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The Ring Game…..

Posted in Uncategorized by Flavor on April 9, 2011

Those are some good looking bad boys, aren’t they? I think Ishikawa was dressed about as appropriately as possible. I really wish they had surprised us with Molina at the end. Anyway, good stuff……

Twin might have deleted a comment and that sometimes can throw off the thread. The last one is messed up so this one will be our game time thread…

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  1. TedSpe's avatar TedSpe said, on April 9, 2011 at 6:52 pm

    Hagar. Blew only one line

  2. TedSpe's avatar TedSpe said, on April 9, 2011 at 6:58 pm

    Cool. Reggie Jackson sportin’ the orange

  3. dirtnrocksnomo's avatar dirtnrocksnreno said, on April 9, 2011 at 7:07 pm

    Nice job all around. The gold lettering looks good to me.

    Sometimes Kruk & Kuip bug me a bit but the tuxes with the tails were a nice touch. Funny.

    Go Giants!

    • blade3colorado's avatar blade3colorado said, on April 9, 2011 at 7:27 pm

      Dirt, I also liked the comment about wearing the uniforms with “World Champions” on it. Those guys kill me . . . 🙂

      • dirtnrocksnomo's avatar dirtnrocksnreno said, on April 9, 2011 at 7:51 pm

        Yeah, that was hilarious. First and last for those jerseys.

  4. Big Flavor's avatar Big Flavor said, on April 9, 2011 at 7:24 pm

    Actually I was off the tuxes and as long as the gold jerseys are a one time thing Im cool with it. Loved the “ring progression” thing. The ring from ’22 looks like it’s made of leather, lol

  5. blade3colorado's avatar blade3colorado said, on April 9, 2011 at 7:31 pm

    When do they show up at my house with my ring????

  6. Big Flavor's avatar Big Flavor said, on April 9, 2011 at 7:37 pm

    Haha, seriously. Do Fleming and miller get one?bip? Fp? Marty lurie?
    Kruk is ruined by this, what a moment …

  7. Kevin's avatar Kevin said, on April 9, 2011 at 7:39 pm

    The ring ceremony was very cool!! Damn nice looking too.

    • blade3colorado's avatar blade3colorado said, on April 9, 2011 at 7:41 pm

      Yeah, they seem like the perfect size too . . . I hate those Superbowl ring monstrosities they come up with – look good on offensive and defensive linemen, but are laughable on punters and scatbacks.

  8. TedSpe's avatar TedSpe said, on April 9, 2011 at 7:50 pm

    Anyone want to put money up on how long it takes Dennis to notice the new thread?

  9. paulinasia's avatar paulinasia said, on April 9, 2011 at 7:53 pm

    Uh oh…. hope it’s not his knee…

    • DJLoo's avatar DJLoo said, on April 9, 2011 at 7:55 pm

      If its not his, whose is it?

      • zumarust's avatar zumarust said, on April 9, 2011 at 7:56 pm

        Oh man. Too much. (grin)

      • paulinasia's avatar paulinasia said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:03 pm

        Funny, Loo! Ah, one of the drawbacks of the printed word, no intonation…

  10. PawlieKokonuts's avatar PawlieKokonuts said, on April 9, 2011 at 7:56 pm

    what happened to Torres?

    • TedSpe's avatar TedSpe said, on April 9, 2011 at 7:59 pm

      Not sure

    • DJLoo's avatar DJLoo said, on April 9, 2011 at 7:59 pm

      Looked similar to Hoist The Flag’s injury in ’71.

  11. DJLoo's avatar DJLoo said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:14 pm

    I still say Kuiper blew the call when he said “for the first time in 52 years the Giants are World Champions.” I know what he meant, but he was still dead wrong. Has he ever commented on that?

    • zumarust's avatar zumarust said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:25 pm

      I was confused by that 1906 flag. What’s up with that?

  12. DJLoo's avatar DJLoo said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:18 pm

    I already got my “ring” at Finnerty’s in NYC on a bitter cold January day.
    Actually it was a one of a kind pin that Bow-Tie personally pinned on me (like a prom date) at my request.

    • PawlieKokonuts's avatar PawlieKokonuts said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:21 pm

      Is that true? Very, very cool. I think we might go see the trophy in May in Cooperstown.

      • DJLoo's avatar DJLoo said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:29 pm

        Well, one of a kind as in they were made for that day only. It’s a great pin. Black with orange NY & SF logos and the corresponding championship years 1954 & 2010. Bow-tie was most accomodating.

  13. TedSpe's avatar TedSpe said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:19 pm

    DeRosa

  14. ferrethead's avatar ferrethead said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:19 pm

    I REALLY want one of those jerseys!

    Keeping my fingers crossed for Torres…hey, I’m good luck, they just scored!!!

    • DJLoo's avatar DJLoo said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:23 pm

      Come to Brooklyn, I know where we can shoplift one.

  15. PawlieKokonuts's avatar PawlieKokonuts said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:19 pm

    I noticed too that he did not say 56 years and you’re the first one I know of to mention it. I’m persnickety enough and therefore left it alone. Hope Andres is okay. Boy, do I ever.

    • DJLoo's avatar DJLoo said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:25 pm

      I mentioned it the first time I heard it Pawlie, but being a positive individual, I chose not to dwell on it. It does irk me some.

      • zumarust's avatar zumarust said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:27 pm

        He left out the word “San Francisco,” no big deal. Actually, that might be two words. Or is it?

  16. stixwiz's avatar stixwiz said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:27 pm

    Sometimes it pays to take a nap when you’re beat. Had been cutting wood and then piling same all day. Pretty bushed, so i lay down on the couch and conked for awhile. Woke up and headed for the computer room. Checked in on Yahoo’s MLB coverage. Cain had just shut down the Cards in the fifth. Next thing i knew Pat the Bat didn’t get on by the bat, Miggie singled and MDR came through with the single i was wanting after Row-Row reverted to form. Inning closing out with the Horse was fine. Way he’s pitching no need for him to run the bases right now anyway. Main thing is he finally has him a lead to work with. Yes!

    • zumarust's avatar zumarust said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:29 pm

      Take it easy on that forest, Stix.

      • Big Flavor's avatar Big Flavor said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:32 pm

        Lqtm

  17. TedSpe's avatar TedSpe said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:27 pm

    If you know what he meant, why does it still irk you?

    • zumarust's avatar zumarust said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:30 pm

      Good point. I think.

    • ferrethead's avatar ferrethead said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:30 pm

      A bad case of Persistent Persnickety-itis?

    • DJLoo's avatar DJLoo said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:31 pm

      Because I’m a mental patient.

  18. PawlieKokonuts's avatar PawlieKokonuts said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:28 pm

    Baggs just Tweeted quoting Amy G, saying it’s Torres’s heel, which has bothered him since spring. (You who are watching the game likely know all this.) Yeah, I’m now on Twitter. Ooooh.

    • zumarust's avatar zumarust said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:31 pm

      Amy looks very glam tonight.

      • PawlieKokonuts's avatar PawlieKokonuts said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:35 pm

        maybe I should flirt w/ her and Tweet her and tell her that. (Conway Twitty, you were ahead of your time.)

  19. TedSpe's avatar TedSpe said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:29 pm

    oops

  20. PawlieKokonuts's avatar PawlieKokonuts said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:34 pm

    I like that WS ring raffle [for charity] the Giants are holding. I will definitely enter. And again, for NY State Lotto I played

    5 10 21 22 33 54

    Baggs had a good line: “RF Lance Berkman gets all Huffy in right field,” to describe how he handled MDR’s hit.

  21. zumarust's avatar zumarust said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:35 pm

    I guess it must have been a 1905 flag. It sure looked like a 1906 flag. But that wouldn’t make any sense. The White Sox defeated the Cubs in the 1906 Series.

    • DJLoo's avatar DJLoo said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:37 pm

      It is Zumie. Despite a suspect bullpen, and shaky defense the 1905 Giants did manage to win the WS.

      • zumarust's avatar zumarust said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:40 pm

        A little known (or not) fact- every win in the ’05 World Series was a shutout, by both teams.

  22. zumarust's avatar zumarust said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:36 pm

    Garcia has a pitch that looks like a screwball. But that kind of pitch is never called a screwball anymore.

    • zumarust's avatar zumarust said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:38 pm

      I guess it’s his change-up. It moves into lefthanded hitters. Combined with his curveball that goes the other direction….this guy is good.

    • TedSpe's avatar TedSpe said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:39 pm

      Nope. Not since Bugs Bunny retired

    • James's avatar James said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:55 pm

      Fernando Valenzuela was the last to throw it.

  23. stixwiz's avatar stixwiz said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:38 pm

    Great, Nate. Hope Torres mends quickly, though. Those bases on balls will kill you, Matt. Typical Cardinal run manufacture ~ two infield outs and a WP by Cainer of all people. Let’s get that lead back. I helped em get it fair and square and wanna see them get it back.

  24. Del Mar Dennis's avatar Del Mar Dennis said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:41 pm

    Jesus H. Christ, for whatever reason I was stuck on the old thread. Color
    Sabu and the Jungle Book my story. Unfortunately, that’s not moving in the right direction…l moving toward….Sabu, I need help…..

    • TedSpe's avatar TedSpe said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:44 pm

      Uhm…huh?

  25. zumarust's avatar zumarust said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:44 pm

    Man, a 40,000 foot homerun.

  26. Del Mar Dennis's avatar Del Mar Dennis said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:44 pm

    Jesus H. fucking Christ. Colby Rasmus goes yard. To tell a little secret, ….How the fuck did he hit one out at this time o night? hats off….

  27. Del Mar Dennis's avatar Del Mar Dennis said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:48 pm

    Mark DeRosa = Danny Noonan.

    This is for my man Ted. Where’s Kelly Leak?

  28. DJLoo's avatar DJLoo said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:48 pm

    Can you hit a homerun in triples alley?

    • Del Mar Dennis's avatar Del Mar Dennis said, on April 9, 2011 at 9:16 pm

      Can Uncle Mo run a 1 1/4?

      Lou, don'[t answer two quickly, I want to absorb this crap. Hee, hee, hee,…. Math the Horse.

      Colby Rasmus is on my fantasy team….he….. 🙂

  29. Del Mar Dennis's avatar Del Mar Dennis said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:49 pm

    Take a goddamn seat. HUGE K right there boys and girls. The Horse means business…

  30. Flavor's avatar Flavor said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:51 pm

    Juan Uribe is currently hitting .095. I fucking love that.

    • zumarust's avatar zumarust said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:56 pm

      Last night I watched that marathon rain-delayed Dodger game. You could hear the mystification in Scully’s voice when Uribe struck out on a pitch about a foot off the plate. Uribe can look horrible for three at-bats, and then hit the game-winning homerun. But he’s just not a good fit with the Dodgers.

  31. DJLoo's avatar DJLoo said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:53 pm

    I’m not so sure I like the gold jerseys. They look like the New Orleans Saints.

  32. Flavor's avatar Flavor said, on April 9, 2011 at 8:55 pm

    they’re fucking awful. They look like some NCAA team. Or some international team—I could see Puerto Rico wearing something like that…….

  33. blade3colorado's avatar blade3colorado said, on April 9, 2011 at 9:00 pm

    If they lose in them tonight, the Giants wont like them either.

  34. TedSpe's avatar TedSpe said, on April 9, 2011 at 9:10 pm

    They look like a college production of DAMN YANKEES

  35. stixwiz's avatar stixwiz said, on April 9, 2011 at 9:13 pm

    Runzler gets out of his difficulties. Good poise there. Now let’s get some runs of this Cardinal’s reliever.

  36. zumarust's avatar zumarust said, on April 9, 2011 at 9:17 pm

    3 hits for Nate!

  37. zumarust's avatar zumarust said, on April 9, 2011 at 9:18 pm

    Franchez struck out on ball 4 and ball 5.

    • James's avatar James said, on April 9, 2011 at 9:20 pm

      Which is why Uribe belongs with us!

  38. stixwiz's avatar stixwiz said, on April 9, 2011 at 9:21 pm

    So they can’t break through on Miguel friggen Batista. Ugh! Sawdust in the bats to go with those softball uniforms? Well, at least Nate’s having a good night. He deserves a start tomorrow. Zito will need all the help he can get.

  39. zumarust's avatar zumarust said, on April 9, 2011 at 9:26 pm

    Pat the Bat is due up third in the bottom of the ninth. In his book, Baggs says Pat’s nickname at the U. of Miami was “Bait.” The other guys knew that wherever Pat went on campus, there was soon to be a collection of gals hanging around him.

  40. zumarust's avatar zumarust said, on April 9, 2011 at 9:29 pm

    I called out “sit!” when Posey hit that. That was a remnant from my days of playing Friday night softball. Calling for the ball to sit down before it got to the outfielder.

  41. Del Mar Dennis's avatar Del Mar Dennis said, on April 9, 2011 at 9:31 pm

    The bases are drunk, are so is your host…:)

    • DJLoo's avatar DJLoo said, on April 9, 2011 at 9:32 pm

      Not on my TV.

      • Del Mar Dennis's avatar Del Mar Dennis said, on April 9, 2011 at 9:38 pm

        Hey, Loo. Did ya see Uncle Mo ?

        Heeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!

  42. TedSpe's avatar TedSpe said, on April 9, 2011 at 9:38 pm

    holy shit

  43. DJLoo's avatar DJLoo said, on April 9, 2011 at 9:38 pm

    Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  44. Del Mar Dennis's avatar Del Mar Dennis said, on April 9, 2011 at 9:40 pm

    Son of a bitch. I didn’t see that one coming. Good on Tejada for that AB.

    Once again, Heeeeee

  45. DJLoo's avatar DJLoo said, on April 9, 2011 at 9:41 pm

    Rasmus was named POTG on the Cardinal broadcast in the top of the 9th inning.
    HAHAHADA!!!

  46. zumarust's avatar zumarust said, on April 9, 2011 at 9:41 pm

    Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  47. stixwiz's avatar stixwiz said, on April 9, 2011 at 9:43 pm

    I lost my heart
    to Miggie Tejada
    in a cool place
    down by the Bay.
    It wasn’t over
    till it was over
    two strikes down
    three balls to go.
    Two outs, two on
    our daily double
    saving Cain
    and driving em home.
    I lost my heart
    to Miggie Tejada
    in a cool place
    down by the Bay.

  48. DJLoo's avatar DJLoo said, on April 9, 2011 at 9:46 pm

    Tejada speaks English as well as I do variable calculus…

  49. TedSpe's avatar TedSpe said, on April 9, 2011 at 9:47 pm

    It was cool during the ring ceremony but Kruk and Kuip are starting to look like Bela Lugosi’s stand ins

  50. blade3colorado's avatar blade3colorado said, on April 9, 2011 at 9:53 pm

    Bien, que hizo desde luego mi decisión sobre soltar pequeño propietario de Ryan de mi fantasía asocia fácilmente.

    🙂

  51. twinfan's avatar twinfan said, on April 9, 2011 at 9:54 pm

    Rasmus should have had it but that was a great fucking AB from Miggy.

    • Kevin's avatar Kevin said, on April 9, 2011 at 10:12 pm

      I don’t know…on the replay it looked like a tougher catch than when it was live.

  52. stixwiz's avatar stixwiz said, on April 9, 2011 at 10:05 pm

    One’s gotta hand it to tonight’s well-deserved winning pitcher, Ramon Ramirez. That lil’ dude’s been nothing but golden since Sabean pried him loose from Boston.

    Trajectory is looking a lot better now than at this time a year ago as the team now has a .500 record after eight games. Tejada provided that one key hit tonight which had been lacking since DeRosa’s in the 5th. Otherwise, opportunities were still being lost.

    At this point it would appear that Sabes has once again struck gold in the Tejada pickup. He may be limited in range at SS and getting a bit long in the tooth, but the dude is clutch and now Giants fans have a new love. Miggie won his spurs tonight when the chips were down. New hero every night ~ we can live with that.

  53. TedSpe's avatar TedSpe said, on April 9, 2011 at 10:12 pm

    4-4. It’s a good start. Interestingly, .500 was the *worst* they were last year

  54. unca chuck's avatar unca chuck said, on April 9, 2011 at 10:52 pm

    Shit, Tejada may have saved the game on the pop up he caught in the 4th when Torres pulled up.

  55. TedSpe's avatar TedSpe said, on April 9, 2011 at 11:06 pm

    Easy fucking choice for POTG

  56. TedSpe's avatar TedSpe said, on April 9, 2011 at 11:14 pm

    REVRET!!!

  57. eddacker415's avatar eddacker415 said, on April 10, 2011 at 12:25 am

    It is midnight in San Francisco and I am nearly in tears of joy watch the ring ceremony.
    WTG, team.


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