening, though.
by Lies and Perfidy on Feb 7, 2012 9:00 AM PST up reply actions
Gotta move Belt down and Posey up until Belt shows some more contact ability (yes, I am an old douchebag when it comes to meaningless lineup construction).
You don't need "contact" in the #2 hole any more than you need "contact" in any other position in the lineup.
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What the hell is “contact” supposed to mean, anyway? More likely to ground to short than walk?
2012 is going to be awesome!
I believe it means low strikeout rates.
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Nothing. GP was just saying it’s not needed at #2 any more than it is anywhere else.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 9:27 AM PST up reply actions
Ah, right, thanks.
I thought he was saying that “contact” was a straw hat meaningless term.
2012 is going to be awesome!
Huff in left just plain scares me.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Feb 7, 2012 9:51 AM PST up reply actions
the fact they'd consider it scares me
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He did fine in 2010
6.2 UZR/150 over 258 innings. I don’t think he’d be great, but I’d rather Belt play his natural position and get comfortable.
Put it this way: could he really be worse than Pat?
by Lies and Perfidy on Feb 7, 2012 10:00 AM PST up reply actions
As long as he’s in the…Best Shape of His Life!
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 7, 2012 10:31 AM PST up reply actions
And can “handle the bat” to “move the runner over”. A decently high OBP is ideal, too. I think Belt can provide that OBP, honestly, and I must admit that some of my opinions are colored by the certainty within the Giants’ organization. I mean, I guess I should make it clear that in an ideal world I would think x, but given what I know (and what we all know of the Giants) I settle for y. In this case, if they somehow got Freddy out of the two-hole, I would still expect them to stick to the traditional roles and someone perceived as being a “high contact” guy would inherit the #2 position and I’d hope/expect that to be Posey.
Then again, if Lies and Perfidy’s lineup ever made the field I’d just be happy that it existed and probably wouldn’t quibble with the order.
I mean
If you offer me a guy with a .335 OBP who strikes out all the time or a guy with a .334 OBP who almost never strikes out, I’m taking the .001 OBP.
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Is this assuming equal number of PAs? Adjusted for position? Regardless of other factors (power vs. speed, for example)? Your strict interpretationist act will not hold water here!
Ceteris Paribus.
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I’m with you, but probably a different reason. I’d want the guy who doesn’t strike out to hit a little later in the lineup, where he might encounter more runners on third, the one time where striking out is actually worse than making a different type of out.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 9:34 AM PST up reply actions
Well
I’m talking about, like, in general, not just for one spot in the batting order. I’m saying if you offered me either one of those guys to be on my team, I’d take OBP guy.
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Pretty sure this would be a mistake. The player who doesn’t strike out is bound to have a higher batting average, and singles are more valuable than walks.
I'd take this also because
I’d rather have the strikeout than the ground into double play.
This is the Giants we are talking about.
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GDPs aren’t necessarily all bad. Often times they are a symptom of a team that is just getting a lot of guys on base.
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I'm taking the guy with the .609 OBP
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Sanchez is the number 2 hitter because he is a number 2 hitter. I mean, he plays a middle infield position and everything.
i may be too optimistic about the team, but we shall see
the Buster injury obviously worries me, but won’t know anything until spring training when he plays in a real game situation
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It is just entertainment
How can that be too optimistic?
I have $40 on 16 to 1 odds the Giants win it all this year. How is that for optimism?
Blerg
I’m saying, i’m optimistic that the team will do well, given the injuries and the pathetic offense of last year. Fact is, i really don’t know anything about how the giants’ offense will perform until spring training, let alone the regular season.
Betting…. BAD
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Feb 7, 2012 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
HAHA, WHAT THE HELL. THAT IS SO WEIRD
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It really seems like the Giants are at least making an effort to involve the bloggers
Just goes to show you the power of social media and the internet in general these days.
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by jctGamer on Feb 7, 2012 8:30 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
HE'S MOVING LIKE A TREMENDOUS MACHINE
D’Antoni thought about taking him out late in the third quarter. Lin convinced him to reconsider. The coach obliged, saying later that he was going to ride Lin “like friggin’ Secretariat.”
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Yay new thread to ask a dumb question!
But let’s say that sansuseph comes around, posey shows he really can’t handle catching 140 games a year, and Belt is firmly entreated at first, do you think that maybe Buster could play Left? I know it’s a lot of hypotheticals, but It worries me.
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by scespy12 on Feb 7, 2012 8:45 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
"Sansuseph" took me a second, but I like it
Even if it sounds like someone from a Scott Bakker fantasy novel.
I imagine that if Buster has issues this season, they’ll begin exploring positional alternatives, though the most likely scenario is probably “Buster catches 80 games and plays 70 somewhere else” or something like that. Bochy likes modular lineup pieces.
by Lies and Perfidy on Feb 7, 2012 8:51 AM PST up reply actions
I wish I could take credit but I think that was a Giant Frisbee creation.
When I played I was a triple threat.... Stumble.... Fumble.....Grumble....
by scespy12 on Feb 7, 2012 9:04 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Yeah, we all know what THAT means...
Nice work, Natto!
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Feb 7, 2012 9:09 AM PST up reply actions
sansuseph
I still dont get it. “Without useph” is as close as I get.
I do, generally, understand the dick jokes.
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
If you call what Raul Ibanez has done the last couple of years “playing” then yes.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 7, 2012 8:54 AM PST up reply actions
In that scenario Belt gets traded for a corner outfielder
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In a perfect world, if Belt is hitting well enough to start regularly
he would go to left while Posey went to first. All sorts of non-statistical hunches tell me Belt will be anything but mediocre…either he’ll crush enough that even Bochy puts him in there as much as possible, or he’ll be so terrible we won’t mind benching him. Personally I think he has the POTENTIAL to be the best hitting outfielder we have; but time will tell.
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It was interesting to listen to Boch & Sabes hedge and hem and haw
about what the lineup is going to be. It all depends on who shows up in ST. That’s kind of sad.
2012 is going to be awesome!
It all depends on who shows up in ST. That’s kind of sad.
Yeah, this is just a bad process.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 10:28 AM PST up reply actions
I’m not sure if that’s really what they do or what they say to the press. They kind of can’t throw Huff under the bus before he’s even had a chance to show off those new Pilates abs.
2012 is going to be awesome!
And they could end up not breaking camp with Freddy and Buster.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 10:43 AM PST up reply actions
The 2013 outfield
Will be Brown, maybe Nate, and…?
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Podsednik!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 9:15 AM PST up reply actions
I don't think Brown will be up until September 2013 at the earliest
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 9:19 AM PST up reply actions
Pedro Feliz
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by duke_diligence on Feb 7, 2012 9:39 AM PST up reply actions
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by Bay Area Sports Guy on Feb 7, 2012 11:03 AM PST up reply actions
Is it just me, or does someone in the organization say that we’ve gotten a little more athletic/have a little more speed so we’ll be able to run the bases/do something things we didn’t do last year, EVERY SINGLE YEAR?
Shouldn’t we be stealing like 900 bases as a team by now if that’s the case?
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 9:12 AM PST reply actions
Possibly driven by most of our “fast” guys in the past being, in fact, guys like Velez and Lewis who weren’t actually great baserunners despite their supposed athleticism. So then the next guy comes along, and the front office says, “Okay, THIS guy can really run.”
Great baserunners the last few years I can think of immediately are Torres (obviously) and Randy Winn (for success, not frequency). Who else?
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by Ott on Feb 7, 2012 9:57 AM PST up reply actions
Well, one has to get to first base in order to steal another.
That was a far bigger challenge than swiping a few more last year.
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Fangraphs on the 10 best transactions of the offseason
#1: The Beltran signing.
#2: The Reyes signing.
/sigh
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/the-10-best-transactions-of-the-winter/
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by GiantPain on Feb 7, 2012 9:22 AM PST reply actions 3 recs
Haha
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 9:24 AM PST up reply actions
I'm confused
Where is the Jeremy Affeldt signing or the trade for Pagan?
On a slightly more serious note, I love that #4, Oswalt, hasn’t even happened yet.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 9:25 AM PST up reply actions
WE JUST DON'T KNOW!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 9:27 AM PST up reply actions
I'm not sure if they did a post like that last year.
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I don’t remember them doing one last winter. I could be wrong though. Well, no, I’m not wrong – I don’t remember them doing it, but they could have done it.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 9:29 AM PST up reply actions
No
Just a column about what they thought were the best signings. I don’t think it even mentions the Giants.
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Well now I feel shamed.
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It could have been Dave Cameron trolling Giants fans, but more likely it was just the Giants organization being exposed as incompetent.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 7, 2012 9:57 AM PST up reply actions
Lemme break it down for you:
If the Giants had signed Reyes, the deal would’ve been 10 years/ $212MM. If they had signed Beltran it would’ve been 4 years, $85MM.
They never had a chance.
Giants baseball...
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the fact that it only required a two year deal to land a premium hitter to replace Pujols keeps the team in position to stay competitive for the long term as well. Like with Reyes and Oswalt, there are durability concerns, but the price tag is so low that Beltran could spend weeks on the DL and still easily earn his salary.
This makes me want to tear my hair out. The Giants go on and on about how they don’t want to sign long term contracts and yet let Beltran go. He also signed for such a reasonable price that even the injury concerns are negated.
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 7, 2012 9:53 AM PST up reply actions
No shocker
but I disagree with the analysis. The price tag is not low. It’s just not a long term deal. $13 million is still 2.5-3 WAR.
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I have a question.
With Yu Darvish signing such a large contract, how long will it be before top and middle tier prospects forgo the drafting system in the US to play in Japan in order to get to the big FA signing a little sooner?
Kickham where it hurts
I think the posting process is going to change before your scenario develops
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 9:30 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, but why don’t guys like Bryce Harper establish residency offshore? As an international FA he would have signed for quite a lot more money. He was already leaving school. How hard would it be to get a smallish advance from your agent and establish residence in Aruba?
by wcw on Feb 7, 2012 9:52 AM PST up reply actions
I think Boras has talked about doing this
I am not sure why he hasn’t tried it yet.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 10:11 AM PST up reply actions
Originally from J Cross, posted here on the Book blog:
Why doesn’t a guy like Strasburg or Bryce Harper put a little game theory to work when negotiating their contract?
Everyone knows that the best way to win a game of chicken is to blindfold yourself and throw the steering wheel out the window. The other driver has no choice but to swerve.
So, why doesn’t Bryce Harper publicly sign a contract with a third party promising to pay them the entirely of his signing bonus should he sign for a penny less than $20MM. Now he has no incentive to sign for less than $20MM and a team that doesn’t want to pay $20MM for him has no incentive to draft him. Is this forbidden somehow?
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If I’m a team, I draft him and say, “well, we’re not giving you $20MM, so how much do you want to give to that third party? How does 20 bucks sound?”
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 10:46 AM PST up reply actions
Then he sits out a year, plays in an independent league, and enters the draft again.
Your plan only works if the other owners collude with you and agree to blackball him Andre Dawson-style. Otherwise, you’re just out a first-round draft pick.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Feb 7, 2012 10:50 AM PST up reply actions
Which I get compensated for the following year. Meanwhile he misses a year of baseball. Starts his career a year later. The kid tested out of high school early to move his baseball career forward. That all goes away if he doesn’t sign the first year he’s drafted.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
When will the Japanese allow this for players from outside of the US to cut their teeth in Japan in front of the Japanese?
I just don’t think that will quite happen. Works for journeymen, but I don’t think it would work on a mass level.
I’d blame your keyboard. It also seems to add unnecessary question marks at times.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 9:38 AM PST up reply actions
I don't think it would be a good idea
teams would have to pay a ton just to negotiate. That would reduce the amount given to the player on the contract. Makes more sense to be good, become a super-2.
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Yeah, the posting process is very good for the team. On the other hand, if they post and fail to reach an agreement, they become a FA a year later right?
Yeah
But the team can refuse to post the player who is under the contract.
So, if I was a Japanese team I would make sure that I would have a 4-5 year contract.
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There are new rules to US and International prospects
With caps. I think the international bonus cap max is pretty close to 1st overall pick cap max.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 7, 2012 10:17 AM PST up reply actions
Time to go confuse the shit out of some people.
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by say hey nation on Feb 7, 2012 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
Where is 22gigante?
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I want to see Grant and him going at it
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It's a great day to be a high school teacher!!!
The California State Exit Exam will keep all students (sophomores) busy all day.
I just sit at my computer and try to discourage cheating.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
Hey Gallo!
and corrected
I just sit at my computer and try todiscourageencourage cheating.
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One of the scariest parts of my childhood in class was getting accused of cheating...
during the middle of a test, “ANDREW!! I SEE WHAT YOU ARE DOING, DO NOT LOOK OVER YOUR SHOULDER AT SARAH’S TEST!” FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUU
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I SEE WHAT YOU ARE DOING, DO NOT LOOK OVER YOUR SHOULDER AT SARAH’S TEST CLEAVAGE!"
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
HA, this was like, junior high!!!
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 7, 2012 10:45 AM PST up reply actions
I was wondering that too. I thought it might be a statement on the state of her cleavage though.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
That’s what I thought, as someone who has been watching the Wonder Years a lot lately. they even make jokes about it in the show.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 10:53 AM PST up reply actions
Most of the time they were too busy trying to hide an erection to look long enough for you to notice.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 10:57 AM PST up reply actions
DO OR DO NOT. THERE IS NO TRY.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 7, 2012 10:44 AM PST up reply actions
But only a sith deals in absolutes!
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
Constitutional Law OT:
Prop 8: Unconstitutional
Now back to your regularly scheduled blogging
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It’s going to the Supreme Court, and that’s all that really matters.
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 7, 2012 10:04 AM PST up reply actions
actually
if Kennedy is still on the court, there is good chance it will get upheld.
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“it” is the decision. Kennedy have sided with with civil rights on these issues, Lawrence v. Texas is a prime example.
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There are 4 lock votes to uphold (Breyer, Sotomeyer, Ginsburg and Breyer). Kennedy is the swing vote.
It will be interesting to see if it gets appealed. The facts are not good and an upholding by the Supreme Court would make it the law of the land. On the other hand, there is a strong chance that if Obama get re-elected, he could appoint at least two (maybe three) S.C. justices, including Scalia and Kennedy . This would dramatically shift the S.C. to 6 liberals and 3 conservatives.
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I would think Ginsburg would be the next to go, with her health issues.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Feb 7, 2012 10:36 AM PST up reply actions
Ginsburg is 78
Kennedy is 75
Scalia is 75
Breye is 73.
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I have a feeling that
Ginsburg and Breyer will definitely retire if Obama gets reelected. That means that Obama could replace 6 of the 9 S.C. justices in his 8 years. That would be huge for many years to come.
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I'm not going to look this up, I'm assuming you'll know.
That would be unprecedented/historical, correct?
Not unprecedent
but up there.
Roosevelt had 8 (but he had 13 years)
Washington had 10 (he doesn’t count because he appointed the first SC).
Eisenhower and Nixon both appointed 6 and those appointees had dramatic impact on history.’
Taft had 6 but you know, it’s Taft.
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FDR would've had... what, 14 total... if he pulled off the court-packing scheme?
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Feb 7, 2012 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
pretty much
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Depending on how lefty his appointees are.
And how lefty the ones that don’t get Borked (<- non-Bochy version) are.
His track record is pretty darn centrist, and (equally distressingly to liberals) his appointees to the bench skew much older than those of previous presidents. Which is a big deal when you’re talking about lifetime appointees.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Feb 7, 2012 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
What i love is
you actually never know how a SC Justice will be until they’re appointed and reviewing cases. There have been some surprises.
2012 is going to be awesome!
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are sitting on the Supreme Court."
That’s Eisenhower, as he was leaving office. He thought he was getting conservatives in Warren and Brennan.
by Grievous Angel 312 on Feb 7, 2012 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
I don't think Sandra Day O'Connor
turned out how Reagan expected, either.
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Or Kennedy.
My media law professor in grad school described him as a 19th century libertarian. He voted with the majority against sodomy laws … yet also ruled that a private organization (Boy Scouts) could exclude gay leaders. He voted to extend habeas corpus to Gitmo but also to strike down D.C.’s gun control law..
Kennedy sides with the conservative wing more often than the liberal. But compared to what Reagan would consider a stalwart conservative, he’s a mixed bag.
by Grievous Angel 312 on Feb 7, 2012 2:09 PM PST up reply actions
Once we get rid of the electoral college and the filibuster, we should turn to instituting an 18-year term limit on Supreme Court judges.
I’d rather 1 or 2 term limits to Congress first.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 10:50 AM PST up reply actions
That would actually be really bad
it takes congress people one to two terms just to know what’s going on.
If you don’t like your congress person, vote them out.
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This.
But the same could be said for POTUS.
It’s seems odd that a representative democracy does not have the freedom to choose its representatives.
But the POTUS is just him/her. A single congress person (even a senator) have really little power, especially one who was just elected.
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It takes them one to two terms just to know what’s going on because it’s being run by a bunch of people who have been there a long time. If everyone is fresh, I don’t think that would be the case.
And it’s not that I dislike my congress person, it’s that I don’t feel that it should be a career. It shouldn’t be a quest for power and money.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
No, it takes them a couple of year to know just to know where everything is and what to do. A congress person’s term is only two years.
It takes more tenure to become influential.
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What other job in the world could you defend like that? Yes, ma’am, I know I’m your son’s teacher, but it’s going to take me 4 years to know where my classroom is and know what to do.
Here is your firetruck and your hose, don’t worry, after 4 years of watching buildings burn to the ground and babies dying, you’ll get the hang of it.
I’m sorry, your wife passed away. Why yes, there were many things that could have been done, CPR for instance, but the doctor assisting her has only been here for 3 years.
I could do this all day.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
Most professional jobs take a long time to learn to do well, yeah…actually, even most non professional jobs take a while to learn.
To do well, and taking
a couple of year to know just to know where everything is and what to do
are very different.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
Well yeah, that still isn’t that weird. I mean, most lawyers are terrible out of school, and they actually had a school (such as it is). I mean, figuring out the power structure of the federal government and then learning to correctly manipulate it is not a simple task.
and
you certainly do not want a bunch of first year doctors to be running the hospital.
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Well, certain types of doctors actually score better right out of schooling than doctors that have been on the job for awhile, but even ignoring that point, what skills are members of congress gaining while in office?
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
Connections that are only necessary because other people have them, because they’ve held their position for 20 years.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
Well yes, but the connections wouldn’t have to be as deep.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
And they wouldn’t be based on decades old gentlemen’s agreements of tit-for-tat.
by BestHyperboleEver on Feb 7, 2012 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
What fields of medicine does that apply to? And they’re building relationships, trying to gauge public opinion, figuring out how to integrate old laws into new ones and so on…
There have been studies about doctors who do a lot of diagnostics and things that take time to find out if they’re wrong. Like say I look at a mammogram and say you don’t have cancer, but I missed a spot, and you do. The delay between discovering that I’m wrong is so long between when I did the test that my skills deteriorate over time if I’m not being given more immediate feedback.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
In general I will take a doctor fresh out of residency/fellowship everyday over an experienced physician. There are physicians that put in the considerable time and effort to retain their skills and keep up to date. But, in general, those fresh from training are far more up-to-date on current research, techniques and procedures. Of course I’m a big fan of the practice they call “evidence-based medicine.” Which is much bigger in the younger set.
by BestHyperboleEver on Feb 7, 2012 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah
I’m going to disagree with you on this and you definitely don’t want to apply this logic to lawyers.
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I never would apply this logic to lawyers. Clearly the two are fundamentally different.
by BestHyperboleEver on Feb 7, 2012 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah one are a drain on society and the other are doctors.
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Because, in my opinion and in the simplest terms, being an exceptional doctor is primarily based knowledge of the subject. Being an exceptional lawyer is primarily based on knowledge of the process. Only one of those necessarily increases reliably and constantly with experience.
by BestHyperboleEver on Feb 7, 2012 12:10 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Aside from totally disagreeing with every single conclusory statement in here (physicians not keeping their skills up to date?), this is not legal advice, and I am not your representative: don’t do anything you just said in this paragraph when hiring a lawyer.
And yes, physicians not keep their skills and knowledge up is a widespread problem.
by BestHyperboleEver on Feb 7, 2012 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
There’s no significant reason to think that whatever eradication of skills occurs over time outweighs the gain of other skills, such as evaluation, over time.
Going back to the CPR example (not perfect, but it’s around): you would rather have an EMT who’s never done it in practice do it instead of a 5 year! OK!
Ok. This is crap. Whenever a new piece of equipment comes into the hospital my wife is there until late learning everything she can about it, same for when a new type of procedure etc. Then there are the medical conferences that doctors attend each year to learn new methods and stay up to date with cutting edge procedures.
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This
Also, you can “know” everything about an equipment and technique but it’s completely different when you have to interpret the results and figure out how to treat the patient.
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That doesn’t address the level of schooling, that addresses timing of particular medical testing. For example, if the medical test provides results from 10 years ago, it won’t be very helpful. But a doctor who has been on the job 10 years, even accounting for selection bias (he hasn’t been removed for malpractice yet), is going to be better than one with 0 years experience.
I’m probably explaining it horribly. It has nothing to do with level of schooling, but how recently out of school. During schooling, I believe the idea is that students are being tested with old tests, where the results are already known.
ie, Student, does this one have cancer, nope, buzzer wrong, it does, it’s right here. Learning takes place there.
Doctor in the field, does this one have cancer? Nope, ok, go on home. 6 months later, cancer becomes more evident. No learning takes place.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
Again bullshit. Doctors learn from mistakes and from experience,
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I’m talking about an actual study that was done, not theorizing
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 1:08 PM PST up reply actions
But lawyers aren’t publicly elected officials. If my lawyer doesn’t have my best interest at heart, I can get a new one.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
I'm not quite getting your point
also, you can also kick out congress people.
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You can. Tell me though, what do the numbers look like for incumbent candidates?
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
But your congress person doesn't just work for you
they work for your community.
You may not think that he or she is doing a good job but the community as a whole may disagree with you.
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Or they might just vote for the person who campaigns the most.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
they may
but again, you don’t get to unilaterally decide.
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I’m not wanting to unilaterally decide. I’m wanting to change it from a system that encourages people to make a livelihood out of campaigning to be re-elected so they can campaign to be re-elected
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
But that makes no sense because the people who are there the longest, probably have to the campaign the least.
It’s the newer legislators who have to campaign to keep their jobs.
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Yet the older ones campaign just as much nonetheless.
by BestHyperboleEver on Feb 7, 2012 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
I doubt it
No need to.
I don’t think Feinstein or Boxer is campaign much this year.
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ugh...I wish they could go away already
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
People just vote for who they’ve heard of. That’s why incumbents always win.
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And clearly our system is better for it because they know how to do all the stuff and have all the connections.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
Our system is crappy
but it works as well as to be expected.
You try and get 10 people in a single room to decide on what toppings to put on a pizza.
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It works in that there aren’t riots and civil war with each election but you can always improve, no?
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 1:09 PM PST up reply actions
But these aren't people stepping right out of school.
They already have decades of real world experience before election.
by BestHyperboleEver on Feb 7, 2012 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
being a congress person is very very different than a regular job.
There is no “congress school”
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Sure there is
It’s called law school
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Nope
actually, law school school does not really teach you how to 1) practice law or 2) be a politician.
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I hate that most of our politicians are lawyers
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by Murray, Present on Feb 7, 2012 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
I could do this all day.
That’s what the Wicked Witch said after the first strawman she attacked, and look how that turned out.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Feb 7, 2012 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
You can learn parliamentary procedure in a a short time. I hear this same gripe with the legislature here. They just want their jobs longer.
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It’s not about procedure.
It’s about working with other legislators, how to proper write a bill, how to handle committee hearings, etc.
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Maybe they should learn how to properly write a bill before running for a job that requires them to properly write a bill.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 11:36 AM PST up reply actions
It’s not as easy as it sounds.
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Neither is learning how to run a blog, but plenty of people learn how to do that because they are passionate about wanting to do it.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
I hope you’re not serious about this point.
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It was half serious. Yes, I realize it’s way different, but the half serious part was that I believe there are more than enough people who truly care about their communities, states, and country enough to put in the hard work without it having the promise of being a lucrative career. I would rather have those people in office.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
But
it does not work that way. You are not writing laws governing your area, you are writing laws that affects the entire country and with colleagues with different views/concerns/goals than you.
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who truly care about their communities, states, and country enough to put in the hard work
I think most legislators do it in order to change the country for the better.
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I’m not sure how the US congress works but there is a department here that writes the bills. The Rep/Senator comes in with what they want and the work with someone who knows how to write bills. Not only that but many bills are written by lobbyist groups and given to the politician.
This may surprise you but most probably don’t ever write a bill themselves. As for the rest of what you have listed those things are super simple.
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And, for the record
All new legislators come to Washington and get training in the machinations of congress before their terms start, in the time between when they’re elected and when they’re sworn in. You don’t hear about it often, but it happens every term.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
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Here's some info from a 2008 story.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97071765
It’s a very extensive and intensive few days of orientation on the things that they need to do to manage their offices well and to establish their offices, the nuts and bolts and basic things like computer systems and healthcare and, you know, member pay and benefits and how to organize your office, selecting staff. And then there are also the organizational meetings that they’ll have with their respective leadership teams.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
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Judges go to "judge school" too
but they spend many weeks or months on the bench before they get some of those under their belts.
Moral of the story: don’t commit a crime at the end of the year or the judge hearing your case may be totally green. Then again, that can work out in your favor, so never mind.
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Exactly.
It’s not like they get elected then just get dropped off at the Congressional bus stop with their milk money in hand.
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No, they get their milk money from the lobbying folks
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
WELCOME TO WASHINGTON!!
HERE IS YOUR COMPLIMENTARY CAYMAN ISLANDS ACCOUNT AND 3 MILLION MAD MONEY!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
That’s obviously completely wrong. 1. THey don’t know where the bus stop is their first day, and 2. they don’t get milk money until year 4, after they’ve made milk connections.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t have any particular objection to legislators making a career of it. Yes, they can become fat and lazy and corrupt and aloof. But the evidence indicates that when term limits are in place, legislators are no less venal and considerably more ignorant and inefficient. In general, I think you need a really ironclad reason to tell people they can’t vote for the person they want to vote for.
The problem with the Supreme Court, on the other hand, is that there’s no way to make them ever go away, with the corollary that presidents find themselves placing relative youth very high on the list of qualifications they’re looking for. Just rotate one of them out every two years.
Perhaps...
It wouldn’t take them so long to settle in if they weren’t spending 60% of their time each term campaigning.
by BestHyperboleEver on Feb 7, 2012 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
I do. Longer terms with a single term limit.
by BestHyperboleEver on Feb 7, 2012 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
2 terms and then they have to be put to death when their term is over
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
We can turn them into congressional crackers and feed them to the birds
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
that's your plan
for every profession.
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Truth
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
Not space physicists!
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The current group need a good culling
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
Saw an interesting article this morning on the U.S. Constitution losing influence in the world
One reason is that it’s so hard to get changed and a lot of stuff that doesn’t make sense anymore (like the electoral college) is frozen forever.
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by Murray, Present on Feb 7, 2012 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
I actually like the electoral college.
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To a degree
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by Lunkus on Feb 7, 2012 11:07 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
but
too pretenious
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by CalBear949 on Feb 7, 2012 11:07 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
With our deficit maybe we should just consider going to the electoral junior college for a couple years.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
or
just enroll in one of those online electoral colleges. I hear financial aid is available.
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It limits any voting issues to a state level. Gore v. Bush would have been more of a disaster had there not been an electoral college because it would have required every state to recount their votes to make sure they got it right.
It also gives more power to a single vote.
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No
Gore v. Bush wouldn’t have been an issue in the first place.
It gives disproportionate power to people in bumfuck states like Wyoming. And it makes some people’s votes irrelevant, like people in Austin, TX, or Orange County, CA.
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by Murray, Present on Feb 7, 2012 11:37 AM PST up reply actions
Let’s not denigrate the states. They all have the potential to be great states (even the South, those successionist bastards).
Of course it would
the Popular vote difference was 0.5% or about 500,000 votes out of 100 million. you don’t think that requires a recount?
We do live in a democracy of majority rules.
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with
a strong states’ right slant.
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Then why did the minority candidate "win"?
There is no reason in this day and age that we should not go to a popular vote system and make it electronic. Voting on Election Day is so fucking archaic. We would get more voter participation if we didn’t have to make it such an ordeal run by little old ladies.
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I’d like to see a popular vote with runoffs until a winner is found.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
It fixes the obesity problem too!
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And weeds out all of the old farts
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
Strangely enough, there are lots of people with no access to the internet.
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Not sure what this has to do with elections but that should be remedied too.
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Probably in response to the ‘electronic voting’ call.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 7, 2012 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
OIC
When I think of electronic voting I think of a machine rather than a punch card or filled out form. I wasn’t thinking internet although that would be nice.
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Awesome
Then Anonymous could pick our next president!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
Bumfuck states?
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Heh...I thought this as well
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
How does it give more power to a single vote?
In fact, doesn’t it completely strip every ounce of power from any vote inconsistent with the majority within its region/state?
by BestHyperboleEver on Feb 7, 2012 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
As opposed to striping every ounce of power from any vote inconsistent with the majority of the country?
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Correct.
Because a national decision made by the majority of the country as a whole with every vote counted is the entire point of a democracy.
by BestHyperboleEver on Feb 7, 2012 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
But your individual vote would matters significantly less.
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How do you figure?
Regardless, in the end the result would actually, unfailingly, be the opinion of the majority of voters. I’m cool with not winning when the process is balanced and makes sense.
by BestHyperboleEver on Feb 7, 2012 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
because
your vote would be one in 100 million rather than one in whatever votes cast in your state.
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Or it has become obsolete and ignored.
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it’s not. The U.S. Constitution has always been more about the idea than the specifics.
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LOL
Isn’t it the ruling law in the country? It seems pretty fucking specific to me.
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The Constitution is pretty darn vague
it’s the S.C. that establishes the law of the land.
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“No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.”
WHAT COULD THIS POSSIBLE MEAN?
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Yes, it is requires the Government to maintain a postal service and a standing army.
But it’s pretty darn vague with respect to 95% of the issues.
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Example?
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Bill of Rights.
example:
http://gallery.mobile9.com/f/155503/
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Oh ok. You weren’t being serious.
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No
I am. The Constitution is extremely vague…if it was specific, we wouldn’t have any need for the Supreme Court.
For example, when you talk about the Freedom of Religion…what does Freedom mean? How far does the freedom go? Can the state ever restrict religion? What is defined as a religion? What about the absence of religion?
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To me it is pretty explicit. You can have your own religion and not be put to death, jailed, etc… because of it. Yeah it doesn’t lay out the ins and outs of how to implement such a decree but that doesn’t make it vague IMO.
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But what about
things like school prayers? Use of drugs for religious purposes? Right to wear religious garb in your employment?
The fact that the Constitution is open for interpretation is both it’s biggest strength and biggest weakness.
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Well yeah it is a framework but I don’t think it is vague in that one can’t tell what they meant by what is written.
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200+ of constitution law would disagree with you.
It took the country a long time and a civil war to decide that a “person” goes beyond a rich white male landowner.
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Probably because people writing it wouldn’t go far enough to include minorities and women. I read something about how some wanted them explicitly included but many feared that it wouldn’t bode well with those that owned land and slaves.
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It's only "centralist"
because the Republican nominees have been so conservative.
Sotomeyer and Kagan are both fairly liberal, especially on social issues.
I would love to see an Asian, Goodwin Liu for example, be on the S.C.
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If Republican nominees have been so conservative, that would make his appointees seem more liberal by comparison, not centralist.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
What I meant
is that people expect him to elect liberal nominees of equal degree.
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Agreed
but you cannot ignore their views on the issues. I mean, all the nominees are well qualified….well except for Harriet Miers
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What is best though?
What is best is what is fair and right I guess, and you determine what is fair and right by whether your opinion leans to the left or the right.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 11:01 AM PST up reply actions
I think you’re right. I just happen to disagree with people who make decisions this way. Well, more specifically, the liberal-conservative obsession with the courts. The law can be liberal and conservative. Putting up people who make judgments heeding that rather than what the people who stuff money in their pockets want should be the transparent goal.
Or do you determine what's fair and right
by considering the leanings of each SC member and attempting to create balance.
by BestHyperboleEver on Feb 7, 2012 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
Need to see the opinion
See what the 9th circuit’s reasoning.
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AP
Lawyers for Proposition 8 sponsors and for two couples who sued to overturn the ban have said they would appeal to the Supreme Court if they did not receive a favorable ruling from the 9th Circuit.
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 7, 2012 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
They shouldn't
not a good case to bring to the SC.
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where does it go from here?
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probably
U.S. Supreme Court.
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i'm still a bit confused on the issue
Prop 8 is unconstitutional, so what does that mean exactly, same-sex marriage is legal?
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SovernNation Doug Sovern
Court leaves stay in place, pending further appeal, so same sex marriages do not resume in California. # prop8
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Yes
Prop 8 defines a marriage between a man and a woman.
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But that doesn’t mean that gay marriage is legal TODAY
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right, ok, it just opens a door that was once shut because of prop 8
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Actually, the California Supreme Court previous ruled that gay marriages are legal. Proposition 8 sought to block that decision as an amendment to the California Constitution.
So, prop 8 is the only thing that was preventing gay couples to marry. A number of people got married before prop 8 was passed and those marriages are legal no matter what happens. This just has to do with future marriages.
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Yea, i remember that, that was 2008. So we can expect something in the near future about gay marriages being legal? This was just a road block?
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If the prop 8 is deemed unconstitutional
then gay marriage will become legal again.
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it was just another hurdle they had to leap over
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Basically
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awesome, thanks for the help
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YAAAAAAAAY.
Maybe we can finally get to the point where no one cares about what adults do together sexually. Because I really want to stop giving a shit so people can be treated well
Good luck with that.
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Yeah, I know.
I’m just looking forward to being as apathetic about gay people being gay (you know, not the people I know themselves) as I am about everything else that shouldn’t matter at this point. CURSE THE BUBBLE I GREW UP IN.
We will have a majority someday
But eliminating the fear of gay people will possibly never go away totally.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 7, 2012 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
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Champagne room?
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Not enough pics
about sex.
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Gay marriage is almost under the Scientology/9-11 Truther tent
Not too concerned with offending the backwards swamp folk.
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SUBJECT LINE SUBJECT LINE
Watch out, they’ll water-bend you till you’re black and blue.
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TELEMETRY!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
Aaaaaaand...
green.
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Oh crap, I accidentally deleted the subject line.
/awaits gunt
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Natto’d
/allows it
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Dear SBN:
Would it really be so hard to allow users to delete or edit their posts?
Love,
Every damn user on this site.
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but then
who would pay for SBN platinum?
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NOT ME
I don’t mind it at all.
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280 KPH!
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From his facebook page
Jerry Brown
The court has rendered a powerful affirmation of the right of same-sex couples to marry. I applaud the wisdom and courage of this decision.
A bit more champagne-roomish, but I thought it was cool.
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GO MOONBEAM!!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 10:44 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t need it said in such colorful language. Laws take away rights and some of those laws are, therefore, totally bullshit.
such colorful language
Dude’s name is Brown. Whaddayagonnado?
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Feb 7, 2012 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
Brief summary of the 128 page opinion
2 to 1 to uphold.
Majority: State has no reason to define a marriage to be between a man and woman.
Dissenting: Slippery slope and state can dictate morality.
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Dissenting: Slippery slope and state can dictate morality.
Morons.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
but what if someone wants to marry his/her llama?
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He/she has that right. However, the llama does not have the right to get married as it isn’t a person, so therefore the marriage cannot take place.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 11:03 AM PST up reply actions
Does he/she have the right to marry a Corporation?
/ducks
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- A. Bartlett Giamatti
I think we need to go all the way with this corporation business. They should be vulnerable to the death penalty, parking tickets, divorce courts, child support, etc. If they are people, make them people. Don’t half ass it.
The immortality thing is going to be hard to replicate in humans.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 7, 2012 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
And prison.
Lookin’ at you, bonus-enjoying economy-wreckers!
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So now they’ll change the constitution?
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No
it would just strike down Prop 8 and the language it was going to add to the California Constitution.
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So the proposition was a constitutional amendment?
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yup
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This kind of crap plays well in the northeast market. I remember when Rollins said this and the NY papers went batshit over it. Pagan is probably going to wonder where the faux outrage is hiding.
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I think he means we are the easiest team to beat.
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I thought the Giants prefer to stay under the radar? The D-Back players are going to read this and what to shove it down Pagan’s throat.
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WOW
Peter_R_Casey Peter Robert Casey
Jeremy Lin added 9,993 Twitter followers yesterday.
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...
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ICWYDT
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BREAKING (OUR HEARTS) NEWS ?
Uh oh. This week brings us good news for Noe Valley home buyers, but potentially bad news for Bay Area sports fans.
On Friday, Socketsite reported on a steal of a deal in Noe Valley — the sale of a completely remodeled four-bedroom midcentury home for $1,795,000 — that’s $255,000 less than its sale price in 2008. The owner of the home: Giants ace pitcher Matt Cain.
CAIN TRADED!?!?!?!?!
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It could mean the extension is agreed upon and he's moving to a bigger place
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I assume the negative ppl are thinking he's bolting
But he is a year away from free agency. Clearly he doesn’t know where he is going to be assuming he tests the FA market. Why sell your house now and pull your kid out of school…etc?
Makes no sense to read this as a “I’m outta here” move.
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My co-worker was out looking at/applying to preschools for his 18 month old last week.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 7, 2012 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
I seriously doubt the Cains would have trouble getting Hartley into a good preschool.
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I was implying there is no longer a ‘too young for school’.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 7, 2012 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
Ha! I think you have been spending too much time arguing with GP… You are starting to pick up his habits!
Later, I will try to think of another mildly tongue-in-cheek statement for you to parse.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 7, 2012 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
I'm just bored.
But I will watch the GP-ing tendency. I would not want to go there. Thanks for the feedback.
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Mostly I’m just hassling-by-proxy.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 7, 2012 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
Well, the statement was
and pull your kid out of school
Matt’s kid, in this sense, is too young for school.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
THE JOKE WAS THAT KIDS NOWADAYS GO DIRECTLY INTO SCHOOL AFTER EXITING THE WOMB.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 7, 2012 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
Exactly
They use a chute that goes directly from vagina to a window in the classroom.
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What about for women who have a C-Section?
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They have to use the somewhat less reliable slingshot method.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
Nope. Already in daycare, getting ready to graduate.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 7, 2012 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
That is pretty crazy. No way I’m putting my little guy in preschool yet.
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
If you showed your little guy in preschool, you’d probably be arrested.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I heard that Goofus put a shoe on the end of his and people thought it was a third leg.
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
"Ask GiantPain about my penis" - Billy Beane
Mayor of Smug.
At the Q&A session at fanfest, Cain said he plans to stay with SF after next year. He doesn’t want to leave.
Just because he doesn't want to doesn't mean he won't.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Cain at fanfest: ‘Yes, I definitely plan to buy in another city next year’
Crowd at fanfest: /weeping, rending of garments, gnashing of teeth
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 7, 2012 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
NO MEANS YES
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
To Orinda with Buster
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
Is Buster in your neck of the woods?
Maybe Cain wants to live next to Kuiper in my neighborhood!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 10:38 AM PST up reply actions
I wonder why someone who thought living in Noe Valley was a good idea as of a few years ago would move to somewhere as isolated and far-flung as Danville?
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
"Ask GiantPain about my penis" - Billy Beane
Mayor of Smug.
He was young
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One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
Yea, i think he's in Orinda
would make sense since he’s got his kids. San Ramon/Danville? Definitely would make sense for Cain
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
I should let him know my mom's house is for rent
BOOM!
Wait he probably wants to buy, damn.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 7, 2012 10:46 AM PST up reply actions
You should introduce him to your mom!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
TWSS
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
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by Murray, Present on Feb 7, 2012 10:50 AM PST up reply actions
That’s not a bad guess. With the kid now, maybe they were motivated to move to a less urban area.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
Schulman, I think, has reported that he's moving to AZ.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I just looked it up. He has one home in Orinda, California and one in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 7, 2012 11:17 AM PST up reply actions
He may have decided to move to Arizona.
Lots of ballplayers live out there.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 10:36 AM PST up reply actions
I could swear that I read an article right after last season that said he moved there. Pablo did as well.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 7, 2012 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
he met his wive in spring training iirc
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Which makes sense. If you’re never at home during the summer, why not live in the desert. Haha wife and kids, suffer in the heat!
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 7, 2012 10:41 AM PST up reply actions
I just advised all the students taking the State Exit Exam . . . .
to lie in the section that asks for their “ethnicity.” I know that I always do.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Feb 7, 2012 10:36 AM PST reply actions
Plutonian
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 10:38 AM PST up reply actions
Uncle Evan,
Tell us about the plutonian birds and the bees and the ?
So when a man and a women and ? love each other very much
"Only connect..."
E. M. Forster
Upon reflection perhaps
A combination of a cheerleader and sentient, responsive chair/bed
"Only connect..."
E. M. Forster
Men
Women
Pat Burrell
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
I'm old-fashioned
but I see a difference between a really big stalagmite and a combination of a cheerleader and sentient, responsive chair/bed
Color me prude
"Only connect..."
E. M. Forster
Jalapeno
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Feb 7, 2012 10:43 AM PST up reply actions
I always answer ‘Jedi, unreformed’ for religious denomination.
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 7, 2012 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
The latest Czech census had about 10% Jedi!!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
I have no truck with the Midichlorian Heresy
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 7, 2012 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
Eh, reply fail.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 7, 2012 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
The 'unreformed' part mean you consider everything post-1983 to be heresy, non?
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Feb 7, 2012 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
The canonical nature of the Special Edition is a continuing question of debate at the Third Jedi Ecumenical Council
The breakaway sect of Greedo-Shot-Firsters is tiny and universally loathed.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Feb 7, 2012 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
I think it is funny that Lucas got all miffed because people hate the changes he has been making
He is taking his movies and going home!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
They're MY movies, and I need them NOW!
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Feb 7, 2012 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
OT: YAY, off to Lafayette and Berkeley for the day for some golf for the first time in a year
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
Elitist.
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
"Ask GiantPain about my penis" - Billy Beane
Mayor of Smug.
Soggy golf
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 10:45 AM PST up reply actions
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ssharmon Steven Harmon
wow. big news across the MediaNews transom: #SFGiants beat man @extrabaggs aka A. Baggarly is leaving Merc for Comcast SportsNet Bay Area.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Whoa
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
"Ask GiantPain about my penis" - Billy Beane
Mayor of Smug.
Wooooooooooah.
I don’t like it.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Why?
It means years and years more of Baggs. I’m sure they signed him to a long-term deal.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
TOO EXPENSIVE TOO RISKY!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
What is his RAR?
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Yeah, he'll still write.
It’s not like Maiocco went away. But he’ll get to do more opinion instead of game stories. That’s a win.
by Grant Brisbee on Feb 7, 2012 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
Well, it might be a win
I’ve always thought Baggs’s baseball opinions were… a mixed bag, no pun intended, to say it lightly.
He’s certainly a top-notch reporter, but I haven’t forgotten that I’m just supposed to enjoy the game.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's a locker-room presence who doesn't ignore the new school.
Need more of those in baseball. He might not calculate FIP in his head, but he usually offers opinions worth listening to or reading.
by Grant Brisbee on Feb 7, 2012 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
He's also misunderstood the new school at times
Like that article about the Sanchez trade where he said:
The statistical set love his FIP. But ask his fielders if they’re impressed with his FIP while they’re standing around as he walks hitters on a cold night.
Which, one, isn’t true, and two, is a silly and condescending thing to say anyway.
Don’t get me wrong, Baggs is the best of the access’d writers out there. But if this move means more opinion and less reporting from Baggs, I’d be unhappy.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Could you work on just letting me enjoy the game next?
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 7, 2012 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
But he’ll get to do more opinion instead of game stories. That’s a win.
Heh
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
Didn't mean it like that, rabble-rouser.
Just that I rarely read the game stories from anyone — Schulman, Baggarly, Haft. Not because I’m too cool, but because I watched the game.
Alright, partially because I’m too cool.
by Grant Brisbee on Feb 7, 2012 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
I am going to put my tinfoil hat on
And suggest that the CSN tie into ownership makes this a “payment for services rendered” type of deal.
There, I said it.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
Exactly.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
Transformation into a bleating talking head is now complete.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 10:53 AM PST up reply actions
Newspaper is a dying breed
like polaroid
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Urbs is probably saying, "Hey! That was MY old job!"
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
As Bobcat use to say “I didn’t lose my job, it’s just when I go there somebody else is doing it.”
"Only connect..."
E. M. Forster
My favorite Bobcat line:
“If it tastes just like chicken, why don’t you just give me so gd chicken!”
Baggs : "You sucked. That's why they have me now"
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
by jctGamer on Feb 7, 2012 10:59 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
is urban going to be our new beat writer?
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by operation carrot on Feb 7, 2012 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
BAGGSCHAINED.COM
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
For those who don't know:
Variety Dec. 10, 2007
Comcast and Fox Sports, co-owners of Fox Sports Net Bay Area, have made sure the San Francisco Giants won’t bolt the network by selling the team a 30% stake in the channel.
In exchange, the Giants have signed a 25-year contract to funnel up to 135 games a year exclusively to FSN Bay Area. The Giants’ 30% stake will come equally from Comcast’s holding, which goes from 60% to 45%, and Fox Sports’ stake, which drops to 25% from the previous 40%. Comcast will continue to operate the net, which will receive a name change (favoring Comcast) before the new baseball season starts.
21 April, 2011
In a move following the acquisition of a controlling stake in NBCUniversal by Comcast, the NBC O&O in San Francisco, KNTV, is outsourcing its local sports coverage to Comcast SportsNet Bay Area.
…
Beginning in June, Comcast SportsNet, now part of the NBC Sports Group, will provide live daily sports news segments for NBC Bay Area (KNTV) that will be seamlessly included in the station’s 6:00 pm and 11:00 pm newscasts.
…
To produce this added content, NBC Bay Area and Comcast SportsNet are constructing a new set in Comcast SportsNet’s 37,000 square-foot HD studios in downtown San Francisco. The sports news content provided by Comcast SportsNet will reflect the look and feel of NBC Bay Area’s newscast and incorporate Comcast SportsNet brand elements in a complementary manner.
Comcast SportsNet’s 140-person local staff annually produces more than 500 live sports events
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 7, 2012 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
/tinfoil hat
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 11:36 AM PST up reply actions
This is why we don't get a sweet TV deal like the Rangers that lets them drop phat cash.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Yes, and it is da bomb.
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
"Ask GiantPain about my penis" - Billy Beane
Mayor of Smug.
/bounces outstretched hand in air in rhythmic motion as to indicate that I am down with this
A listener-supported service
lol
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
"Ask GiantPain about my penis" - Billy Beane
Mayor of Smug.
The Giants get all the benefits of the Rangers and more. It’s just that they aren’t being paid for rights to broadcast their games. They actually own the programmer and they themselves sell the rights to the cable distributors. The Giants owners receive dividends from their Comcast ownership stake. With ratings of Giants games and prices of MLB license fees at an all time high, business is good.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 7, 2012 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, it is a pretty sweet deal
Without all of the “LOOK WE JUST SOLD OUR BROADCASTING RIGHTS FOR 3 BILLION DOLLARS” type of publicity.
The RDF is already flush. Which makes all of this crying poor kind of stupid.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Feb 7, 2012 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
...UCK
My sentiments exactly.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 7, 2012 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
they could perhaps be on a roller coaster or water slide together
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I hadn’t realized it had been eight years since he last won the Super Bowl. How time flies. Too bad, Thomas.
by non sequitur on Feb 7, 2012 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
I got chopped like a mofo.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
over the ear headphones> in ear headphones
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by operation carrot on Feb 7, 2012 11:36 AM PST up reply actions
Cartman?!
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
"There is not seeing the ball well, and then there is that." - David B. Flemming describing an Aaron Rowand AB.
by 1ManWolfPack on Feb 7, 2012 11:36 AM PST up reply actions
IT’S FUNNY CUZ HE"S FAT!
/Pablo’d
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 7, 2012 11:36 AM PST up reply actions
a person he accidently sat on
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by operation carrot on Feb 7, 2012 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
So who is running the fantasy leagues this year?
can i request an auction style draft league?
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by operation carrot on Feb 7, 2012 11:38 AM PST reply actions
Booooo
I don’t like auctions =(
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
i never done one.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 7, 2012 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
theyre a lot of fun
but really hard
you want to blow your load in the begining
and then you dont have any money at all in the later rounds
you have to be really particular
this one draft i was in this guy spent all his money on pujols and hanley ramirez and thought he was the hot shit
but the rest of his team was scrubs because he had no more money
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by operation carrot on Feb 7, 2012 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
Lunch OT:
Pavilions/Vons sandwich
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Chex Mix and a bottle of water
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
That seems pretty common for you
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
I have to eat light during the day
Else I get sleepy.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
Napa Chicken with Avocado Wrap
Not sure what Napa Chicken is but whatever, i like avocado.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 7, 2012 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
organic bacon salad
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Come check out the McC Book Club Start Date 1/21
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by operation carrot on Feb 7, 2012 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
Leftover chicken pot pie.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Hot Link Sandwich with grilled onion and bell pepper
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
It was very good
Now I am moving onto the banana in the lunch bag
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Waitress
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
my wife goes to work at 7AM
she wakes up at 6 to make lunch for herself and my daughter. Usually she packs something for me too. Unless it is straight up leftovers from last night, then I usually get lunch outside.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
I have a cup of coffee in the morning and 2 cups of tea in the afternoon
Usually diet coke in between.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
no hot tea. I have three cans at work. Green, Oolong, and black.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
...
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Nice! My wife never cooks unless we are having Japanese or Korean (hooray for Korean flatmate at Cal) food at home. /saved by amazing cafeteria at work
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
we enjoy cooking because we can control the amount of salt and oil
also, no MSG
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
no she cooks most of the time
I do the steak / jambalaya / baking type stuff. Basically she uses the wok and skillet, and I use the grill and oven.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
well I don’t cook as much as she does. She gets off work at 3:30, I don’t get him till 7 :x
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Our arrangement works out well. I cook French / Italian stuff, she cooks jp / kr stuff. Authentic or bullshit Chinese food?
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
From scratch.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
At first I was surprised by how many men on this site cook / bake. I think it is probably a higher percentage then the general pop. — I like to cook, I just don’t follow the ingredients / directions very well.
Meat Lasagna
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Our arrangement is that I cook, and my husband eats.
Lulz….PAYMENT FOR SERVICES RENDERED!!
(yeah, my mind is perpetually in the gutter)
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
Pad Thai
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
"Ask GiantPain about my penis" - Billy Beane
Mayor of Smug.
/grumble grumble
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Cafeteria Orange Chicken
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
"There is not seeing the ball well, and then there is that." - David B. Flemming describing an Aaron Rowand AB.
by 1ManWolfPack on Feb 7, 2012 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
Tell that to the public school system.
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
"There is not seeing the ball well, and then there is that." - David B. Flemming describing an Aaron Rowand AB.
by 1ManWolfPack on Feb 7, 2012 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
JAMEY WRIGHT TO THE DODGERS
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
rockies counter
by signing tomko
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Come check out the McC Book Club Start Date 1/21
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by operation carrot on Feb 7, 2012 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
WE HAVE A SITUATION
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
BUT DID YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE GAUGE WAS READING BEFORE YOU DID?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
It would be pretty awesome.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
Watch out for Lars. He’s good a the stretch/yawn/arm around you move.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Haha
As if I was ever that subtle.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
All I can find are these handcuffs!
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 7, 2012 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
Cox replaced all my normal channels with P0rn.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 7, 2012 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
What mom doesn’t won’t hurt her
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 7, 2012 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
THATS WHAT SHE SAID
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Lets all pool money like we did with the brick. Imagine if McCovey Chronicles had its own crash pad.
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
"Ask GiantPain about my penis" - Billy Beane
Mayor of Smug.
I COULD FINALLY MEET VIC!!!!
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 7, 2012 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
I got $100 on it
We just need 17,000 more donations
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 7, 2012 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
Do you always listen to your mother?
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
BUT MATT CAIN DOES COME IN THE HOUSE
UNPACK THAT SHIT
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
I can just see the real estate advert now: “And Matt Cain had an orgasm right in this very room!”
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
I just got about 50 replies as an update right now
SBN is acting strange.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 7, 2012 12:18 PM PST reply actions
BUT WHAT IF I CAME HERE FOR CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS?!
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
JOHN JAY FTW!!!!
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
I’m bracing myself for the Rehnquist boosters as we speak.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Andrew Jackson mocks your Cheif Justice Roberts.
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
"There is not seeing the ball well, and then there is that." - David B. Flemming describing an Aaron Rowand AB.
by 1ManWolfPack on Feb 7, 2012 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
Looking through some old photos
How come I get progressively fatter over the years but my wife manages to stay the same size?
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Maybe because she tries to stay thin?
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
#justfoundoutimthegarbagedisposer
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 7, 2012 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
Roids.
It’s obvious. Anyone who’s face gets a bit fuller over the years is definitely on the Roids.
GIANTS BASEBALL: HOPE LIKE HELL!
Abandon Thread
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
I will go down with this thread...
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
"There is not seeing the ball well, and then there is that." - David B. Flemming describing an Aaron Rowand AB.
by 1ManWolfPack on Feb 7, 2012 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
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