Time To Move On, Nothing To See Here
by Eric Stephen on Nov 1, 2010 7:30 PM PDT
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PrintWe now live in a world in which the San Francisco Giants are World Series champions. That hurts just to type.
Well, now it's time for the Dodgers to get better, and break their championship tie of six. There's only one thing for the 2011 Dodgers left to do...
Next game: April 1, 2011 at Dodger Stadium. Tim Lincecum, tonight's winning pitcher, faces off against Clayton Kershaw, who was in attendance in Arlington tonight.
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What a steaming pile of dog shit this season has been.
Fuck the Giants, fuck the Rangers, fuck this whole damn World Series.
How do we parse this new handle of yours?
Is it Dr. Ule N. Arendes?
Drulen Arendes?
D Rule ’n are (i)n de s?
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I thought it was Drule Narendes, known as “Drool”.
by berkowit28 on Nov 1, 2010 7:43 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
It's the second one.
But I like the other options too. :)
Fuck the Giants, fuck the Rangers, fuck this whole damn World Series.
by drulenarendes on Nov 1, 2010 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Is this some sort of WoW thing?
(I know nothing about WoW.) Other than that, google search gives me a bunch of German sites.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Kind of
It’s a combination of names I’ve used for various games over the years. It just stuck with me.
Fuck the Giants, fuck the Rangers, fuck this whole damn World Series.
by drulenarendes on Nov 1, 2010 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe I should have stuck with the old name after all.
It appears I’m confusing people even more. ;)
Fuck the Giants, fuck the Rangers, fuck this whole damn World Series.
by drulenarendes on Nov 1, 2010 7:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I just can’t get that upset, man. There’s got to be worse things than having to hear it from Giants fans.
Five zombies. Four bullets. Two zombies.
Baseball related - like kershaw having arm trouble this spring
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Just saying that is a real nightmare if you want something
to keep you up at night
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
I guess a real nightmare
is something like a Nick Adenhart situation. That would have me screaming.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Not one home field celebration
I guess some of you will take solace in that.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
I don't.
Fuck the Giants, fuck the Rangers, fuck this whole damn World Series.
by drulenarendes on Nov 1, 2010 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions
So Cody does not think Lincecum is a superstar
tough job.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
He
could have walked in to the manager’s office and demanded to be the DH.
by Michael White on Nov 1, 2010 7:40 PM PDT up reply actions
My friend just texted me “How bout them Giants!!!”
I replied “I hope you get syphillis.”
by keithc13 on Nov 1, 2010 7:34 PM PDT reply actions 7 recs
I endorse this comment
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
you left off
… the hard way.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Nov 1, 2010 7:49 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Tell them to go find a real team.
Fuck the Giants, fuck the Rangers, fuck this whole damn World Series.
by drulenarendes on Nov 1, 2010 7:35 PM PDT up reply actions
It bleeping sucks!
Must be worse for you, I live way by the beach and I still hear mayhem.
This is gonna suck.
Can I use a star trek beaming device to beam myself down to my mom’s guest room?
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
i feel for you. at least i’m out in the sunset. hopefully my crowd will mellow out quickly
by I'm Kind of a Big Teal on Nov 1, 2010 7:41 PM PDT up reply actions
fireworks now. maybe someone loses a finger?
by I'm Kind of a Big Teal on Nov 1, 2010 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions
people in my building are screaming and banging on shit
by I'm Kind of a Big Teal on Nov 1, 2010 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions
they’d probably just think that was part of the celebration
by I'm Kind of a Big Teal on Nov 1, 2010 7:39 PM PDT up reply actions
they're that happy
with the Niners win in London? Get over it!
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
Look on the brightside, this means the Dodgers can go out and sign a bunch of shitty players and win the World Series too.
You mean we too can have our own uribe and renteria :)
Let justice be done, though the world perish.
I am still almost laughing
I mean FRICKING RENTERIA?? Even Giants fans couldn’t have seen that coming.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
I thought we already signed a bunch of shitty players.
No wait. We have to actually sign players first before they have a chance to be shitty.
Fuck the Giants, fuck the Rangers, fuck this whole damn World Series.
by drulenarendes on Nov 1, 2010 7:40 PM PDT up reply actions
we were 80-82
hardly shitty. definitely not a good year, but we’re not a shitty team.
Five zombies. Four bullets. Two zombies.
Well, maybe Jamey Carroll will be our Renteria next year
He almost has to be. Who have the Dodgers gotten or will get? Except for maybe Reed Johnson.
Fuck the Giants, fuck the Rangers, fuck this whole damn World Series.
by drulenarendes on Nov 1, 2010 7:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Michael
Bledsoe starting tonight, Willie Warren suiting up, I figure they win tonight since I stayed home to watch the series instead of going to the game
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Yup. Baron knee injury.
This will be bad.
by Michael White on Nov 1, 2010 7:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t know. 3 games in? I say its legit.
by Michael White on Nov 1, 2010 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I like the body of Bledsoe
he’s fast but looks solid as a rock
Kaman still can’t shoot, 7 – 7
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Probably
but they are going to be fast. They just need Dee Gordon
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
What's worse is I'm now watching Spiderman 3 for some insane reason
It’s the emo dancing scene…oh man.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
I'm not looking forward to the Spiderman reboot
I mean, is it really even necessary?
Fuck the Giants, fuck the Rangers, fuck this whole damn World Series.
by drulenarendes on Nov 1, 2010 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions
this
I don’t understand why they would reboot it so soon.
Leading the league in OMGs || President of the Billz Appreciation Club
They killed off the best or second best comic book villain ever like a bitch
It needs to be rebooted.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Because Sony could use a 300 Million dollar movie
sooner rather then later
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
It was either reboot or make a 4th Spiderman
One was coming either way.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Cost containment
Cheaper to start off with a new cast than pay the old one?
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
For sure they all got to big for their britches
price you pay for a successful franchise. They are all required to make three movies then they sign on.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
yes!
I’m so looking forward to it. It means that Venom can get some justice and can really be in a good movie, not just a random 20 minute minor villian who the directer hated anyway.
Up yours Sam Raimi.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Just saw zombieland last nigh
loved Bill Murray, knew he was going to die that way but it was cool to watch anyway. So that was Emma Stone?
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Speaking of Emma Stone
She’s going to be Mary Jane in the Spiderman reboot. I’m for it.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Better than Kirsten Dunst
I couldn’t stand her.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Oh, it could have been that too
I am also all for that.
I’m actually hoping they go back to the comic route and have Peter in love with Gwen first, I wasn’t a big fan of the movie version with MJ.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, Yogi Berra, and Edgar Renteria…..
The only guys to drive in the winning runs in 2 different WS.
It's that Lou Gehrig, he's just got nothing on Edgar.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Davey Lopes news
Dodgers still need a first base coach. Hope the Dodgers sign Lopez.
OR
12. Textbook Editor Posted: November 01, 2010 at 10:10 PM (#3681944)
Can the Red Sox sign this guy?In an interview on local sports-talk radio, Lopes basically said the amount of the offer was less than the ML minimum ($400,000). He declined to state what he wanted, or what the Phillies’ offer was, but said both amounts were under (and he might have said “well under”) the ML minimum.
Basically, he stated that on the coaching totem pole, 1st base coach is below the hitting coach, pitching coach, bench coach, and 3rd base coach, and while he understands that there’s a hierarchy, he feels what he brings to the table should make him earn above his “station” a bit. Apparently the Phillies disagreed.
Although he said there was more to it than just salary, and praised the Phillies as an organization… But man, this does seem penny-wise and pound-foolish. So for the price of a Joe Blanton start or two in 2011 you lose possibly the best 1st base coach in the game… Way to start the off-season, Phillies. McCaffery has some more bright ideas if you were looking for any…
[edited for understanding (since I didn’t get the prose right the first time)]
Surprised that they paid that low.
http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/files/newsstand/discussion/davey_lopes_will_not_return_to_phils_in_11/
Well, I enjoyed this little run of typing "Fuck the Giants" at random times
But truth be told, other than hearing it from the occasional Giant fan (and there was one in the booth next to us when we saw the one Ranger win), I really don’t care all that much. The Giants have been inconsequential to Dodger fortunes often enough that I can’t really muster up all that much hate for them, though they would be on/near the top of my least favorite teams list.
What I really fear from this is that Ned Colletti, Brian Sabean’s protege, will try to emulate his mentor and put together his next couple teams with a bunch of homegrown starters (good), and a bunch of craptastic veterans that are hard to root for, e.g., Juan Uribe. Yeech.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Is Uribe a FA?
I think we found our new 3B for next year….lol. Oh no, I just made myself sad.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
I’d take Uribe at 2nd base easily.
3rd base – he couldnt be worse than Blake…but not much more of an improvement either.
Could you actually root for Uribe?
My dislike of him is near that of Matt Holliday, pre-Cardinals days.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Kent did dislike Bonds so that was a plus in his favor
Let justice be done, though the world perish.
Jeff Kent>>>>Juan Uribe
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
I could root for Barry Bonds to be our lefty bat off the bench.
Five zombies. Four bullets. Two zombies.
or our special assistant to the GM in charge of marriage counseling
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
I could easily root for Uribe
or any current Giant who would become a Dodger other then asswipe
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Eric does not read my stuff, I hang my head
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
my thoughts
this sucks, royally. But recent events in my life have caused me to be a little more zen about it.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
It should have been Burrell
Because he’s the poster boy of the true Giants, not this group of imposters the cured baseball gods blessed with all their power.
Fuck the Giants, fuck the Rangers, fuck this whole damn World Series.
by drulenarendes on Nov 1, 2010 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Lincecum's first start
was pretty lumpy though.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I think the true MVP was the Texas offense.
by robotmadeofnails on Nov 2, 2010 7:58 AM PDT up reply actions
I live with a Giants fan in San Francisco. I will never be able to forget this much as I’ll try.
by I'm Kind of a Big Teal on Nov 1, 2010 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Lincecum and Wilson: Stoner Twins
by I'm Kind of a Big Teal on Nov 1, 2010 7:54 PM PDT reply actions
HOLY SHIT
That was a great dunk by Eric Gordon.
Although Manu followed with a quick layup.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 1, 2010 7:56 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
That dunk was so good that I don’t even care about the layup.
He came right back down and got a 3.
by Michael White on Nov 1, 2010 7:57 PM PDT up reply actions
If they add the rook Farouq and Jordan
it would be fastest team I’d seen them play
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Cool, I'll email you the ticket
should be a fun game
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Let;s go Clips!!!!
Taylor Morgan: "My abortion was botched!"
Teemu Selanne: "Wow. That sounds awesome."
by DodgerBlueBalls on Nov 1, 2010 8:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I am seriously tempted to head to the store and pick up a bottle of hard stuff
I really feel like getting drunk now.
Fuck the Giants, fuck the Rangers, fuck this whole damn World Series.
I have 79 new tweets
Do I really want to read them?
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
No
Fuck the Giants, fuck the Rangers, fuck this whole damn World Series.
by drulenarendes on Nov 1, 2010 8:01 PM PDT up reply actions
and if it were mentions, duh, I have enough ego to read those!
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I was going to tip my cap to you for getting that many mentions.
Only Eric could command that kind of traffic.
by Michael White on Nov 1, 2010 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I tweeted…
Tim Lincecum’s next loss: April 1, 2011 at Dodger Stadium
right after the last pitch, and got 19 mentions/retweets out of it.
just like
Timmy!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 1, 2010 8:11 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
My most retweeted tweet ever
When there was a rumor that LA was going to sign a certain ex-Yankee righthander:
If the Wang excitement had last four hours or more, would we have had to consult with our physicians?A dick joke, naturally.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
No shit
I don’t even have that many followers!
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I just wanted to drop by to offer my sincere condolences from Colorado.
It’s unfortunate that evil has won the day in the form of the luckiest bastards to ever luck into luck, but there’s no way Satan wrote this deal for more than one year.
I suppose we’ll all have to just ensure they get brought down to where they belong…because while I may rag on all the division rivals in the heat of gametime, the Giants are the only team I truly hate on and off the field. I respect the Dodgers…I can’t say that about the San Francisco Spoiled Children.
Until next year, Fuck the Giants…and I look forward to some good series between the Dodgers and Rockies.
Paleface Destro, Wildly Hacking Destroyer of Rallies: Resident Smartass of the Ubaldo Lovers Club
HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
Caution: Teams in the Yankees' clubhouse are more overrated than they appear.
by Paleface Destro on Nov 1, 2010 8:02 PM PDT reply actions 4 recs
I actually feel the same about the Rockies as I do the Giants.
I wish you all misery.
You can take it as a complement I guess, as I view COL as a true rival after battling these past few years.
by Michael White on Nov 1, 2010 8:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I was OK with Colorado
until Jim Tracy got there. Now they are near the top of my least favorites too.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Jim Tracy loses respect by the day out here.
New contract = true colors.
Paleface Destro, Wildly Hacking Destroyer of Rallies: Resident Smartass of the Ubaldo Lovers Club
HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
Caution: Teams in the Yankees' clubhouse are more overrated than they appear.
by Paleface Destro on Nov 1, 2010 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I actually have a soft spot for the Rockies
I had a close friend who passed away from a heart attack a few years ago. He was a diehard Rockies fan and died three months before Colorado won the pennant. He never got to see his beloved team in the World Series.
I rooted hard for the Rockies that postseason, and I will always have a place for them in my heart, in memory of my friend.
I still root for the Dodgers first and foremost of course.
Fuck the Giants, fuck the Rangers, fuck this whole damn World Series.
by drulenarendes on Nov 1, 2010 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Understood...
I actually quite enjoy the rivalry we’ve built up. Even better that it’s all on the field and the only thing I have to complain about is that you tend to beat our asses fairly regularly, rather than off-field drama bullshit.
See you next year.
Paleface Destro, Wildly Hacking Destroyer of Rallies: Resident Smartass of the Ubaldo Lovers Club
HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
Caution: Teams in the Yankees' clubhouse are more overrated than they appear.
by Paleface Destro on Nov 1, 2010 8:06 PM PDT up reply actions
And not to turn this into a love fest, I do like the PR guys. Most of the guys who come over here are pretty fun/easy going.
by Michael White on Nov 1, 2010 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions
We try to be
Besides…last thing I’m gonna do is come and shit on you in your house. That’s…a little tacky.
Paleface Destro, Wildly Hacking Destroyer of Rallies: Resident Smartass of the Ubaldo Lovers Club
HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
Caution: Teams in the Yankees' clubhouse are more overrated than they appear.
by Paleface Destro on Nov 1, 2010 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Phillies fans were the worst. It was bannings 24/7 after they knocked the Dodgers out last year.
I wanted to murder those clowns.
by Michael White on Nov 1, 2010 8:11 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Phillies fans usually are the worst, sadly
Paleface Destro, Wildly Hacking Destroyer of Rallies: Resident Smartass of the Ubaldo Lovers Club
HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
Caution: Teams in the Yankees' clubhouse are more overrated than they appear.
by Paleface Destro on Nov 1, 2010 8:15 PM PDT up reply actions
we here at TBLA
are classless. But not tacky. Not sure what that translates to, to be honest…
Leading the league in OMGs || President of the Billz Appreciation Club
by Maddz on Nov 1, 2010 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
You’d have sex in a dumpster but you’d wear a tuxedo while you do it?
by regfairfield on Nov 1, 2010 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
But, see, "classless" often equals "fun"
Paleface Destro, Wildly Hacking Destroyer of Rallies: Resident Smartass of the Ubaldo Lovers Club
HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
Caution: Teams in the Yankees' clubhouse are more overrated than they appear.
by Paleface Destro on Nov 1, 2010 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions
that would explain
why I ended up at home after a Halloween party in someone else’s tie and shirt
Leading the league in OMGs || President of the Billz Appreciation Club
Not Maddz's fault
Someone showed up in a shark costume. Maddz had to jump him.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 1, 2010 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
awesoke
rec.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 1, 2010 8:33 PM PDT up reply actions
The Fonz has ties?
Other than for tying his girlfriends to the bedpost, I mean?
Paleface Destro, Wildly Hacking Destroyer of Rallies: Resident Smartass of the Ubaldo Lovers Club
HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
Caution: Teams in the Yankees' clubhouse are more overrated than they appear.
by Paleface Destro on Nov 1, 2010 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually, at that party, I dressed up as a nerd.
But yeah, I was the Fonz at a party the night before that.
Leading the league in OMGs || President of the Billz Appreciation Club
In this case, it wasn’t so terrible to have the costume come apart…
Leading the league in OMGs || President of the Billz Appreciation Club
Did beautiful women come when you snapped your fingers?
Paleface Destro, Wildly Hacking Destroyer of Rallies: Resident Smartass of the Ubaldo Lovers Club
HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
Caution: Teams in the Yankees' clubhouse are more overrated than they appear.
by Paleface Destro on Nov 1, 2010 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Touche'
Paleface Destro, Wildly Hacking Destroyer of Rallies: Resident Smartass of the Ubaldo Lovers Club
HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
Caution: Teams in the Yankees' clubhouse are more overrated than they appear.
by Paleface Destro on Nov 1, 2010 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions
A male nerd?
My wife did that once, in like 1990, slicked her hair back, lime green leisure suit, highwaters. I went as a mustachioed, cigar-smoking nun. The party was at a mortuary; it was pretty great.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
AWESOKE
I want to see pictures of you as a cigar smoking nun.
Leading the league in OMGs || President of the Billz Appreciation Club
I was not nearly the best cross-dressed costume
There were a few pretty glamorous women at that party.
And you’ll have to wait for pics – they would have to be found. Then scanned. And I don’t own a scanner.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Oh yes, we may lack class
But we will never been seen in a craig sager suit.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
See, that's not lacking class.
That’s just lacking pride.
Paleface Destro, Wildly Hacking Destroyer of Rallies: Resident Smartass of the Ubaldo Lovers Club
HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
Caution: Teams in the Yankees' clubhouse are more overrated than they appear.
by Paleface Destro on Nov 1, 2010 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions
In Sager's case, probably both
Paleface Destro, Wildly Hacking Destroyer of Rallies: Resident Smartass of the Ubaldo Lovers Club
HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
Caution: Teams in the Yankees' clubhouse are more overrated than they appear.
by Paleface Destro on Nov 1, 2010 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions
so how 'bout
more Kershaw/Ubaldo match ups next season, huh?
Leading the league in OMGs || President of the Billz Appreciation Club
Sounds outstanding to me
Those are always appointment television in my house. Even though the results don’t always tend to be what I’d like, it always makes for a good game.
Paleface Destro, Wildly Hacking Destroyer of Rallies: Resident Smartass of the Ubaldo Lovers Club
HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
Caution: Teams in the Yankees' clubhouse are more overrated than they appear.
by Paleface Destro on Nov 1, 2010 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Dodger Thoughts used to have a commenter called
Hotblack Desiato. Somehow, this springs to mind.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
That really sounds like a porn name...
Paleface Destro, Wildly Hacking Destroyer of Rallies: Resident Smartass of the Ubaldo Lovers Club
HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
Caution: Teams in the Yankees' clubhouse are more overrated than they appear.
by Paleface Destro on Nov 1, 2010 8:33 PM PDT up reply actions
hopefully the rest of the West Division thinks the same as you
2011
DOGPILE ON THE GIANTS!!!!!!!!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 1, 2010 8:04 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Posted without comment
@NYPost_Kernan Tony Siegle, senior advisor of Giants told me, "We’ve shown Moneyball is a bunch of garbage’’
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
everyone did
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 1, 2010 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Didn’t the Angels already prove that in 2002? And the White Sox in 2005? And the Cardinals in 2006?
by Bob Timmermann on Nov 1, 2010 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions
2009?
Wait, the Yankees are a moneyball team? I must have missed the chapter on how to win with a $200 mil payroll.
Moneyball tactics aren’t just about being cheap. The Yankees demonstrate all of the skills that are highly valued: the take a lot of walks, don’t sac bunt, and generally don’t run around like Apaches on the warpath.
And here I thought
the Yankees were just spending multi-millions on guys that can rake…
Yankees are a moneyball team
They walk a lot because they get pitched around.
They don’t sac bunt because they are too busy dropping bombs.
They don’t steal because…see #2.
Five zombies. Four bullets. Two zombies.
Damn it. I need to be more clear with my text and read it back before I hit post.
The title was just a “In reference to this topic” title, but no one (including myself) does that, so I could see where it’d come off funny. It should read as:
The Yankees aren’t a Moneyball team because #1/2/3
Five zombies. Four bullets. Two zombies.
It was about a lot more than that, but, at least in my mind, when someone says a “Moneyball-team”, I think of teams that value getting on base and driving in runs via slugging. The book had a lot more scope than that, but I think its become synonymous with teams that use metrics to outline their strategy.
That's not the point at all
Its all about finding market inefficiencies and exploiting them. Hitting for power has almost always been expensive so that’s not really applicable.
It’s about finding what aspects are cheaper, relative to actual production, because they are dealing with a budget not as large as most teams. The thing is, it can change every few years as the market changes. Walk guys aren’t as cheap as they were, but in recent years defense was undervalued and was cheaper. But things change and you have to stay ahead of the curve to stay successful.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 1, 2010 10:34 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I was thinking less about the ways he went about building a team and more about the brand of baseball Mr Beane hoped his team would play. Obviously the Yankees weren’t built with regard for limited resources, but they do seem to thrive by exploiting those things that the A’s were trying to get on the cheap.
Well yeah
Now days the big market teams have caught on.
"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." -Robert Heinlein
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That, to me, is the worst part of this (well, not really, but it sucks). They Giants seem to pay little to no attention to advanced stats, sign guys coming off of shitty years, sign shitty players, and luck into a damn title. Sign Edgar Renteria to a shitty deal? Sure, hell win the MVP. Need a CF? Yup, lets get the career minor leaguer. Juan Uribe, Freddy Sanchez, etc. Its sickening that they can win with that lineup and with all of the horrendous moves that team has made in the last 5 years.
Yep
the key for the Dodgers was that young guys had to be above average players while they had them. The jury is still out on that. You know you cannot keep everyone and that you are going to fill in your team with FAs and trades.
Draft well
With top 10 and 15 draft picks. If the Dodgers had been ina similar situation they could have Kershaw, Porcello, Gordon Beckham, and Mike Minor.
Ok, so that’s likely not how it would have gone, but if we were in the same draft spots as the Giants all of Porcello, Beckham, and Minor would have been available to be draft and each one has already made an MLB impact, though Beckham struggled this year (still better than Theriot and Dewitt), and Porcello had a stint in the minors (would have made a fine 5th starter, better than other options we had), and Minor could have been a huge push at the end of the year.
Oh well.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
One thing they do do correctly
is value pitching, esp. of the cheaper variety.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Even then all their good pitchers came from the draft. All the pitchers they got out of free agency blow.
Sanchez and Wilson
were lower round picks. That was the strength of their system. Posey kind of fell in their laps.
I am not sure they value pitching
shoot they got lucky that Lincecum didn’t go for the record as an arbitration case. Wilson will probably cost them more than they want to pay next year.
Heh
@scratchbomb: you really got to hand it to Sabean, assembling a championship team despite all the obstacles thrown in his way by himself
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Brian Sabean: Peter Principle Exhibit A.
Paleface Destro, Wildly Hacking Destroyer of Rallies: Resident Smartass of the Ubaldo Lovers Club
HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
Caution: Teams in the Yankees' clubhouse are more overrated than they appear.
by Paleface Destro on Nov 1, 2010 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Does MLB Free agency start this weekend?
I thought BH or someone posted that in the Hell on Earth thread…
norcal dude
"Pluto’s not even a planet no more, which I’m very disturbed about. I grew up when Pluto was a planet. Now, I’m 25, I turn around and Pluto’s no longer a planet. I’m going to elbow that guy in the nose." -Ron Artest
I would be angrier
if I wasn’t distracted by football.
"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." -Robert Heinlein
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heh
I mean fuck the Giants, but I realized rooting for a team I cared about is more important to me then rooting against the Giants. Who knew?
"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." -Robert Heinlein
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I hate this time of year
I usually don’t get interested in football until a month after the World Series. Might have to start early this year.
by TopDeckTrueBlue on Nov 1, 2010 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions
one positive from 2010:
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore;_ylt=Al74ukHopEqOLoWuDZzTfPS4u7YF?gid=300914126
"Pluto’s not even a planet no more, which I’m very disturbed about. I grew up when Pluto was a planet. Now, I’m 25, I turn around and Pluto’s no longer a planet. I’m going to elbow that guy in the nose." -Ron Artest
I just took the last draw of my big beer
and now, I would like to ask Mr. Eric Stephen to give the 2010 MLB season the Eric Stephen Special.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
Hey 2010 World Series
Go fuck yourself!
/banned
by Eric Stephen on Nov 1, 2010 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions 6 recs
/standing
ovation
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 1, 2010 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions
This, this, and this.
Fuck the Giants, fuck the Rangers, fuck this whole damn World Series.
by drulenarendes on Nov 1, 2010 8:17 PM PDT up reply actions
If we pass Proposition 19 on Tuesday
Will Tim Lincecum toke away his career?
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I doubt
he will smoke any more or less after the law passes or doesn’t
"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." -Robert Heinlein
http://www.accessorizeyourvehicle.com/
You know, I have a feeling that he doesn’t smoke during the season. I don’t see how you could do it, otherwise. Certainly can’t get baked the night before a day game and do what he does, I don’t think. Then again, he did have what he described as a brain fart in the first game …
Anyway, that’s probably his motivation for performing well during the year. And right now, there’s a big freakin’ spleef waiting for him up in Washington.
by TopDeckTrueBlue on Nov 1, 2010 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions
You guys talk too much
I just spent the last fifteen minutes working through the last thread leaving hundreds of truly witty comments (take my word, don’t bother checking) before learning that there was another thread up. Assholes.
he was their batboy right??
so yes.
"Pluto’s not even a planet no more, which I’m very disturbed about. I grew up when Pluto was a planet. Now, I’m 25, I turn around and Pluto’s no longer a planet. I’m going to elbow that guy in the nose." -Ron Artest
but only because the screen scrolled and I clicked on the wrong “actions” and rec’d the wrong comment.
The wrong comment turned out to be IVironAndSteel’s, so I had to take it back. ;-)
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
That sounds about right, lol
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Only by accident
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
How about the best team in the National Hockey League right now?
Your Los Angeles Kings!!!!
Taylor Morgan: "My abortion was botched!"
Teemu Selanne: "Wow. That sounds awesome."
I heard that. I keep reading they need a “go to scorer”
Is that like saying in baseball the Dodgers need a “true ace” ?
by Michael White on Nov 1, 2010 8:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Not at all MW.
They’re playing great team hockey right now. Tune in this Thursday. The game against the TB Lightning is going to be one helluva a tilt!
Taylor Morgan: "My abortion was botched!"
Teemu Selanne: "Wow. That sounds awesome."
by DodgerBlueBalls on Nov 1, 2010 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions
And they are doing all this with Doughty out…
by Michael White on Nov 1, 2010 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Not at all MW.
They’re playing great team hockey right now. Tune in this Thursday. The game against the TB Lightning is going to be one helluva a tilt!
Taylor Morgan: "My abortion was botched!"
Teemu Selanne: "Wow. That sounds awesome."
by DodgerBlueBalls on Nov 1, 2010 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I am not sure the Anti-Moneyball comment is correct
Okay Renteria, Rowand and Zito were not the wisest investments but Huff, Sanchez, Torres provided offense at a low price. And except for Zito, the pitching department was home grown or acquired pretty inexpensively.
Did they your Range factors, Fielding Bibles or OBP has factors, probably not, but I think that is exclamation is more fantasy than reality.
How dare you try to use logical thinking? You can’t possibly calculate the gamerness of this team
Let justice be done, though the world perish.
Just from Lincecum and Wilson alone
the gameyness of that team is pretty high though.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
The problem was none of those guys had shown anything to lead you to think they would be impact players. Huff obviously had a better chance than the other two, but hes an aging guy coming off of a dreadful season. Sanchez has been an offensive zero for the last few years, and Torres had 300 good major league at bats. To expect anything above just average play would have been a huge stretch, but those three were pretty damn great all year.
I was going to do that. JAMDFEJ.
But I wasn’t sure if anyone would get it.
by Michael White on Nov 1, 2010 8:27 PM PDT up reply actions
The Dodgers
are the only NL West team to not appear in a WS since the wild card era began in 1995.
That fact haunts me every day.
Fuck the Giants, fuck the Rangers, fuck this whole damn World Series.
by drulenarendes on Nov 1, 2010 8:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I may not sleep this whole offseason either.
Heh
Fuck the Giants, fuck the Rangers, fuck this whole damn World Series.
by drulenarendes on Nov 1, 2010 8:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Are you looking into
long-term investments?
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
this is hail on my already rained on parade
by DodgerSF on Nov 1, 2010 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
The Giants fans are at the game chanting Beat LA right now.
Listening to Aubrey Huff being interviewed on ESPN Radio right now.
WTF….
They're champs.
/vomit
Why do they need to be concerned with beating anyone right now?
Oh, wait…they’re Giants fans, so of course they’re weapons-grade stupid.
Paleface Destro, Wildly Hacking Destroyer of Rallies: Resident Smartass of the Ubaldo Lovers Club
HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
Caution: Teams in the Yankees' clubhouse are more overrated than they appear.
by Paleface Destro on Nov 1, 2010 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
The San Francisco Giants:
Weapons-grade stupid since 1883.
Paleface Destro, Wildly Hacking Destroyer of Rallies: Resident Smartass of the Ubaldo Lovers Club
HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
Caution: Teams in the Yankees' clubhouse are more overrated than they appear.
by Paleface Destro on Nov 1, 2010 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
And Phil wants to know why we don't like them
"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." -Robert Heinlein
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Well, fuck. Good thing we get the f’ing world champs on opening day next year. 5 months to prep and shove that series up their collective asses. Those fuckers will probably try to hand out their rings at Dodger Stadium.
Definitely Burrell
We need a LF remember?
Fuck the Giants, fuck the Rangers, fuck this whole damn World Series.
by drulenarendes on Nov 1, 2010 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm not reading a single column about the WS outcome
What would be the point?
Fuck the Giants, fuck the Rangers, fuck this whole damn World Series.
by drulenarendes on Nov 1, 2010 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions
To keep your local liquor retailer in business.
Paleface Destro, Wildly Hacking Destroyer of Rallies: Resident Smartass of the Ubaldo Lovers Club
HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
Caution: Teams in the Yankees' clubhouse are more overrated than they appear.
by Paleface Destro on Nov 1, 2010 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Haha
Well said.
Fuck the Giants, fuck the Rangers, fuck this whole damn World Series.
by drulenarendes on Nov 1, 2010 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Baseball’s becoming a game where all you need is a few elite players…then fill in the rest with either moneyball moves or luck into it moves…
Explains how the Twins/Giants can have good teams despite making poor front office moves.
You got a Mauer, Lincecum, Posey, Morneau, Liriano…can make up for alot of things.
We have Kershaw though!
For all the good that’s done for us though.
Fuck the Giants, fuck the Rangers, fuck this whole damn World Series.
by drulenarendes on Nov 1, 2010 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey!
Kershaw is amazing. You don’t, for one minute, think lesser of him because we haven’t wont anything with him, lol.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
I don't
I’m just saying the baseball gods despise us. How else can you explain Loretta’s game winning hit in the NLDS last year and then the Broxton-Rollins catastrophe in the NLCS? The baseball gods like to pretend that we’re going all the way then they yank the rug out from under us while laughing their asses off.
Fuck the Giants, fuck the Rangers, fuck this whole damn World Series.
by drulenarendes on Nov 1, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Right…but the playoffs are a crap shoot…
So you can either spend 130+ mils to get there.
Or you can get a few elite players…and then old school or sabre it to get there.
Cliff Lee sucks
"Pluto’s not even a planet no more, which I’m very disturbed about. I grew up when Pluto was a planet. Now, I’m 25, I turn around and Pluto’s no longer a planet. I’m going to elbow that guy in the nose." -Ron Artest
That means we'll get him for ten cents on the dollar
He’ll suck in the World Series again next year, but at least we’ll be there for once.
Fuck the Giants, fuck the Rangers, fuck this whole damn World Series.
by drulenarendes on Nov 1, 2010 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions
unreal
The worst part of the Dodgers nightmare of a season all happened after they finished playing! Somehow, it’s appropriate. Also appropriate that the Gnats did it with everything we’d either thought we had, or hoped to have. Think about it: A young superstar catcher bursting onto the scene, a young starting pitching staff that was ignored all season by much of the media because they were asleep (literally and figuratively), vanquishing the mighty Phillies, complete with a TRUE “F-U Ruiz” moment, Don’t Stop Believing coming to fruition, a man with a beard, it’s all just so….ARRRGH!!!
Well, at least this will make 2011 that much more interesting. And at least we won’t have to hear that annoying two tone “WHO’S your DAD-dy” organ that they kept playing in games 3 through 5, even when the Giants got hits!
Oy. Time to go back to class now…
by sarcastro9 on Nov 1, 2010 8:39 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Norms is dead to me.
Norms Restaurants Got to hand it to the GIANTS! Congrats and well done!
http://www.facebook.com/tritonalum07#!/normsrestaurants
So the San Francisco Giants win one World Series every 53 seasons.
Next Giants WS win: 2063. If I am not dead by then, I will be 102 years old. I can live with that.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
That's thinking positively!
Fuck the Giants, fuck the Rangers, fuck this whole damn World Series.
by drulenarendes on Nov 1, 2010 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I was going to say that hopefully
your wife takes up geriatric care by then and is giving me my sponge baths, but that would mean my daughter put me in a rest home in Bumfuck, Arkansas!
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Here we have
Weed Patch and Pumpkin Center, out near Bakersfield, but I can’t beat Possum Grape! LMAO!
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Heh at least the only person on my facebook talking about the Giants
admits she only gives a shit because now there are a bunch of parties to attend.
"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." -Robert Heinlein
http://www.accessorizeyourvehicle.com/
Off page, below the lower left
“Giants Fan”.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Some funny tweets
AnswerDave
RT @zoowithroy: When the Giants last won the World Series, Edgar Renteria was only 13
about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck
owengood
RT @Bobby_BigWheel: Fox said there were no MLB teams west of the Mississippi in 1954. St Louis is. Joe Buck, you’re fucking from there.
hahahahahahaha the second one is fantastic
Leading the league in OMGs || President of the Billz Appreciation Club
yeah that made me laugh too.
Fucking Fox. They take an already bad World Series and flush it. It’s long past time for someone else to do the WS. 15 years is enough. I’d even be satisfied with TBS at this point.
Fuck the Giants, fuck the Rangers, fuck this whole damn World Series.
by drulenarendes on Nov 1, 2010 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Take that back.
Joe Buck is inoffensive and only says like one dumb thing an hour. That’s about all you can ask for these days.
I used to like Joe Buck
And then he started gushing about Giants fans in Game 2 and that was all she wrote.
Fuck the Giants, fuck the Rangers, fuck this whole damn World Series.
by drulenarendes on Nov 1, 2010 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions
His old man still has to be doing about 3000 RPM in his grave
Paleface Destro, Wildly Hacking Destroyer of Rallies: Resident Smartass of the Ubaldo Lovers Club
HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
Caution: Teams in the Yankees' clubhouse are more overrated than they appear.
by Paleface Destro on Nov 1, 2010 8:59 PM PDT up reply actions
A new crowd of loud Giants fans just marched past my apartment
i wonder how many outside cheering really know anything about their team until they made the playoffs
I'd say none of them.
They’re just cheering because everyone else is. They want to stay a part of the in crowd.
Fuck the Giants, fuck the Rangers, fuck this whole damn World Series.
by drulenarendes on Nov 1, 2010 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions
wish I didnt go to the front page of yahoo
"Pluto’s not even a planet no more, which I’m very disturbed about. I grew up when Pluto was a planet. Now, I’m 25, I turn around and Pluto’s no longer a planet. I’m going to elbow that guy in the nose." -Ron Artest
Charges withdrawn
Sorry dude, didn’t realize that was your daughter.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Ausmus, Brad C LAD
Barajas, Rod C LAD
Gibbons, Jay OF LAD
Johnson, Reed OF LAD
Kuroda, Hiroki* SP LAD
Padilla, Vicente SP LAD
Ramirez, Manny OF LAD
Weaver, Jeff RP LAD
Living in the Bay Area has been brutal this postseason...
Needless to day, it’s amazing I haven’t hung myself yet.
"If you can accept losing, you can't win." ~Vince Lombardi
Tweet Tweet.
glad they gave a shout out to AMMO
"Pluto’s not even a planet no more, which I’m very disturbed about. I grew up when Pluto was a planet. Now, I’m 25, I turn around and Pluto’s no longer a planet. I’m going to elbow that guy in the nose." -Ron Artest
One of my favorite soccer coach: Arthur Jorge... ^^
I would like to introduce one but it’s a shame…
"Oh ville lumière, sens la chaleur de notre coeur, vois-tu notre ferveur quand nous marchons près de toi. Dans cette conquête, chasser l'ennemi, enfin pour que nos couleurs brillent encore..."
"Nous sommes les parisiens (clap clap clap clap) et nous chantons en choeur (clap clap clap clap). Nous sommes les parisiens (clap clap clap clap), fidèles à nos couleurs (clap clap clap clap). Lololo lololo, lololo lololo"
Kiss my Aul[ass], hahaha
he practiced with the wizards during the offseason
but I think they cut him
"Pluto’s not even a planet no more, which I’m very disturbed about. I grew up when Pluto was a planet. Now, I’m 25, I turn around and Pluto’s no longer a planet. I’m going to elbow that guy in the nose." -Ron Artest
That picture, photoshopped to include a trophy
Please, please read the commentary. It’s NSFW language, but it’s funny as hell. It’s about last year’s NBA finals.
Five zombies. Four bullets. Two zombies.
just nitpicking a little on that author
But like all things in this world there is a silver lining. Yes America, Adam Morrison finally got his ring
he was with the team in 08/09 when they beat orlando, so he already had a ring.
"Pluto’s not even a planet no more, which I’m very disturbed about. I grew up when Pluto was a planet. Now, I’m 25, I turn around and Pluto’s no longer a planet. I’m going to elbow that guy in the nose." -Ron Artest
OT
Randy Quaid, WTF???
Randy Quaid added that it was “very possible that Heath Ledger could have been murdered” by the group, which he said is seeking to make cash by assassinating celebrities.
I saw him at the Clipper preseason game vs the nuggets
he had like 31 points
"Pluto’s not even a planet no more, which I’m very disturbed about. I grew up when Pluto was a planet. Now, I’m 25, I turn around and Pluto’s no longer a planet. I’m going to elbow that guy in the nose." -Ron Artest
ignore option FTW
"Pluto’s not even a planet no more, which I’m very disturbed about. I grew up when Pluto was a planet. Now, I’m 25, I turn around and Pluto’s no longer a planet. I’m going to elbow that guy in the nose." -Ron Artest
eh
I congratulated the McCoven when they made the WS, and I’ll congratulate them now. If you’re gonna talk the smack you also have to give praise when good is done
The irrational Dodger fan in me says:
Did President Roosevelt call Hitler and say, “Hey, that blitzkrieg was nice. Well done on taking Poland.”? No. And I think that is a perfect analogy for this case.
by prosellis on Nov 1, 2010 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
I admit I had this terrible thought in my head
that showed how bad it was that when people here kept saying Go Giants to each other, including me (assuming I was a Giants fan) it started sounding like “Heil Hitler!” Because I was afraid to not say it, to not fit in.
Worst Analogy Ever! But I did have that thought.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
No I do not
If you’re gonna talk the smack you also have to give praise when good is done
no good has been done Fuck the Frisco Gnats, a fucking awful team of misfits with a good staff won the WS and I will not say any good was done
Fuck the shitheads
02-13-2011
by MammothDodger on Nov 1, 2010 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Well done, sir
This wins my vote for most over-the-top comment of the thread.
I congratulated the Giants on FB, and I got this reply:
“A true Dodger fan would call the victory shallow because it was over a weak opponent. Like your victory in 88.”
this is another reply i got, in response to the above
“Actually, most experts had the Rangers winning in 6-7 games because, apparently, their hitting was better (HA!). So we beat the supposed “better team.” Although I think it odd for a Dodger fan to be happy about a Giants win. I would only be happy if the Dodgers beat the Yankees, because I hate them more. So thanks for the positivity Teri, and I resend my desire to see you die a painful, unspeakable death."
See what i mean, Giants fans are seriously mean.
Wow. Either he’s a terrible speller and meant to write “rescind” or he wants you to die.
Wow. Either way, that does not reflect well for Giants fans.
FUCKKKKK
You need to get into her Facebook thread and defend her!
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
even in jest that last line would be grounds for
an unfriending. You seriously need new friends, girl.
At least the Giant fan friends I know on twitter and facebook thanked me for my class (even if in the past they gave me shit). But Giants fans have a tough time rising above it when it comes to the Dodgers, they just can’t see anything rationally or kindly. Even now that they’ve “been laid” (won the world series) they still act like pricks.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
I realize that I've always disliked the Giants.
Couldn’t root for them in ‘89, despite my distaste for the A’s. Found myself pulling for the Angels in 2002. And, now this. I’m more unhappy than I thought I would be.
Still, congrats, I guess.
Hah hah. There's a guy down the street
who’s been setting off small fireworks for the past hour, every ten minutes or so. By himself. Otherwise silently.
It’s kind of sad really. He so wants to celebrate with others of his kind but they’re all on another part of town and he doesn’t want to extend the effort to hustle down there. Soon this will be annoying to everyone in this neighborhood, even happy Giants fans.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
“Tim Lincecum, tonight’s winning pitcher, faces off against Clayton Kershaw, who was in attendance in Arlington tonight”
It’s good to see the Kid is getting an early start on his homework. Hope he brings back some good scouting reports!
by sarcastro9 on Nov 1, 2010 10:14 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
funny thing about all this
we swept this team back in June after that nasty loss vs the Yankees. Oh, and Ely won second game against Cain.
strange…
"Pluto’s not even a planet no more, which I’m very disturbed about. I grew up when Pluto was a planet. Now, I’m 25, I turn around and Pluto’s no longer a planet. I’m going to elbow that guy in the nose." -Ron Artest
And I was there for that game!
No fans of either team expected this, if polled on that date.
Wish the season had ended then. :-/
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
moms
the new face of prostitution.
This and more on CBS 2 news @ 11
Fuck the Rangers in 2010 < never coming down.
Crazy
Did the Giants really just win the World Series with Edgar Renteria as the MVP? Renteria has had a really fine career, but at this stage he’s really a shell of himself, and I wonder if a worse player has won the WS MVP? Eckstein in 2006 (for that season) was a better player than ER now.
This 2010 Giants team will go down in the annals as one of the flukiest carpet rides in sports history. Hopefully their bargain with the Prince of Darkness guarantees them 30 years of misery, despair, and unrelenting suffering to follow. Good luck with your 80-win team next year, and Lincecum’s torn rotator cuff.
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
World Series MVP
It is hard to say that Renteria is the worst player to be chosen as MVP.
MVPs are chosen for as little as one moment in the series or maybe two games. Since the award was handed out in 1955, 13 awardees are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame and only one (Paul Molitor) since 1980 when Mike Schmidt was MVP.
Bucky Dent? Pat Borders? Rick Dempsey?
by Bob Timmermann on Nov 2, 2010 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions
this meme is for you
"Pluto’s not even a planet no more, which I’m very disturbed about. I grew up when Pluto was a planet. Now, I’m 25, I turn around and Pluto’s no longer a planet. I’m going to elbow that guy in the nose." -Ron Artest
by shaqfor3 on Nov 1, 2010 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
B/c i'm here, i have to report the State of affairs in SF
The Mission – there are riot cops in the Mission District now. Frenzy Giants crowds set a mattress on fire, then hijacked the fire trunk. Now, they hijacked multiple buses and are dancing on top of it. Riot cops in formation.
Polk St. – douche-bags out partying and making a lot of noise.
Love the Simpsons, glad there are so many fans here.
by Julio Nievas on Nov 2, 2010 12:38 AM PDT up reply actions
In case anyone was wondering about the catching market
Yorvit Torrealba is betting he can get at least $3 million next year. He opted out of his mutual option for $3.5 million next year, and will instead receive a $500k buyout.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 1, 2010 11:20 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
I was looking on the A's blog just for fun
anyway one of their reporters said the Giants brought “the bay area their first world series championship.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UFTm3tBnh8
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Riots happening in SF
http://missionmission.wordpress.com/
if only i didn’t have 2 huge motions due tomorrow; i’d be out to see this for myself
As a Lakers fan I feel I can't rip Giants fans for rioting
but I do hope they leave my damned city in one piece. Go to frickin Angel Island to riot.
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Any thoughts on Adam Laroche or Aramis Ramirez?
I know weird timing, but just wanted someones opinion.
by SLC DODGER FAN on Nov 2, 2010 12:14 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
World Series facts and figures
Giants became the second team to not clinch at least one of the three post-season series victories at home, the other was the 2005 Chicago White Sox,
While the 12 runs scored by the Rangers was low for them in the sense that they never had a stretch all year where they scored that low amount in a 5 consecutive games.
But it is not a record, several times in a 5 game World Series, the losing team has been held to 11 and even going back to 1969, 8 and 9 runs.
The five runs scored
over a four game stretch might be a record low though.
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What the fuck just happened?
I was waiting for the ground to shake and for the world to end, didn’t happen… Goddamn it Mayans, you missed two years late…
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Right now, all I got’s this lonesome day
by Little Blue Bicycle on Nov 2, 2010 7:22 AM PDT reply actions
New "article" up top
http://www.truebluela.com/2010/11/2/1789104/let-the-offseason-begin
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