Clayton Richard Sucks And the Ticket Booth is OPEN!!!!!!!!

Posted in Uncategorized by Flavor on July 5, 2011

I don’t know why we can’t hit Richard. He was lucky last year and he’s been imminently hittable this year. THis guy has a WHIP nearing Tyler Walker Territory. Whatever, it was just a bad game, I guess. Maybe we had a bit of a hangover from the road trip….

Timmy sucked again. In fact, the entire team (except Pablo) looked flat. I hope we don’t fall into a rut against the Padres again, we play 20% of our remaining games against them this year……

Anna is offering up her July 7th tickets. There are two of them. It’s a 7:15pm game. Email me if you want them. They’re free as usual and as usual ANNA RULES……

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(Haven’t posted them in a while. Not much has changed. Pawlie still rules our world. Blade is making a little noise. BB’s has settled nicely into the mid 40’s)

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Kevin said, on July 5, 2011 at 8:50 am

Yeah it appears the Padres just have the Giants number!! Dennis said it all yesterday…Ownage is ownage.
Oh and to follow up on your doctor thing, people can live to 100 or 125 or whatever, it is that Quality of life thing. Laying in bed and pooping and pissing all over does not make me look forward to that time. My grandmother lived to 95, but her mind and body did not want to go on. A machine could have helped her but once again that quality of life factor comes into play.
DJLoo said, on July 5, 2011 at 9:12 am

Better not stagger into the all star break. Gotta chance to beat up 2 bad teams at home. Carlos Lee & Jeff Keppinger can’t get here soon enough. Someone on the pregame radio show said Freddie was swinging a fungo bat and DeRosa is done for the year.
- Del Mar Dennis said, on July 5, 2011 at 9:35 am
  
  Right team, wrong two players. I’d rather have Michael Bourn and Hunter Pence. This team needs a goddamn leadoff hitter. We can’t get trotting Rowand out there. Torres? Ahhhh, to be 2010 again…he’s finito.
- Kevin said, on July 5, 2011 at 9:36 am
  
  Yeah they also talked about Sanchez throwing the ball not on the pitchers mound. Posey also said he is pain free and walking without a boot?? not sure about that last part but is did say he is pain free for the first time since the collision.
TedSpe said, on July 5, 2011 at 9:49 am

Anna is offering up her July 7th tickets. There are two of them. It’s a 7:15pm game. Email me if you want them. They’re free as usual and as usual ANNA RULES……
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That would be just flat out greedy of me so I’ll pass this time. But yes…ANNA RULES!!!!
- Del Mar Dennis said, on July 5, 2011 at 9:58 am
  
  “Greed is good.” And so is the Steak Tartare at the 21 Club. Just ask Gordon Gekko…
unca_chuck said, on July 5, 2011 at 10:03 am

I see my FB team crapped all over itself while I was gone. Oh well. Saw some of the 15-3 game, and little else over the weekend. Good times in Aptos . . .The Cafe Rio reopened, and the sand dabs are as good as they used to be. And the Sea Breeze was open. Needless to say, we had fun. Even won a couple rounds of beers shooting pool.

Saw about 6 different fireworks shows on the drive back last night . . . Amazingly there was little traffic.

Yeah, i don’t think my social security will last from 65 to 850. What is this, biblical times? We’re all Methuselah? Shit, I’m tired now. Just wait till I hit 650.

Where do we put all thees crypt keepers?
Del Mar Dennis said, on July 5, 2011 at 10:23 am

Quality or quantity of life? Would you rather lead the life and have all the amenities of a famous athlete but know once you reach 40, you die. OR, lead your “regular” life and live to be 80? I woulda been dead 5 yrs ago today…
- TedSpe said, on July 5, 2011 at 11:16 am
  
  Happy Birthday, Dennis
  - Kevin said, on July 5, 2011 at 11:52 am
    
    That depends, I would have been one of those athletes that didn’t have FA and the high salary. If I was say A****S****th then yeah I could live till 40 knowing my wife and children would be set till they turned 80. Cause not all of us are A*****S******th’s.
- unca_chuck said, on July 5, 2011 at 11:51 am
  
  So, the reports of your life are greatly exaggerated?
willieD said, on July 5, 2011 at 10:35 am

pads are a funny story…fell apart during the stretch but made the Giants strain all the way to the last day, when Sanchez finally puts them to rest. Then they dump one of the best players in either league, their only legit middle order bat.
Ludwick is finding out hitting in Diego aint like STL, Maybin disappoints just like he did in Fla; Bartlett might not be any better than crawford in a year. But just like SF, SPs and the pen keep them in games, and I give black a lot of credit for what they have accomplished. And they sure give SF a bad time, worse than a lot of teams with a lot higher payroll and more “stars.”
twinfan1 said, on July 5, 2011 at 11:50 am

They’re 1-2 against the Pads, ferchrissake. Give it a rest on “ownage”, and these things rarely carry over. As far as Torres being “finito”, we’ll see. I think they need to get him back in there everyday.His first AB yesterday he came within a couple feet of putting it out the other way-only the big boys come close to that. I’ll reiterate- they have no other leadoff hitter, none. With all the bullshit about Huff and Ross, the holes are 1-2 and 7-8, the 1 being most important. Play Torres.
blade3colorado said, on July 5, 2011 at 12:06 pm

Not an attorney, but I was like, “WOW!” when I heard Anthony was acquitted.
- DJLoo said, on July 5, 2011 at 12:15 pm
  
  She’ll probably open a day care center…
  - Del Mar Dennis said, on July 5, 2011 at 12:18 pm
    
    Right after that she’ll be named Mother of the Year. I thought our lineup was a joke. Our legal system is a GODDAMN JOKE!
- TedSpe said, on July 5, 2011 at 12:22 pm
  
  Wow indeed
  - unca_chuck said, on July 5, 2011 at 12:38 pm
    
    Casey Anthony was later seen golfing with OJ . . .
zumie said, on July 5, 2011 at 12:32 pm

There’s just a lot of not-very-bright people out there, and some of them end up on juries.
Olbermann showed a poll yesterday that only 70% of Americans knew what nation we declared our independence from on July 4th; and only 55% knew it was in the year 1776.
Pathetic.
Del Mar Dennis said, on July 5, 2011 at 12:33 pm

What’s our OF gonna look like tonight? I doubt Ross will be able to go. Rowand or Torres is CF? The limited numbers vs Stauffer say Rowand is the choice despite the righty-lefty thinking. I guess Nate’s a “lock” for RF. LF? I say you stick Huff out there with Tejada at 3B and Pablo at 1B. Just my two cents…
- zumie said, on July 5, 2011 at 12:39 pm
  
  One of the problems with the Giants’ lineup is too much Nate. There’s no way an MLB team should have Nate playing this much. But- I know the choices are very limited these days. Burrell isn’t much better than what he showed in the World Series. He just looks done. He made a huge contribution to the Giants’ success last season, but his good moments are few and far between these days. He doesn’t seem to be recognizing pitches and the strikezone very well anymore..
zumie said, on July 5, 2011 at 12:35 pm

Let’s see….the main language of our nation is English…..what are the choices for who we declared independence from….England, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, Australia….Australia!! That’s it!!
- unca_chuck said, on July 5, 2011 at 12:39 pm
  
  You’ve [put way too much thought into that.
  
  If you asked those 30%, they’d think Australians spoke . . . Australian.
- TedSpe said, on July 5, 2011 at 12:42 pm
  
  Good one, zumie. Especially as we all know they speak German in Australia. Hell, that’s where Hiter’s from
  - Kevin said, on July 5, 2011 at 1:33 pm
    
    um Ted, I think Hitler was Austria?? unless of course that sarcasm font is working on my computer
  - Kevin said, on July 5, 2011 at 1:36 pm
    
    isn’t working on my compluter
  - TedSpe said, on July 5, 2011 at 2:03 pm
    
    Yes, that was sarcasm
- willieD said, on July 5, 2011 at 12:42 pm
  
  Funny how a lot of people who think most parts of the bill of rights were dreamed up to protect wackos and criminals (or worse), don’t have a problem citing the one about militia and bearing arms in support of their cause…whether it be open carry or concealed weapons in church.
  - unca_chuck said, on July 5, 2011 at 1:06 pm
    
    Insert ‘bible’ where you say ‘bill of rights, and there’s a whole other can of worms . . .
Kevin said, on July 5, 2011 at 1:35 pm

Well what I find amazing is that 12 people could agree that she only lied about killing her daughter, not that she actually did it!! WTH!!!
Del Mar Dennis said, on July 5, 2011 at 1:41 pm

I’d send Casey Anthony and those 12 jurors to the fucking gallows. Wait. The guillotine? OK, I’d send the 12 jurors to the gallows and Casey Anthony to the guillotine. I’d Marie Antoinette that fucking bitch.
- TedSpe said, on July 5, 2011 at 2:03 pm
  
  LKife sentence in front of a firing squad
TedSpe said, on July 5, 2011 at 2:04 pm

Lkife?
Kevin said, on July 5, 2011 at 2:06 pm

If I was the judge, I would have looked Casey and said, you know what Casey we had 12 backwards ass country fucks on the jury and they didn’t understand my instructions, so I am convicting you on murder and handing down the maximum, life without parole.
unca_chuck said, on July 5, 2011 at 2:08 pm

Hey, my mom’s favorite saying (paraphrasing HL Menken) was never underestimate the stupidity of the American people . . .
ewisco said, on July 5, 2011 at 2:15 pm

“There’s no device known to mankind that will prevent people from being idiots.” – Mark Rasch

“Against stupidity, the Gods themselves contend in vain” – Fredrich von Schiller (with kudo’s to Isaac Asimov)
- TedSpe said, on July 5, 2011 at 2:43 pm
  
  “You can’t fix stupid” – Ron White
  - Del Mar Dennis said, on July 5, 2011 at 2:48 pm
    
    You wouldn’t be a.k.a. “Tater Salad,” would you?
twinfan1 said, on July 5, 2011 at 2:26 pm

I really didn’t follow the trial. Does she have a theory on who killed her daughter?
- TedSpe said, on July 5, 2011 at 2:38 pm
  
  My iunderstanding is the defense claims it was an accidental drowning that was covered up to look like a murder.
  And yes, I’m being quite serious
blade3colorado said, on July 5, 2011 at 2:44 pm

Actually Ted, there are two theories that were forwarded by the defense . . . Per CNN, “The defense also attempted to cast suspicion on Kronk, the meter reader. Defense attorneys asserted that he had found Caylee’s remains months earlier than he claimed and that he hid them before placing them where they were found. He did that, they claimed, just before notifying authorities in an effort to cash in on the high-profile case.”
- TedSpe said, on July 5, 2011 at 2:50 pm
  
  Hadn’t heard that one, blade. Kronk, the meter reader? Kronk??!! You can’t *make* this shit up. Wow
  - blade3colorado said, on July 5, 2011 at 3:16 pm
    
    No, not even the Enquirer or Star can make this shit up.
  - That's *mr* mrbill to you! said, on July 5, 2011 at 3:25 pm
    
    … in the Conservatory, with the lead pipe.
stixwiz said, on July 5, 2011 at 3:01 pm

Whoever did it, chances are the genepool was not overly harmed in the event. How many idiots does it take to form a circular firing-squad? Haven’t followed the case. Did it take place in at least a seasonally hot climate? I do happen to know that NW European brainpans were not designed for high levels of heat and humiliated relatives. Hereabouts a couple hours ago the temp was around 80, humidity close to off the scale and the Goddamns swarming like locusts, all looking for the most tender place to land and take a telling chomp. Drove me promptly indoors once my mower ran outta gas. For about an hour afterwards i was still halfway outta my mind. Good thing nobody else was around as the sweat poured and the bites itched.
twinfan1 said, on July 5, 2011 at 3:17 pm

So she’s probably not going rto be singing the National Anthem at the ASG?..
Off topic, maybe. Have you noticed the toilet paper commercial where the woman wants to “talk turkey”, or words to that effect., about toilet tissue? She goes on to talk about “break through”- it’s at that point that I’ve heard enough…
Back in the day we did ponder the alleged Marine usage in the field: just one tissue, poke the middle finger through, wipe, then draw the corners of the tissue up to clean finger…”break through” was necessary..
Kevin said, on July 5, 2011 at 3:51 pm

Lets see todays topics, baseball, FB, murder trial, Kronk the meter reader, and break through TP. BF what kind of blog are you running here?? LOL
twinfan1 said, on July 5, 2011 at 3:54 pm

Check with DD for the LU
That's *mr* mrbill to you! said, on July 5, 2011 at 3:59 pm

They maybe can’t hit … but would make a fine jury:

Torres CF
Crawford SS
Sandoval 3B
Huff 1B
Rowand LF
Schierholtz RF
Tejada 2B
Whiteside C
Cain P
blade3colorado said, on July 5, 2011 at 3:59 pm

Kevin, when you visit here, just think of it as a Billy Mays or Ron Popeil infomercial . . .

Chop-O-Matic hand food processor. “Ladies and gentlemen, I’m going to show you the greatest kitchen appliance ever made … All your onions chopped to perfection without shedding a single tear.”
Dial-O-Matic, successor to the Veg-O-Matic (and very similar to a mandolin slicer). “Slice a tomato so thin it only has one side.”
Popeil Pocket Fisherman. “The biggest fishing invention since the hook … and still only $19.95!” (According to the program Biography, the original product was the invention of Popeil’s father and only marketed by Ronco, but as of 2006, Popeil had introduced a redesigned version of the product.)[4]
Mr. Microphone: a short-range hand-held radio transmitter that broadcast over FM radios. A convertible rolls up to a curb and an enthusiastic young man shouts out “Hey, good looking, I’ll be back to pick you up later!” followed by the pitch “Broadcast your voice on any FM radio!!!”
Inside-The-Shell Egg Scrambler. “Gets rid of those slimy egg whites in your scrambled eggs.” Popeil has said the inspiration for this product was his lifelong revulsion toward incompletely blended scrambled eggs.[4]
Six Star 20-Piece Cutlery Set
Showtime Rotisserie, a small rotisserie oven designed for cooking smaller sized portions of meat such as whole chicken and lamb. “Set it, and forget it!”
Solid Flavor Injector. This product accompanied the Showtime Rotisserie and was used to inject solid ingredients into meat or other foods. A similar product, called the Liquid Flavor Injector, allowed for the injecting of liquid ingredients into meat, e.g., lime juice into chicken.
GLH-9 Hair in a Can Spray (Great Looking Hair Formula #9)
Drain Buster
Smokeless Ashtray: “Does cigar and cigarette smoke irritate your eyes?” Commercials showed this device drawing smoke from burning cigarettes back into the ashtray itself.
Electric Food Dehydrator: “Instead of giving kids candy, give them apple snacks or banana chips. And it’s great if you’re a hunter, fisherman, backpacker, or camper. Makes beef jerky for around $3 a pound, and you know what went in it, because you made it yourself!”
Ronco Popeil Automatic Pasta Maker
The Cap Snaffler: “Snaffles caps off any size jug, bottle, or jar … and it really, really works.”
The Showtime Six Star Plus 25 Knife Set and the Solid Flavor Injector: “Three easy payments of $13.33!”
- TedSpe said, on July 5, 2011 at 4:06 pm
  
  It’s a floor wax *and* a dessert topping
- zumie said, on July 5, 2011 at 4:36 pm
  
  But wait- there’s more!
- Kevin said, on July 5, 2011 at 4:59 pm
  
  When do I get my free knives, who does those infomercial?? Can slice bread so thin you can see through it even after cutting though the steal bars of my prison cell??
xootsuit said, on July 5, 2011 at 4:00 pm

I happened to catch the end of the game replay on Comcast last night, and watched mainly to get some persepective on the difference between watching the game from the stands and from the tv cameras. Nothing new jumped out at me, except one detail: In the 9th, when Heath Bell threw the wild pitch that moved the runners up, the stadium sound system began booming the Troggs “WILD THING! YOU MAKE MY HEAR SING! YOU MAKE EVERYTHING GROOVY. . . .” etc. And, really, it went on for quite a while, with all 42000+us singing along at the tops of our lungs, with scoreboard WILD THING signs blazing, and so forth.

Bell, of course, showed no sign of caring. Very professional. But, strangely, the tv replay I saw last night included absolutely no hint of that huge high-volume racous razzing. Not a trace of it got into the telecast.
- DJLoo said, on July 5, 2011 at 4:13 pm
  
  That song will always remind me of RFK…
  - xootsuit said, on July 5, 2011 at 4:15 pm
    
    I remember that.
DJLoo said, on July 5, 2011 at 4:16 pm
- TedSpe said, on July 5, 2011 at 4:50 pm
  
  Thanks. I wasn’t getting the reference at all
twinfan1 said, on July 5, 2011 at 4:38 pm

Craig took my previous pic down so I’ll just link to it.It’s Nate, no question.
http://tinyurl.com/3zfsz79
Del Mar Dennis said, on July 5, 2011 at 4:39 pm

Tejada at 2B? Whose bright idea was that? Holy Mother of Pearl. That’s got to be the dumbest idea since Adam and Eve decided to eat that apple only to realize they weren’t wearing any goddamn clothes. Well, the Giants lineup reminds me of the Emperor. “The Emperor (Needs) New Clothes.”
- zumie said, on July 5, 2011 at 4:47 pm
  
  What can Bochy do? Even Ross is out now….again. Burriss isn’t all that great.
  - Del Mar Dennis said, on July 5, 2011 at 5:00 pm
    
    Supposedly Burriss is unavailable after taking a pitch off his knee yesterday. Don’t get me wrong, Bill Hall is no great shakes at 2B defensively, but at least he’s played. They’re starting Tejada there tonight and all that’s on his 2B resume is taking some grounders this afternoon in practice. WTF did they even bother to sign Hall in the first place?
  - zumie said, on July 5, 2011 at 5:05 pm
    
    They were hoping for the infamous “lightning in a bottle,” but instead got “Garko in a bottle.”
zumie said, on July 5, 2011 at 4:51 pm

And all this going on about how groovy 4th of July fireworks are….You know what dogs call the evening of the 4th of July? They call it “Absolutely Terrifying Hell-night.”
- TedSpe said, on July 5, 2011 at 5:13 pm
  
  One of the selling points of my apartment building is they allow dogs. So probably 75% of the tenants are dog owners. Every July 4th my building sounds like a canine open audition for the Hound of the Baskervilles
DJLoo said, on July 5, 2011 at 4:59 pm

I have a very strong feeling that Carlos Lee willl soon be a Giant. I don’t think he’ll cost much in prospects either, depending on how much of his salary they’ll pick up. He’s got about $9 million left this year and $18.5 million in 2012. His no trade clause expired. We’d have him next season as well when he’s playing for a contract. Good numbers at ATT (6 HRs in 19 games). Shit, the Astros would save $10 million if they just took Rowand straight up for him.
- Del Mar Dennis said, on July 5, 2011 at 5:05 pm
  
  You only get to take one Astro, which one would it be?
  
  A. Lee
  B. Bourn
  C. Pence
  D. Keppinger
  - Big flavor said, on July 5, 2011 at 5:07 pm
    
    Bourn. But I really don’t like any of them. I steer clear of all things Astro….
Big flavor said, on July 5, 2011 at 5:01 pm

There’s nothing about these LU that upset me in the slightest anymore. Ross is out? Who cares, Ross sucks. Burriss sucks. Tejada sucks. There’s not a position player on the team I’d care about losing right now except panda. Just grit yer teeth and hope one guy does something at the right time at the plate..
- Del Mar Dennis said, on July 5, 2011 at 5:10 pm
  
  Tejada playing 2B doesn’t upset you? Fuck that. It pisses me off to no end. If and when (and it’s heavily leaning towards when), he makes a crucial E at 2B we’ll have had it coming.
xootsuit said, on July 5, 2011 at 5:09 pm

Last time I saw Carlos Lee at China Basin was July 4, 2009. Lincecum out-pitched Oswalt brilliantly. C. Lee played LF like one of his ankles was tethered to a steel stake in the grass by a 15 foot cable.
unca_chuck said, on July 5, 2011 at 5:11 pm

RFK doing the Troggs Wild Thing, Twin’s troglodyte pic, dogs on drugs, Tejada at 2nd, what in the wide wide world of sports is going on around here?

Yeah, poor Jozie (see pic at left) hates fireworks and she goes completely crazy. I’ve had to drug her every year (Doggie Downers) to get her to calm down. She hyperventilates, her eyes get crazy, she starts pacing, and can’t calm down.

Kinda like me watching the Forty Fucking Niners . . .
- zumie said, on July 5, 2011 at 5:15 pm
  
  My dog has the same reaction, plus drooling.
  - Del Mar Dennis said, on July 5, 2011 at 5:20 pm
    
    To the fireworks? Or watching A*** S**** quarterback the 49ers?
  - DJLoo said, on July 5, 2011 at 5:21 pm
    
    Hey Zumie, didn’t the Police have a big hit with “Garko In A Bottle”?
  - unca_chuck said, on July 5, 2011 at 5:22 pm
    
    Yeah, drooling too . . . The drugs she gets are a little freaky though. She gets soooo spaced out. And her face sags. Zombie chessie from hell . . .
  - unca_chuck said, on July 5, 2011 at 5:23 pm
    
    No, DJ. That was Breakfast in a Bottle . . .
zumie said, on July 5, 2011 at 5:23 pm

Some people compare the Casey Anthony case to the Scott Peterson case, and there are lots of similarities; but it also reminds me of the Hitchcock film “Rope.” The sociopath Casey partied while her dead child’s body was in the trunk of her car, and then put the body in the woods when the odor in the car got too strong after several days, and went on partying some more. That sociopath in “Rope,” kills the guy, puts the body in a trunk, puts the trunk under a big table, and then invites a bunch of people over for big party, in the room with the table.
- DJLoo said, on July 5, 2011 at 5:25 pm
  
  Party on, Garth!
DJLoo said, on July 5, 2011 at 5:28 pm

CC Sabathia’s average run support is 7.5 per game…
- blade3colorado said, on July 5, 2011 at 6:45 pm
  
  A guy like Doug Fister of Seattle deserves that type of support (the way he has pitched this year).
Kevin said, on July 5, 2011 at 5:30 pm

Alright so the wild thing song, I am not thinking RFK, I am thinking Major league, so I did a search on youtube and low and behold there was the Sam Kinison version wiht Jessica Hahn. Classic!!
Del Mar Dennis said, on July 5, 2011 at 6:32 pm

This date in history, 1946: The bikini, created by Louis Reard, was worn by Micheline Bernardini during a poolside fashion show in Paris. Related side note to that story: If you see any of the progeny running sired by Bernardini, put a few bikinis on that horse. They’re running fools!
blade3colorado said, on July 5, 2011 at 6:39 pm

Flav’s 5:01pm post is spot on and if you want to anoint it POTD, do so . . . I could give a rat’s ass about any of these position players, exception being Panda. They are ALL interchangeable pieces and nothing more. As Flav said, “Just grit yer teeth and hope one guy does something at the right time at the plate.”

Twenty years from now, do you think a kid will reminisce about Cody Ross or these other unknowns the way we did about Willie Mays, Will Clark, Orlando Cepeda . . . or, even Robbie Thompson? I doubt it.
- DJLoo said, on July 5, 2011 at 7:07 pm
  
  Bad choice, Blade. Cody was a postseason hero in a season many of us waited several decades for…
  - blade3colorado said, on July 5, 2011 at 7:17 pm
    
    Well, I couldn’t spell shitholtz.
Flavor said, on July 5, 2011 at 7:00 pm

thanks Blade.One thing about all these players checking in with underwhelming seasons: it’s made me totally apathetic to the LU each day……
Del Mar Dennis said, on July 5, 2011 at 7:09 pm

Hello. Tejada is playing SECOND BASE tonight. If you’re apathetic or don’t give a rat’s ass about him playing SECOND BASE, put down the fucking Room B mop and start giving a shit.
- big flavor said, on July 5, 2011 at 7:20 pm
  
  Sorry Denny, that just doesn’t bother me that much. It’s like tripping out on who are catcher is going to be each game. “Oh My God! Tejada is playing instead of Burriss!!! What will we do!?!?!?!”. Um, Burriss is hitting .230 with 4 rbi’s this year. Plus, countless fuck ups in the field. I will never forget that complete fuck up the other day that almost cost us the game (when Crawford caught that DP ball to end it)……..
- That's *mr* mrbill to you! said, on July 5, 2011 at 7:31 pm
  
  It’s always good for a player to expand his horizons.
DJLoo said, on July 5, 2011 at 7:13 pm

The game is on MLB Network in NY if that helps anyone…
big flavor said, on July 5, 2011 at 7:16 pm

the good news about LU watching: the Padres LU is possibly less imposing than the Giants. I can dig it….
big flavor said, on July 5, 2011 at 7:22 pm

Krukow: “Stauffer has great stuff”. Krukow thinks every pitcher has great stuff. This dude is 4-5. If he’s got *great stuff* then what does Halladay have?
blade3colorado said, on July 5, 2011 at 7:22 pm

By the by, is MacDog or Willied around? They usually are tied into the illegal free internet Giants broadcast . . . Kostaz apparently got busted by MLB and isn’t broadcasting anymore, so I (and other Giants fans west of the Rockies/Mississippi need a new broadcast connection.
zumie said, on July 5, 2011 at 7:22 pm

I have no problem with Bochy starting Tejada at secondbase tonight. He’s trying to scrape together any runs that he can, with the players available to him. Tejada at second was worth a try. Hall was a flop. Burriss is a weak bat.
- Del Mar Dennis said, on July 5, 2011 at 7:31 pm
  
  Zumi, seriously. When was the last time, if any, that you had a problem with Bochy? I can’t recall one. And him forgetting to send you a Christmas card doesn’t count.
blade3colorado said, on July 5, 2011 at 7:23 pm

Stauffer is permanently banned from my FL team . . . I added him twice this year and he sabotaged my WHIP and ERA averages. Fuck him.
zumie said, on July 5, 2011 at 7:26 pm

It’s amazing the umps allow Flannery to run all the way down the line like that.
big flavor said, on July 5, 2011 at 7:26 pm

fun play. Torres has to stay awake there, he was hardly ready to sprint home when Flan gave him the signal……..
DJLoo said, on July 5, 2011 at 7:27 pm

If I were the opposing manager, I would complain about Flannery.
zumie said, on July 5, 2011 at 7:28 pm

Thrown bat is an out, except in the ninth inning. My rule idea!
- zumie said, on July 5, 2011 at 7:29 pm
  
  Thrown into the stands, I mean.
big flavor said, on July 5, 2011 at 7:29 pm

my daughter is in Sun Valley for 4 weeks starting today so I will be around the blog more often. Looking forward to *watching* these games with you guys…….
big flavor said, on July 5, 2011 at 7:31 pm

Zumie—I love that idea……
Anyone have a count on how many 4 hop ground balls Huff has hit to 2nd this year…….
RowRow. How about that?
zumie said, on July 5, 2011 at 7:32 pm

A two-out Ribbie!
DJLoo said, on July 5, 2011 at 7:32 pm

Well done by Aaron.
DJLoo said, on July 5, 2011 at 7:34 pm

I have never seen a hitter who is as consistently behind in the count as Rowand. Every AB, 0-1, 0-2…
zumie said, on July 5, 2011 at 7:39 pm

That’s some chutzpah by the Giants. “Ma’am, yes we realize that bat hit you in the head, but we need it back. Here, we’ll give you a replacement bat.”
big flavor said, on July 5, 2011 at 7:39 pm

I want to just take a moment to respond to the Casey Anthony stuff and offer my theory of what happened. It’s actually not my theory, but I know some people who work with *kids* like Casey. I think she chloroformed her daughter to go out partying one night and she accidently killed her. Now, please cut me some slack if this has already been suggested, I didn’t watch any of the trial, I just read some internet stories now and again as the trial went on.
I’d love Snarkk and Xoot’s take, it they were so inclined……
- zumie said, on July 5, 2011 at 7:42 pm
  
  One of the pundits said that in that situation, in Florida, it would still be first degree murder. A felony committed against a child, and the child dies accidentally in the process, is first degree murder.
  - big flavor said, on July 5, 2011 at 7:45 pm
    
    oh, I’m not doubting that. I was just positing what I think happened. The prosecution never really explained what they thought happened……..
  - zumie said, on July 5, 2011 at 7:50 pm
    
    The prosecution went all in with the straightforward murder charge.
- DJLoo said, on July 5, 2011 at 7:45 pm
  
  Maybe she meant to give her Colorforms and just misread the package…
- xootsuit said, on July 5, 2011 at 8:05 pm
  
  I didn’t follow the case. And most of what I know about Florida law I learned watching Body Heat (quite a few times). One thing I did by chance learn years ago, however, is that in Florida in a criminal case the defendant’s lawyer has the right to take depositions of the prosecution’s witnesses. (In California, not so. You only get depositions as a mater of right in civil cases.) That means a decent Florida criminal defense lawyer can learn everything an adverse witness knows and lock him or her into a specific set of facts and zero in on his or her weaknesses and character flaws and get a good sense of how the witness will handle testifying under oath. Makes cross-examination at trial much more effective. Who woulda thought — Florida gives defendants a big break like that. Sounds to me like the prosecution’s various witnesses in this case were pretty fucking miserable. So . . . . . That’s my guess.
  - big flavor said, on July 5, 2011 at 8:32 pm
    
    thanks, I have been meaning to ask your take on this for a while now…….
Del Mar Dennis said, on July 5, 2011 at 7:39 pm

Very nice start there, but WTF was Shitholtz thinking there with 2-outs? Miggy hits a gapper or runs into one and the Giants and the Horse are on cruise control the rest of the way. That pic of Nate as depicted by Twin, was spot-on. Nate if a fucking Neanderthal.
DJLoo said, on July 5, 2011 at 7:42 pm

So Matt Cain gets to wear little stars on his hat and uniform this week for making the ASG. Someone at MLB has way too much time on their hands…
- xootsuit said, on July 5, 2011 at 8:05 pm
  
  He gets a $50,000 bonus, too. Lincecum gets $100K.
Del Mar Dennis said, on July 5, 2011 at 7:46 pm

Looks like Nate wasn’t the only one to take his stoopid pills tonight. Rizzo? Whatta Maroon.
DJLoo said, on July 5, 2011 at 7:50 pm

No wonder Anna doesn’t want to go to any games….
- zumie said, on July 5, 2011 at 7:53 pm
  
  I’m going to Saturday’s game.
big flavor said, on July 5, 2011 at 7:52 pm

Anna lives out of the area. She is very sweet to offer these up the way she has done, she could easily sell them online. Speaking of those tickets, I don’t have any requests yet from a Flapper. I have a couple of friends who want them but those pussies don’t blog here so I’d rather get them to one of you guys. Let me know……..
- zumie said, on July 5, 2011 at 7:57 pm
  
  The offer is super-generous, but it’s too short-notice for me. There’s lots of logistics that have to be worked out ahead of time for me to go to a Giants game. I have a total of 3 hours travel time.
- xootsuit said, on July 5, 2011 at 8:10 pm
  
  Anna is a great Giants fan, and clearly enjoys sharing the tickets she can’t use with other fans. The fact that she’s offering some of those tickets on the flap and to the regular posters here is a helluva compliment.
blade3colorado said, on July 5, 2011 at 7:57 pm

Matt Capps is totally fucking up a fine pitching performance by Scott Baker. Why do I care? Another of my SP in fantasy league screwed by their bullpen. Pfffft!
zumie said, on July 5, 2011 at 8:03 pm

Amy’s got the glam look tonight.
Del Mar Dennis said, on July 5, 2011 at 8:05 pm

Seriously, how is Whiteside still on this team or any other major league roster for that matter? He can’t even catch a tailing fb 6″ off the plate. There has to be an upgrade made at that position at some point, and at some point soon.
- zumie said, on July 5, 2011 at 8:09 pm
  
  Well, I agree with that.
DJLoo said, on July 5, 2011 at 8:10 pm

0-1 on Rowand of course…
big flavor said, on July 5, 2011 at 8:12 pm

that fucking MI. Benjamin?
willieD said, on July 5, 2011 at 8:14 pm

cepeda is part of the answer….I saw it in the Chron, either today or yesterday.
what was it that turned the dodgers off on orlando hudson? He went from a starter to a backup, then wasn’t re-signed and went elsewhere. Solid player, imo.
- zumie said, on July 5, 2011 at 8:18 pm
  
  I don’t think we ever got a straight answer on that. We even asked the Gloating Rooster (Dodger fan) at the time, and he didn’t know. It was kind of weird. The Dodgers were having a magical season, and then Hudson got benched for some reason. They were literally catching lucky breaks all over the place that season. I’ll never forget that two-out ninth-inning error by Feliz to give the Dodgers a victory over the Phillies that season.
zumie said, on July 5, 2011 at 8:20 pm

Just the way that play is drawn up!
big flavor said, on July 5, 2011 at 8:21 pm

by the way, Amy G basically came all over her microphone over this *big twitter announcement* and she comes up with Posey in the booth? I thought she was talking about a big trade……
And I will say this now: I know Tejada’s stats are worthless, but I like him. I like his energy and his emotional reactions. He’s a good dude……..
- xootsuit said, on July 5, 2011 at 8:22 pm
  
  Did you pull some behind the scenes strings to get your Tejada post up first? 😉
  - big flavor said, on July 5, 2011 at 8:25 pm
    
    I’m 2 seconds ahead of the rest of the human race, Zoom. Please make a note of it. 🙂
  - xootsuit said, on July 5, 2011 at 8:29 pm
    
    Zoom? Slow down, man. Speed kills.
  - big flavor said, on July 5, 2011 at 8:37 pm
    
    Ha, sometimes I’m moving so fast I miss some stuff. Your name was a blur, it looked like Zumie. Z looked like an X
xootsuit said, on July 5, 2011 at 8:21 pm

In some ways, Tejada still plays like he’s 18. Can’t lie. I’m rooting for him.
big flavor said, on July 5, 2011 at 8:24 pm

In fact, with Ross and Burrell chewing seeds on the bench, regaling themselves with stories or last Oct/Nov and which chicks they are going to bang tonight, I would argue that Tejada wants to win more than just about anyone on this team right now. That’s the type of guy I want in this LU tonight. And tomorrow…….
Hey guys, Twin has an MRI tomorrow so let’s get some good Flap Karma going tonight. Whenever he isn’t really around I worry about him. Hey Twin, how ’bout you come back with some good news tomorrow for once, you fucker! Seriously, we are always thinking of you and rooting for you (actually, I’m rarely *thinking* of you but I am 100% in your corner and rooting for you……
twinfan1 said, on July 5, 2011 at 8:38 pm

He’s “Styled” from day one. He’s beat out several hits and potential DPs that most players give up on out of the box.
- big flavor said, on July 5, 2011 at 8:40 pm
  
  It’s taken me some time to warm up to him. His stats are awful. But when they showed Ross and Burrell chewing seeds and talking on the bench, hurt, it really did make me think that a guy like Tejada is a guy I really do want in the LU right now. When you want something you play harder. Fact.
- Bozo said, on July 5, 2011 at 8:46 pm
  
  I’ve seen that too twin. I think I even gave him props awhile back. His stats have been lame but the guy is a fucking pro when he’s between the lines (he may be a pro outside the lines, but I can’t vouch for that).
willieD said, on July 5, 2011 at 8:41 pm

I read an article off season about disagreements on the UZR of bartlett, that rated him from avg. to minus numbers. Had something to do with different rating systems as I recall. He hasn’t hit well, and isn’t having a great night in the field so far either.
Crawford looks like he is growing into the position….I’m starting not to care too much if he hits or not.