Gameday Open Thread, 6/3

by Grant Brisbee on Jun 3, 2005 1:23 PM PDT in News

I received an e-mail pointing me towards Rehab the Crab. It's a site dedicated to bringing back the Crazy Crab. This doesn't sit well with Lou Seal fans, who have...oh, right, no one likes the pelvis-thrusting mascot of the damned. He is a fanless seal. The Crazy Crab, who was played by the same guy as Lou Seal if I recall correctly, would be more than welcome to come back. I grew up with the googly-eyed fella.

On the site there are shirts. I just received my Barry fish shirt today, which is both nerdy and offensive. Awesome. The quality of the images on the shirts isn't so hot, but Nordstrom's just discontinued their line of Crazy Crab wear, so this is it. And well worth it, I might add.

I'd wager the proprietor is a regular here, and might be among us now. He also has the proper amount of fear and respect for Mike Krukow. If you are an active member of McCovey Chronicles, why haven't you plugged this thing before? I'm callin' you out....

Also, I've always thought the Lou Seal name was incredibly stupid. It was the winner of a contest, which saddens me. Deeply saddens me. The mascot was going to be a seal, and the contest was to name the seal. The winner was a name with only one gimmick. When you said the full name of the male mascot, it sounded like a female proper name. Wheee! Unless this was a shout out to the transgendered population of our liberal-festooned area, it was, is, and always will be, one of the dumbest things I have ever heard.

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Lou Seal

My wife loves Lou Seal, and Marquis Grissom. She has a very kind heart.

by Skaldheim on Jun 3, 2005 1:42 PM PDT reply actions

didn't Lou Seal

sing Mambo Number 5?

by brothersky on Jun 4, 2005 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions

on another note...

http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050603&content_id=1073945&a mp;vkey=news_sf&fext=.jsp&c_id=sf

it's kind like when you have a bad case of food poisoning. when you're stumbling back to your bed from a trip to the toilet, you know you're still sick, but at least you know you just got some it out of your system.

by plnublimp on Jun 3, 2005 1:53 PM PDT reply actions

Pointing Skyward

I hope the next time I see Herges, he is pointing skyward as the ball leaves the bat of a Giants player, as if to help a fielder locate the ball, only to see the ball keep going, and going, and finally leaving the yard. Man, I hated when he did that on a ball driven to the wall or further!

by out machine on Jun 3, 2005 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions

Is this the firesale?

So I know Herges wasn't going to fetch much, but the Giants did manage to acquire Doug DeVore in the trade.

2004 Diamondbacks
107 AB .224 AVG 3 HR 13 RBI

2004 AAA-Tucson
234 AB .269 AVG 14 HR 43 RBI

203 AAA-Tucson
462 AB .292 AVG 14 HR 75 RBI

With those numbers, watch your back Michael Tucker...

"When it comes down to it, we're just cheering for laundry." - Jerry Seinfeld

by humm baby on Jun 3, 2005 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions

Lou Freakin' Seal

Worst. Mascot name. Ever. Youppi! was too weird to be all that bad. The San Diego Chicken is straightforward enough. Lou Seal is a crappy pun for a crappy mascot. My dad and I have had lots of fun at the damn seal's expense. We call him The Giant Tail-less Rat. Which he is.
And for the record, my suggestion for the mascot's name was Farallon. Which is not quite as good as my dad's entry: Zippy the Pinniped.

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by David A. Arnott on Jun 3, 2005 3:08 PM PDT reply actions

Lou Seal

It looks like a squirrel from View Box 307. Bring back the Crab or Bullwinkle.

by seyheystretch on Jun 3, 2005 3:15 PM PDT reply actions

Bring Back Crazy Crab

An entire pre-adolescent generation of Bay Area youth have been permanently scarred by the Inapproriately Pelvic Thrusting One. The single highlight of the recent series in Philadelphia, if you can call it that, was our brief exposure to the brilliant and versatile Phanatic, whose on-field stylings and jocular use of Silly String on our young radio play-by-play man only reminded us of what we are missing here on the West Coast.

by Kitspool on Jun 3, 2005 3:26 PM PDT reply actions

It's Raining

That's the best news we've gotten in a week.

by Skaldheim on Jun 3, 2005 4:15 PM PDT reply actions

POSTPONED

We're playing two on Sunday.

by Skaldheim on Jun 3, 2005 4:42 PM PDT reply actions

Oh, good!

So our bullpen will be....umm...rested. Or something. Never mind.

by Kitspool on Jun 3, 2005 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions

Crazy Crab

Just wanted to point out that the "Crazy Crab" Site also branches out into bonus features, such as, "Kruktionary", although I must admit that the baseball card at the bottom of the page made my stomach turn. Mike Scott can suck it

by CBliss33 on Jun 3, 2005 4:43 PM PDT reply actions