The New Contest AND the All Star Game Contest
Here’s a post from last night, it’s regarding the new contest. Email me if you have any questions. For now, just send me what you think their W/L record will be at the end of the year and whether or not you think they make the playoffs.:
From Michael:
“Stage 1 Prize ( pick season W/L record and Yes or No for Playoffs): Intel Pentium Dual Core PC/2GB DDR2 RAM/160GB SATA II HD plus 1 Terabyte External Hard Drive/DVDRW/512 MB HD4600 Graphics Card/Windows 7 Home Premium/InWin Fanqua Computer Case
Stage 2 Prize ( NLDS)- to Desktop PC add Mini HTPC/Dual Core Atom/2GB DDR2 RAM/500GB Hard Drive/DVDRW/External USB Blu-Ray Drive/Integrated Intel Graphics Controller PLUS 22″ LCD Monitor
Stage 3 Prize (NLCS)- to Stage 1 and 2 Prizes add Asus Eee PC 1001PX-MU27-BK Seashell 10.1 inch Atom N450 Netbook and Wireless Router”
Deadline is this Thurs at 5pm….
Regarding the All Star game contest. here’s who is still in it. Again, from Michael’s post last night:
“Here are the contestants for today. If you win, send your address to Flavor and your new PC will ship before the end of the week. Has to be a street address and an adult available to sign. If Flavor and Zumie tie, ( or Flavor, Zumie, and Blade) the tiebreaker will be first guy with a hundred bucks in my Paypal account… alright, alright, I’m kidding. Uh, tie breaker will be…………. how many runs the NL scores. If it’s still tied, how many HRs in the game total. Get the picks to me. twinfan1@hotmail.com
Sandog looks REAL good with me out, BTW.
3Bagger: Wilson, Lincecum/AL/14
BLADE: Wilson, Lincecum/NL/11
Flavor: Wilson, Lincecum/NL/9
Zumie: Lincecum, Wilson/NL/9
SANDiggityDog: Wilson, Lincecum/NL/8″
A Place To Talk About Giants Baseball 
The Tillman shooting was a deliberate special ops takedown. Tillman was threatening to go rogue against the imperial wars. Would have been bad PR for the PTB.
Not true. Once again, I recommend Krakauer’s book.
I will say this though- I didn’t realize how close the shooter was to Tillman. 120 feet. Or as Krakauer points out- the distance from homeplate to secondbase. Tillman was trying to hide behind a rock escarpment a foot high.
By the way, speaking of Afghanistan, did anyone else read Joel Brinkley’s column in the Sunday SF Chronicle? He basically said the war is a lost cause because the Afghani people are too retarded. Well, he didn’t EXACTLY say that. But he did say that 60% of their people suffer from physical of mental stunting due to such poor nutrition growing up.
1/4 of all Afghani children die by the age of 5. The worst child mortality rate in the world.
contest has basically just dropped down to 3bagger vs San Diggity Dawg…….
I placed a bet on “a player will get 3 hits” for +290. Just became a big David Wright fan…..
That should have read “physical OR mental” stunting.
“that head first slide is how Utley tore that thumb of his”….sorry, I have the game unmuted again. WTF does that mean? Everyone slides head first into 2nd base. Why make the Utley comment? He’s just such an idiot……
Maybe McCarver has mental stunting. Too many foulballs off his mask and helmet.
Zuma: Latest info on the Tillman shooting i saw was that the takedown was done with an M-16 at about ten yards. Tight grouping, according to the autopsy.
Instead of Kuo we should be seeing Timmy next inning. This stupid ass decision not to pitch him is going to cost the NL a win…….
steal of home would be awesome right now.
Too bad fans can’t vote for the All-Star announcers. Scully, Miller, anyone but these idiots.
NL can win this despite Manuel’s bumbling ways.
Is Spain ahead yet?
fucking dumbass Manuel takes out Wright, the only guy who’s hitting tonight. Fuck he is such a stupid fuck…….
That’s what you expect from a dodger
Krakauer’s book says the weapon used could make the tight grouping at 120 feet. It shoots some absurdly huge amount of bullets, like 60 bullets per second or some crazy number like that. I don’t have the book handy at the moment, I’ve loaned it out to someone.
It wasn’t a regular kind of rifle. Some kind of automatic weapon. I can’t remember the name of it. And they know who shot him. It was some hyper dude who wanted to get in on the firefight. The whole firefight was just a colossal clusterf##k of a mistake. Tillman isn’t blameless. He went running down the hill because his brother’s unit was under fire. He was over-eager to save his little brother. A bunch of people messed up. Including McChrystal who was involved in the cover up. In fact, someone in the Bush White House had involvement in the cover-up, though it’s unclear who.
Figures it would be a Dodger to fuck thing up for the NL.
I love that Posey has 3 more bombs than Mauer with like 150 less at bats. Hmmmmm, Kuo is in process of losing the game for the NL, as I said. Timmy should have had this inning. Fucking bullshit…….
Why is Kuo even in the game? Is this what an All-Star is about- a middle reliever getting in there?
Leave it to the goddamn Dodger to fuck things up. All the more reason to wish a pox on their organization.
I don’t care how good a season a middle reliever is having. They’re all journeymen, driving fans crazy.
Flav, you’d rather see Timmy tonight and force Matty to face the Dodgers. Why?
Matty’s due for a win against the Dodgers! That freakish streak can’t continue.
The way you use Kuo and Rhodes is the way God intended: one hitter. Charley is truly an idiot. Did you catch him all dressed up yesterday? He does an injustice to dirt farmers everywhere.
Due? So’s Jesus.
I don’t give a shit about the Dodgers, I care about every game we play. If Cain pitches instead of Timmy I’d be fine with that. I wanted to see Timmy get showcased on the national stage and it’s not going to happen. We get, as Zumie accurately called him, “some middle reliever journeyman” who’s having a good year. Fuck that. And I still don’t understand why the only fucking guy with 2 hits in the game gets pulled by our idiot manager……
This game is playing out similar to the one at AT&T a few years ago. The one major play in that game was Ichiro’s in-the-park HR.
You’re sounding like some of the Phillies fans I know!
Denny this got sent to THE FILTER, not sure why. Sorry. you tried to post this on the 10th….
“Where was all the support for Barry that you speak of? I thought the overriding feeling here was that Bochy most assuredly made the right move. Bruce gave Barry more than amble rope to win that game. Not his fault Zito used said rope to continue to hang himself. And his “no comment” comment afterwards was totally bush league. Fuck him. He of all people should know Bochy’s first and foremost priority is securing the win, not what pitcher gets credit for it. This latest display by Zito surely won’t help win him any new fans, well, except maybe from the Urban family.
Just noticed one other detail about Zito that doesn’t jive with me. He wears his watch on his rt. arm. As a fellow lefty, I’ve never worn my watch on that hand. I know some make think it’s acceptable, but it’s just plain wrong. Put your goddamn watch on your left hand you moron.”
BTW, I’m left handed and I wore my watch on my right arm until watches became obsolete like 10 years ago………
rabble-rouser 🙂
That’s OK, that was a Room B comment about Zito. I re-posted a similar comment anyway. For some reason, I have trouble with it when I use IE.
McCarver is truly horrible. Every other analyst would have pointed out how Phillips blocked the base with his foot.
What kind of effed up exhibition game thing is this? Halliday pulled after 2/3, with a guy on first.
Oh, that’s right. I forgot- Halliday is his guy.
If Charley Fucking Manuel doesn’t tell you that the manager is of zero strategical significance… well…
Mccarver is nothing more than a *quip guy*, a *sound bite chump*. You can always tell when he’s about to drop one of his worthless nuggets on us, he starts talk much slower with greater enunciation. And after he says what he says I’m like, “just talk regular speed ya doof, you’re wasting my time with this”….
david ortiz: “292 HR’s as a DH hitter is the most in mlb history”— is their a less inspiring stat in baseball history????
question: if a game ends 1-0 with an unearned run, who could possibly be the MVP? Maybe Price cause he went 2 innings? Cano with a fucking sacrifice fly?
That’s what I meant when I jokingly (?) noted that moving a runner over can get a guy the MVP.
Why are there chicks standing in a box behind homeplate?
Finally!!!!
yea baby..bases clearing 2b hit
Timmy to hold the lead?
fuck yeah! I became a BIG SanDiggity Dog fan a couple innings ago. it’s complicated, it’s all about Yamid Haad and all sorts of other shit 🙂
Colbie Calliet is hot and all but she’s rolling with some serious *man hands*. Go rewind it and try to zoom out if you want to see the whole package……..
Is that the dude with a .069 BA, Nada HRs, and 1 RBI? Awesoooooooome catcher now playing for Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo.
Her mom was almost my sister in law about 30/35 years ago…I know her parents Ken and Diane well…
Shame on the internet for getting Swisher into the All-Star game.
Clank!
Clunk
That’s weird. Somebody must have said something. The box behind homeplate is covered by a giant Angels tarp now.
Shit, lose your voice already, Tim . . .
One of the girls sang God Bless America, Zumie.
Giants fans especially – do not want to hear about your fucking rally monkeys.
Ah, that’s where she was hanging out.
Man, Hunter looked liked Rowand against Wainwright…
Yamid Haad in the house!!
It’s gonna be classic if Wilson comes on to save this son of a bitch.
When the All-Star break came in 2008, Rowand was hitting .290+ 27 2B 8 HR 48 RBI .800+ OPS… that acquisition was loooking pretty good…
B-Wheezy, sweet…..Timmy to close out the 9th would be epic but I know it won’t happen…….
What’s with his shoes?
I just caught up on all of today’s posts. The Pat Tillman thread was very interesting. I can’t believe that shooting was at that close range.
TOTALLY agree with Flav’s comments regarding Rod Carew. Best first pitch I’ve ever seen and the guy looks like he could go to Newport Beach tonight and pull some tail without even having to use the “I won 7 batting titles card.”
Ya Weezy…123
Wow- they went with a camera close-up of the shoes. What color were those clown shoes? They were Nikes. Nikes’ gotta love the free advertising.
How many of those innings have we seen from Brian in 2 1/2 years? 3?
Seriously-great inning. Nice work.
best all star performance by a Giant since…..who? Seriously?
Weesy with no drama . . . ?
Sure, B-Wheezy goes 1-2-3 when it doesn’t matter. Save the torture for us, Brian.
We’re used to it by now.
It was the shoes, I tell ya! There’s magic inside those shoes!
There was a good shot of Bochy, the first to greet Wilson after the inning…
Valverde and his gay little K dance is pretty gay . . .
Jack one off this guy, Byrdie . . .
Remind you a little of that goat, Chuckles ?
Sandog, come on down!!!
It was even gayer coming off the mound heading for the dugout.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Easy, Chuck. Don’t go Dusty Baker on me and hand me the ball as I’m walking off the mound.
…and to think this is the same stadium where that debacle took place!!