Game 3 Chat: San Francisco Giants
by Andrew on Apr 2, 2008 7:14 PM PDT
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And the always sympathetic Dodger crowd starts the boos.
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I Found That Amusing.
But if you let two straight Giants on from this team, you kind of deserve it.
by Tango and Cash on Apr 2, 2008 7:20 PM PDT up reply actions
It's Amazing What Rain Can Do
Not only does it take away Bills versus Lincecum, but it turned my night from exercise to drinkin.
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You Southern Cal People
Are scared of rain more than Southerners are scared of snow.
by Tango and Cash on Apr 2, 2008 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions
That's Amazing
How do you only get 89 RBI with Barry in front of you?
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I still can't believe that the Giants bat their 60 million dollar investment behind Bengie.
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I Still Can't Believed The Signed Him.
by Tango and Cash on Apr 2, 2008 7:26 PM PDT up reply actions
It's one of the least offensive things Sabean has done recently
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I Disagree.
I mean he has defensive value, but you don't know what you're getting with his offense. Is it 4th OFer Aaron Rowand, or borderline All-Star Aaron Rowand? That's not a gamble I'd take, especially when it was obvious this team didn't need to sign any player like Aaron Rowand. If you're not going to re-sign Bonds, you need to rebuild. Billy Beane recognized that fact, and look how many prospects he got.
by Tango and Cash on Apr 2, 2008 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I completely agree, but think about what kind of moves you're comparing that against. Sabean didn't manage to lose any young talent in the deal. Except for that draft pick.
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And the 60 Million
That would've been better spent getting talent from Latin America and on draft bonuses. I know we just think money is only money, but that money could've gone into signing bonuses and 16 year old Latin American kids with fake birth certificates.
However, I forgot. Sabean hates draft picks. Even though his two best players are from their drafting.
by Tango and Cash on Apr 2, 2008 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions
He Settled Down After Honeycutt Came Out.
I wonder what he said.
by Tango and Cash on Apr 2, 2008 7:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Probably,
This team is horrible. Just throw fastballs down the middle. They can't hit them.
by Tango and Cash on Apr 2, 2008 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I suppose the magician is a better nickname than the obvious when your name is Merkin.
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You're Going to Make the Guys
At McCovey Chronicles angry. They're going to come over here and fight us.
by Tango and Cash on Apr 2, 2008 7:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I think they're more resigned to their teams fate than anything.
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Then again, it would boost traffic, so bring it on.
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Their Gameday Thread
Already has 229 posts.
by Tango and Cash on Apr 2, 2008 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions
But it's a perfect time to bust out the Kingston.
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It's a very strong girl drink (6 parts dark rum, 3 parts gin, 2 parts lime, 1 part grenadine), but I screwed up, poured Vodka and had to audible to the Yalia.
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That Sounds Pretty Good
Girl drink or not. What's a Yalia?
Also, if you want a sweet girl drink, take a Mike's Hard Berry (Lemonade?), and stick a lemon in it. This was discovered by accident when my brother jammed his lemon slice from his mixed drink in my sister's Mike's when she wasn't looking. It tastes like candy. Even more than Mike's usually does.
by Tango and Cash on Apr 2, 2008 7:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Zito Was Only Able To Get One Dodger To Swing And Miss Last Night.
by Tango and Cash on Apr 2, 2008 7:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow, they had this guy in the minors for six years.
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He's going to get picked up in a bunch of fantasy leagues tomorrow. I hope the people in my league drop somebody good.
by Tango and Cash on Apr 2, 2008 7:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Doesn't look like it. He made his debut in 2004 and just doubled his professional innings tonight.
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Just Think
Barry Bonds made Baker look better than he really is, and he probably made Sabean look better, too, considering he didn't have to sign anybody actually good while they had Bonds.
by Tango and Cash on Apr 2, 2008 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions
He got Kent for the last gasps of Matt Williams, that worked out pretty well.
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Actually almost everything he did before 2002 was gold.
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Gotta say the Pee Wee name doesn't work for me.
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Not of a Fan of It.
Who gave it to him?
by Tango and Cash on Apr 2, 2008 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions
First Extra Base Hit for the Giants
This season. Better throw it back into their dugout. It's going to be their only one this season.
Phrases You Never Want To Hear
Let's see if Rajai Davis, Bocock, and Taschner can cash 'em in.
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that lineup vs. Troncoso reaffirms my AAA thought.
by Hallux Valgus on Apr 2, 2008 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions
You've Got A Little Fight In You, I Like That.
Movie quote!
by Tango and Cash on Apr 2, 2008 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions
You made a reference I didn't get, I like that.
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It's From The New Batman Movie
The Joker says it to Rachel Dawes in the trailer.
I'd just like to point out that Katie Holmes turned down the Dark Knight (she said because she just had a baby), and instead filmed the movie Mad Money, which came and went very quickly, I'm sure. How can you turn down a role in the Batman movie?!
by Tango and Cash on Apr 2, 2008 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions
My Faith Is Being Shaken
I might trade Kershaw for Lincecum.
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You filthy heathen
Lincecum is good, but Kershaw can walk on water. And beat up Chuck Norris.
by Bleed Dodger Blue on Apr 2, 2008 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I Had To Trade My Brother
Brandon Webb for Kershaw and Loney in our keeper league because he drafted Kershaw when I didn't even know Kershaw was available to be drafted.
by Tango and Cash on Apr 2, 2008 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Billy?
Just got home, and OH boy am I mad Bills didn't pitch.
What's the reasoning for that? Too lazy to scroll through 90 posts.
Nice to see our only hit of the game so far, from the third-most expensive roster in the league, has come from our fourth-string 3B. This team gives me ulcers.
by Bleed Dodger Blue on Apr 2, 2008 8:29 PM PDT reply actions
You're Going To Have Some Health Problems
If you're getting sick after the 3rd game of the season.
by Tango and Cash on Apr 2, 2008 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Ahhhh...
Makes sense, I guess.
So ... does anyone still have faith in Kuo? I love that Taiwanese bastard, but his habitual 1/1 strikeout to walk ratio is rattling.
by Bleed Dodger Blue on Apr 2, 2008 8:32 PM PDT reply actions
Bocock sucks c...
...nah, that's just juvenile.
by Bleed Dodger Blue on Apr 2, 2008 8:35 PM PDT reply actions
Home a-Loney!
It's corny, but so am I.
by Bleed Dodger Blue on Apr 2, 2008 8:38 PM PDT reply actions
How So?
The Pierre start? Tonight's game?
by Tango and Cash on Apr 2, 2008 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions
both apply
the Pierre start and bringing Bills in for relief are both kinda weird.
Still though ... I live in the Bay, so any time I get to see Bills pitch (or the Dodgers in general) is a good day.
by Bleed Dodger Blue on Apr 2, 2008 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I Hate Rain.
Juan Pierre's probably saying to himself:
"Quite Frankly, I totally could've caught that!"
I didn't realize we had Stephen A. Smith on the bench.
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I Like To Think That
Juan Pierre Talks Like Him.
by Tango and Cash on Apr 2, 2008 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions
WooHoo!
The system fails again!
Chalk one up to Mother Nature for helping Bills out of a tough inning.
by Bleed Dodger Blue on Apr 2, 2008 8:52 PM PDT reply actions
Well, if the rain keeps up,
You missed the game.
by Bleed Dodger Blue on Apr 2, 2008 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Two Rules
Don't go to the Rock Band store drunk.
Bang A Gong is the worst 2 dollars I've ever spent.
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Seriously buying Paramour and Blink 182 songs worked better.
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I got tired of hearing "I don't know the words to that". So I buy every single pop song that comes up.
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What Did You Buy Them With?
Your self-respect? Woo!
by Tango and Cash on Apr 2, 2008 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow. I better go to Ralphs and get a big steak now.
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Game's Back in 5!
Time for me to grab a Jones' Soda! I'm going to be until 3!
by Tango and Cash on Apr 2, 2008 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions
HEY!
I'll admit I love both Blink-182 and Paramore.
Blink because I'm from SD and I've listened to them since middle school (and subsequently +44 and Angels & Airwaves).
Paramore because Hayley Williams is a babe (hurray for pedophilia!). And she can sing. Double threat.
by Bleed Dodger Blue on Apr 2, 2008 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait, how old is Hayley? This is really important.
I'm proud to say I've mocked my friends for liking Blink since 8th grade.
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I'm Looking This Band Up on Wikipedia
She should be around 19-20. And why do you know her first name?
by Tango and Cash on Apr 2, 2008 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Because I heard that Hayley from Paramour is hot, and I like girls in bands.
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There's a Difference Between Girls in Bands
And girls in good bands. Heart is a good band. Barracuda is a sweet song. Jefferson Airplane? Good band. (Jefferson Starship. Terrible band). I mean just think about if you dated some dumb girl in some dumb pop band like Avril Lavigne. And then she will write some ridiculous love song about you and the lyrics will be awful because she has most likely never read a book in her life, and then all your friends will make fun of you.
by Tango and Cash on Apr 2, 2008 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd cut Avril Lavigne a little more slack, although she'll be more tolerable when she escapes the teenybopper machine.
Double-A ++ point on Jefferson Airplane vs. Starship, though. One's a national treasure, the other a national crime.
by YeagerMeister on Apr 2, 2008 10:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Lavigne's the Worst
She tries to dress like a punk, and then rips on other pop singers because they're pop singers. She's probably never even heard of the Dead Kennedys.
by Tango and Cash on Apr 2, 2008 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions
None Of Those Are Good Reasons
For liking Blink-182.
And I just looked up Paramore on Youtube. I've heard that "Misery Business" song before. It's awful.
by Tango and Cash on Apr 2, 2008 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't have an excuse for liking Blink,
I just never outgrew them. I have a habit to listening to a lot of 90's alternative.
Hayley is 17. Misery Business is an alright but outplayed song ... check out their debut album, if you like, but it ain't exactly masculine music.
If I can scrounge up the dough, I'm seeing them next week in concert (with another favorite of mine, the just-as-easily-masculine Jimmy Eat World). Seen Paramore once before at a show, and I can honestly say they're one of the better bands I've seen live. Other bands at the show included Modest Mouse, Jimmy Eat World, Angels and Airwaves and Spoon, and Paramore was easily the best act.
by Bleed Dodger Blue on Apr 2, 2008 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Wikipedia Said She Was 13 in 2002,
And it is never wrong.
by Tango and Cash on Apr 2, 2008 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Back in Action
Watching the game from SF ... TV guys are saying both managers were given a weather report saying rain wouldn't come for another hour or two.... and that's why they brought in the starters, figuring they had a 3 to 6 inning window open to them.
So, their moves make more sense to me now.
Looks like Lincecum is going to pitch for SF, and they say Loaiza is warming up for LA.
Snap
I'd turned off the tube ... I figured it was going to be called.
Hurray for more baseball!
by Bleed Dodger Blue on Apr 2, 2008 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions
yay
for Loaiza bringin' the heat at 86 mph.
by Bleed Dodger Blue on Apr 2, 2008 10:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm liking Blake
We don't really have to bring Nomar back, do we?
Question That Has Been Floating In My Head
What bands that are big today will be around in 20 years? I've come up with Cold Play thanks to their mainstream acceptance, Queens Of The Stone Age because Josh Homme is the last rock star and they have indie cred and mainstream popularity despite going to band members like Spinal Tap and Muse since they're just rather good musicians and sometimes that works out. Any other suggestions?
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I'd Go With
Radiohead, Pearl Jam, and Mastodon is my sleeper. They could become the next metal band that just lasts forever. I pick the first two because they all get along great and have changed their music as they've gotten over from rock to alternative. You can't be playing rock when you're in your 50's. Unless you're the Rolling Stones or AC/DC. But they need to retire. Like Grace Slick said, you just look dumb if you're playing rock music at 50.
by Tango and Cash on Apr 2, 2008 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I think Radiohead and Pearl Jam are too old to be considered. If the best band you can come up with for staying power started 15 years ago, you have problems.
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Well,
Coldplay isn't going to be around in 20 years if Radiohead retires because all they do is copy Radiohead. The most important thing for longevity is that the bandmates get along. Of course, some level of success is important, but if the band mates get along, then you're good. I mean I guess the White Stripes and the Killers would be my top two picks, but Brandon Flowers has a huge ego, and that's never good for a band's shelf life.
by Tango and Cash on Apr 2, 2008 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
On
a check swing, does the bat generally have to go beyond the front knee to be called a strike or do umps sometimes call it for less?
I Always Thought
As long as the bat went halfway around it was a check swing.
by Tango and Cash on Apr 2, 2008 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, halfway or broken wrists was my understanding.
by Bleed Dodger Blue on Apr 2, 2008 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm pretty sure wrists breaking is the rule.
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Well, there's no rule, it's more like a convention. To my eye, it seems to have more to do with wrists breaking than where the bat actually is.
by YeagerMeister on Apr 2, 2008 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
How the hell
are Lincecum and Velez on base? These guys don't exactly strike fear in the heart.
If Rich Aurilla can get his uniform retired in Little League, I totally deserve it for hitting .625 with a 100% stolen base rate.
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Sign You're Drunk #622
When you tell yourself "you know what sounds bomb? Mini tacos!"
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The very fact that you used the slang term "bomb," signifies you're drunk. Mini tacos are good anytime. I could go for some myself. Right now.
by Tango and Cash on Apr 2, 2008 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Did Tinker Evers and Chance all suck at hitting?
by YeagerMeister on Apr 2, 2008 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
In real life I say the word bomb about 15 times a day, so that ain't no thang.
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naw,
"bomb" is a foul. "thang" is 15 yards, loss of down.
by YeagerMeister on Apr 2, 2008 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, thang is a sign that I'm about 15 minutes away from passing out.
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Having a job causes several problem. I need to wake up in seven hours.
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What Are You Doing That
You have to get up at 6 in the morning. That's too early.
by Tango and Cash on Apr 2, 2008 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, now I have to hate Charlie Steiner. You'd think he wait for a legit extra base hit before he said that.
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I'm Just Kidding
I just wanted to mess with you.
by Tango and Cash on Apr 2, 2008 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
That's be my 2009 answer, but this year.... let's see DeWitt play against more advanced opponents first, like the Diamondbacks... or some AAA team...
by YeagerMeister on Apr 2, 2008 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm gonna let everyone here try to carry on the game chat without me, i just hit the breaking point.
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Steiner
Just called Proctor, Dr. Proctor. Not sure, besides that it rhymes. I hope that is not his nickname.
What part of "hold down the fort" did they miss?
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actually, i fell asleep on my couch.
Didn't get any sleep last night.
Not good, since I still have two articles to hammer out before I pass out.
by Bleed Dodger Blue on Apr 2, 2008 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions
well, i'm still here
and dammit, Ethier, it's TYLER WALKER. You're not supposed to strike out!
by YeagerMeister on Apr 2, 2008 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Since I didn't hear that yesterday, I'll chalk it up as funny ... but it won't be next time, Steiner!
by YeagerMeister on Apr 2, 2008 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm Surprised He Mentioned Goldfinger
I like that movie, but it doesn't seem a good reference to make, unless the radio audience skews older.
by Tango and Cash on Apr 2, 2008 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I Realized Something About Rick Monday
He doesn't say anything terribly interesting as a color guy. For all of Joe Morgan's faults when he's a color guy, he at least explains strategies and other aspects of baseball that they might not catch, which I like a lot.
agreed
Along those lines, the Bay Area TV guys are fantastic -- Mike Krukow and Duane Kuiper. They talk up all kinds of insights and strategy/performance nuances.
by YeagerMeister on Apr 2, 2008 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I've Got Miller and Some Guy
Is there another Bay Area channel? Is it KLOK?
by Tango and Cash on Apr 2, 2008 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Perfect Scenario For Him
Trying to get one run.
by Tango and Cash on Apr 2, 2008 11:33 PM PDT up reply actions
wow
dewitt apparently has supernatural getting-on-base powers.
Oh no, wait - he's just got Aurilia at 1B fielding the ball. never mind.
Pierre is so easy to hate
Night, all.
by Bleed Dodger Blue on Apr 2, 2008 11:37 PM PDT reply actions
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