August 23rd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted in Uncategorized by Flavor on August 23, 2011

I went to a wedding years ago where the bride’s dad got drunk and by about the middle of the reception he was running around to everyone he could find and screaming “July 28th!!!!!”. Most people didn’t know what he was talking about. It turned out that was his birthday and he was inviting everyone to to the party on his boat. As the evening wore on, my buddies and I all joined in the fray and pretty soon the entire wedding was drunk running around yelling “July 28th!!!!” to whoever was near by. The evening ending at some bar and I have this perfect image of this dude stumbling out the front door of the bar and wandering away into the night all the while mumbling “July 28th” to himself……..

The girl I took to that wedding 14 years ago, who’s married with a couple of kids now, will still send me a random text every year or so that simply says “July 28th”. I respond in kind…….

Without quite the purpose and repetition as Mr July 28th himself, I give you the following battle cry:

“August 23rd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Not sure what this is an ad for but it’s a place in Wisconsin…….

Finally, that day is here. Who knows if we win tonight. That’s not the point. The point is that we have broken through to the other side. A 12 game homey. The rest of the way we play teams who are under .500 and I am lumping Arizona in there because I think they peaked and are going to continue their spiral downward for the rest of the way. Not to mention, we are getting healthier………

I’ve got no idea if we have what it takes to advance past the first round in the playoffs. As I’ve patiently pointed out many times, we are missing all the fire power from last year. But if Beltran starts hitting and Huff and Pablo stay hot, who knows? Cabrera could be last year’s Renteria. So could, gulp, Tejada.

By the way, none of us ever went to that birthday party or ever saw Mr. July 28th ever again. Maybe the equivalent here happens and we miss the playoffs. All I know is that if it’s ever gonna happen for us this year it starts today. August 23rd. I’m extremely confident and positive today. Bring it……

And by the way, my *list* of fans who have given up on this year has been torn up and thrown away. If you were on board last year you’re on board this year. I might have to strap your screaming ass into your seat but you are coming along for this ride. And this ain’t no bus you’re on a goddamn F-16 cause if you’re a Flapper you got wings and today it’s “2-flaps Up” baby……

And here’s an update on the Flap Get Together I am planning. As of right now it will either be Sept 3rd or 4th. Sat is a 6pm game, Sun is a 1pm game vs the Doosh backs in our yard and I fully expect to have a firm grip on first place when we play them. It will be somewhere on the Peninsula between San Jose and SF. E mail me if you are interested in attending and if one day is better than the other for you. Right now, it’s me and San Dawg. I am keeping the details of it in email since there are lots of unknown people who read this blog and never post. But all of the regs are invited. WillieD, I can tell you San Dawg is simply bursting for you to attend this……. bigflavor77@gmail.com

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raymond said, on August 23, 2011 at 7:03 am

love your continued enthusiasm!!! i do agree, finally home, finally getting healthier AND despite not a lot of wins lately…it appears the gmen are starting to score some runs too! bring it ON!!’
Giant Head said, on August 23, 2011 at 7:21 am

As stated last week, got home from vacation right at the start of the first Braves game. Wilson goes on to give up 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th and blows the game, he then goes to see the arm doc and proceeds to the DL.

We lose the next game in 11 innings. Timmy pirthces a brilliant game with one bad pitch that ends up as the game’s only run. We then embarrass ourselves in the first two games in Houston and then go on to a monumental victory to get one win in Houston. Wake up on the morning of August 23rd and through all that mess in the last week, we actually gained a game on the Douchebags!

The West is ours! Belt has to play every day!
zumie said, on August 23, 2011 at 8:23 am

VERY inspiring, BF! I’m totally diggin’ it!
And here’s an inspiring song to keep the positive vibe going!
- DJLoo said, on August 23, 2011 at 9:42 am
  
  I would take Laverne & Shirley over our catcher and shortstop…
willieD said, on August 23, 2011 at 8:46 am

Have fun flav. I haven’t seen any pro sports in a few years, and dig hearing all the game (etc.) recaps, esp the out of town guys like Ed and wilco and pawlie and sd. Weather here is supposed to heat up this week, so the ball might be carrying a little better certain parts of the yard.
It is always interesting to read blog comments here, whether or not you agree with them. It will be fun to meet up with people, that’s a really cool idea. Sometimes on the fangraphs site, the blog comments are just as insightful as the real article.
As an example, on one entry talking about Jason Heyward, bloggers made the comment that Braves mgr. was batting Jordan Schaefer in the leadoff despite a shitty OBP…which Gonzalez admitted he didn’t even bother to check what that was. Huh?
I posted something few days ago about mgrs and talent…I think black deserves a hell of a lot of credit for getting Padres near 3rd in the division given the talent he has, what they have dumped off (clean up hitte ludwick and set up guy adams), and what the org spends. Manuel can trot out Howard, Polanco, Utley, rollins victorino and now pence (6 f-ing all stars), plus halladay and lee to go with hamels. What black has to do to manage a game is a hell of a lot harder than writing those names into the LU.
PawlieKokonuts said, on August 23, 2011 at 9:28 am

I salute you, Capt. Magnus Flavoris, for revving up the F-16 and bringing us on board. I mean, really, look at last year: the season and even more the postseason. That was a Mach 5 ride that no one would’ve seen coming quite that way. I’m also thinking that a number of teams like the Phillies and Brewers may simply have too easy a run into the postseason and be flat. Anyway, one step at a time. AUGUST TWENTY-THIRD. Numerologists, beware.

Incidentally, Bochy should’ve been mgr of the yr last yr, even more so this yr. I dare say any success this year will be more meaningful than last year in the eyes of the players. It was harder. I’m not saying ANY success this year is better than a ring, no, I’m just saying this has been like the Bataan march, or some more appropriate analogy.

Twin, glad to hear your relatively good news. Hoping for good progress on all fronts.
TedSpe said, on August 23, 2011 at 9:55 am

Quaker Steak and Lube Day, people!!!!
twinfan1 said, on August 23, 2011 at 9:55 am

. Flavor likes to have polls and votes. this should be a simple one with no sniveling out of it: Will the Giants win the West? This should not be an anonymous one, make your pick logged on as a comment- Yea or Nay. No ifs, sniffs, or maybes. No vote at all is a “nay”.
I am a “Yea”, of course.
“I haven’t throw it in yet.”
“If blah blah…they are still in the race for sure” are examples of weasel words..
Yea or nay.
- Nipper said, on August 23, 2011 at 10:50 am
  
  Yes
stixwiz said, on August 23, 2011 at 10:14 am

Yea.
twinfan1 said, on August 23, 2011 at 10:25 am

Pawlie mentioned Joe Maddon, and I’m sure he’s a good manager. The specs sure make him look like a smart one. But did you know it’s not just Botchy, you Bonehead bashers. Every manager is an idiot, even Joe has a website just for him: joemaddonsucks.com. Fire Joe Madden blog forums, the whole nine yards. So another great idea is a Battle of the FireOurManager websites. Since all of you think that your dumb manager is dumber than their dumb manager, it should be a lively forum.
blade3colorado said, on August 23, 2011 at 10:33 am

Unequivocal, undeniable, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

YES!
twinfan1 said, on August 23, 2011 at 10:39 am

Stix and Blade show how it’s done…
unca_chuck said, on August 23, 2011 at 10:48 am

But of course . . .

Giants by 3.
Giant Head said, on August 23, 2011 at 10:51 am

I have been a yeah all summer…winning the West and bring on Philly. Brewers face Braves…Giants vs. Brew Crew for the Pennant…
blade3colorado said, on August 23, 2011 at 11:01 am

Nipper too Twin
Macdog said, on August 23, 2011 at 11:01 am

Hell yea!

Holy crap, we just had something like a tremor here in the east. I know y’all are used to this back in the Bay Area, but it’s a bit unnerving to feel the house shake.
- blade3colorado said, on August 23, 2011 at 11:12 am
  
  Mac, where are you located? I know that Pawlie, Bozo (John) and GH (Peter) live in the area too.
  - Macdog said, on August 23, 2011 at 11:15 am
    
    I’m in Jersey. CNN saying 5.8 quake hit Va. GH would’ve really felt it, as my in-laws in western Va. certainly did.
Decap said, on August 23, 2011 at 11:08 am

Yes – Giants still taking the west…
- usedtobebigsarge said, on August 23, 2011 at 3:34 pm
  
  Out of curiosity, are you an EMT?
twinfan1 said, on August 23, 2011 at 11:09 am

And Zumie, you have always been one of the best and most thoughtful commenters here and on the Splash. The fact that you think the team will likely not win the West hardly makes you like “those two”. Still time to change your mind, though 😉
ewisco said, on August 23, 2011 at 11:21 am

For twin’s sake i will repeat my claim: 94 wins, the west, and i don’t remember after that. i have trouble saying another ring because it’s so difficult and i fully expected the braves and the phils to be the teams to beat.

Twin, I assume all went well yesterday?

Lastly, I’m good for 9/3 after 3 pm on the peninsula and most of 9/4. would love to hang with all y’all for a game and a couple adult bevvies. Flav, feel free to bring the girl with the rack.
TedSpe said, on August 23, 2011 at 11:31 am

Of course, yea. I’ve been saying all August “Fuck it. It’s just August”.
TedSpe said, on August 23, 2011 at 11:44 am

Coupla side notes/ I see that wise seer Damon Bruce is advocating racial profiling at stadiums to put an end to fan fights. Also, considering Saturday’s debacle at Candlestick, it was somewhat disconcerting to see a mini-headline in the Sporting Green today under Niners news: Safety Traded
twinfan1 said, on August 23, 2011 at 11:49 am

Ewisco: yes, the MRI was clear- you probably missed last night’s posts…
I figured most for “yea.”A “nay” doesn’t make one a bad fan or person, BTW. We’ve had a lot of injuries, no crime in thinking it’s just not their year. We just have 2 or 3 who won’t be clear- and I doubt they will now. You see, however it goes, they “knew it all along”..
Flavor said, on August 23, 2011 at 11:51 am

Hey– I made a mistake— the Sat game is 6pm and right now we are leaning toward that one instead of the Sun day game. Ewisco– I can guarantee some rack representation. Maybe not the entire time. More like the amount of time it takes a bikini babe to circle the ring with a sign indicating what round it is.
- blade3colorado said, on August 23, 2011 at 11:59 am
  
  If you get one of those boxing ring “bikini babe’s,” who cares about the time?
Kevin said, on August 23, 2011 at 12:04 pm

Yes the Giants still win the west. and not on the last day of the season
NoTalent said, on August 23, 2011 at 12:30 pm

“Recovering” from the earthquake here in Philly. Grew up in Cali so in reality this was nothing at all, just seemed more unnerving due to context (?in Philly).

I’ve been a yes all along. Whatever, happens, I will enjoy … knowing this team gave it everything. Bochy deserves manager of the year.

It’s been a good couple days for the whole Giants organization: gain 1.5 games on the douchebags and every single big prospect (Surkamp, Brown, Adrianza, Hembree, Peguero, Joseph, Panik) for the last two days, something TF alluded to last night.

One more thing, Torres has been hitting well at AAA. He has been quickly discarded by the dimwits on the Splash and Extra Baggs, and he has had a terrible couple months but I still think he has something to offer in a big way. Worth watching.
That's *mr* mrbill to you! said, on August 23, 2011 at 12:44 pm

August 23rd, a day that will live in ephemerality.
79 – Mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan.
1775 – King George III declares American Colonies in an open state of rebellion.
1869 – First carload of rail freight arrives in SF; boots and shoes from Boston.
1904 – The automobile tire chain is patented.
1952 – Giants’ Bob Elliot is ejected for arguing a strike, Bobby Hoffman completes his at bat. Hoffman strikes out and is also ejected for arguing.
1966 – Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.
1970 – Lou Reed plays his last show with the Velvet Underground.
1989 – Pete Rose banned from baseball, for life.
1989 – Dodgers, Expos play second-longest shutout in MLB history. Dodgers finally win 1-0 in the 22nd.

Happy Birthday!: Barbara “Jeannie” Eden (73), Rick “Jessie’s Girl” Springfield (58), Jay Mohr (37)
- Bozo said, on August 23, 2011 at 2:32 pm
  
  Not to mention “Quaker Steak and Lube Day” (thanks Ted).
eddacker said, on August 23, 2011 at 12:58 pm

yea
Go Gigantes!
snarkk said, on August 23, 2011 at 1:10 pm

Interesting article in the Merc today by Baggarly about Timmeh and Cain possibility of leaving for greener pastures (big $ and more run support) if/when they become FAs. Upshot: who knows?
Yeah, I still say the Giants win the division, as I said from ST. Never said anything different. Probably by no more than 2 games — I don’t think they or Dbacks will run away. So what if I’m right or wrong? If the Giants win it – then I win a box of Cracker Jack? If they don’t, then I lose and get a free 2012 subscription to the Flap? Next…
- twinfan1 said, on August 23, 2011 at 1:59 pm
  
  There’s really nothing in Bagg’s column that suggests they’d leave because of the poor support,Baggarly raises the issue, nothing comes of it .Not mentione are two World Series Rings..anyway, it’s usually the money. Period..
  Snarkkles, you never said differently, you posted differently..good to see you finally make it clear. What do you win? Maybe Zumie won’t be horrified to be included in the same sentence with you..
BoulderTom said, on August 23, 2011 at 1:13 pm

It’s a Yea, for me. While I feel the pain of our lack of offense, we’ve closed the gap on the Snakes on merit. We’re pitching better than they are and we’re “hitting” better too. Arizona can’t buy a knock right now (either) and that’s been a key for them: http://www.mercurynews.com/other-sports/ci_18737251. She’s thar for the pickin’, boys.

Also: How do I change the avitar? I’ve got a great stupid pic to substitute.
- snarkk said, on August 23, 2011 at 1:23 pm
  
  I’d help you, but I forgot how…
- Flavor said, on August 23, 2011 at 2:45 pm
  
  I’m not sure what your dashboard looks like but if you click under “me” and fiddle around there, you’ll probably find what you’re looking for.
  - snarkk said, on August 23, 2011 at 4:34 pm
    
    I think “fiddle” is the technical term frequently used n my VCR/DVD User Manual to stop the time from blinking “12:00″…
Sierra Nevada said, on August 23, 2011 at 1:17 pm

First off, I’ll say again, it’s great to hear your good health news, twin.

Second, hell yes. I am picking the Giants to win the west.
shaman138 said, on August 23, 2011 at 1:29 pm

They win the West but it will be close–by two or three. And I predict the Room Bonheaders who have infested the Splash will vanish into thin air when that happens.
unca_chuck said, on August 23, 2011 at 1:32 pm

You still trashing the Niners on the insder, Shaman?
blade3colorado said, on August 23, 2011 at 1:52 pm

Still having a Homer Simpson moment after MrBill2 mentioned Barbara Eden . . . mmmmmmmm, donu . . . umm, Barbara Eden.*

*She was hot back in the day!
- unca_chuck said, on August 23, 2011 at 2:05 pm
  
  Some comedian said that Barbara Eden officially replaced Florence Henderson as his GILF.
  - DJLoo said, on August 23, 2011 at 2:18 pm
    
    Yeah, I’d like to get into her Depends…..
  - TedSpe said, on August 23, 2011 at 2:24 pm
    
    I was watching Bill Maher a few years back. I’ll obviously be paraphrasing but his routine was something like: “Guys are always saying “Wow! That Sophia Loren sure has aged well. If only I could have *one* night with her” And I’m thinking, one night with her? Yeah right. You’ll watch the 6 o’clock news, have some ovaltine and be in bed asleep by 8. SHE’S 77 YEARS OLD FOR FUCK’S SAKE!!!”
- blade3colorado said, on August 23, 2011 at 2:07 pm
  
  Also MrBill2 has her age wrong (73) . . . She is 77.
  - That's *mr* mrbill to you! said, on August 23, 2011 at 2:15 pm
    
    She ages gracefully.
  - DJLoo said, on August 23, 2011 at 2:27 pm
    
    Some do and some don’t.
    Bridget Bardot looks like the back of my balls…
  - snarkk said, on August 23, 2011 at 3:21 pm
    
    I’m trying to figure out how you know what that looks like.
    Never mind…
Bozo said, on August 23, 2011 at 2:30 pm

The Giants will win the West. So I’m a yea.
I wish and hope we get Philly at some point in the POs. I really, really want to send those disrespecting, cheating, lying, no good phucks back home to cry in their cheese whiz sandwiches.
- blade3colorado said, on August 23, 2011 at 2:32 pm
  
  POTD Clown!
PawlieKokonuts said, on August 23, 2011 at 2:35 pm

I’m an “Amen!” [translate as “Yup!] though I confess it took a Kierkegaardian leap of faith and following of the Gospel of Flap, 8:23.
- TedSpe said, on August 23, 2011 at 2:41 pm
  
  Dammit Pawlie!! I was gonna use Kierkegaardian later today!! It was either that or existential but I used that already yesterday.
  - That's *mr* mrbill to you! said, on August 23, 2011 at 2:50 pm
    
    Even Nietzsche would be optimistic about the Giants today.
  - blade3colorado said, on August 23, 2011 at 2:54 pm
    
    Will you guys speak English.
  - snarkk said, on August 23, 2011 at 3:48 pm
    
    John Locke…
PawlieKokonuts said, on August 23, 2011 at 2:41 pm

I personally did feel the quake in Cuse; was driving. But my mother, 94, in Connecticut, called me and said her bed and bureau were moving. she had to sit down, thought she was having a dizzy spell. She didn’t calm down until my brother in Maryland called her. Unnerving. JUST ANOTHER SIGN: AUGUST TWENTY-THIRD!. The August 23 Movement: it has a faintly Marxist tone to it. Left Coast. Glittering Path. Black & Orange. City Lights. [I have no idea what I’m talking about.]
- PawlieKokonuts said, on August 23, 2011 at 3:03 pm
  
  did NOT feel the quake; oh well, “Either/Or” — that’s a title of one of the works of Soren Kierkegaard
  - DJLoo said, on August 23, 2011 at 3:11 pm
    
    I wouldn’t know Soren Kierkegaard from Pete Gogolak…
- snarkk said, on August 23, 2011 at 3:26 pm
  
  Easterners. When it comes to EQs, what wimps.
  For a measly 5.9er on the Richter, I don’t even get off the pot…
DJLoo said, on August 23, 2011 at 2:49 pm

According to my figures the current percentage chance of winning the NL West is as follows:

San Francisco: 30%
Arizona: 25%
Colorado: 20%
Los Angeles: 15%
San Diego: 10%
- blade3colorado said, on August 23, 2011 at 2:55 pm
  
  Where art thou figures from Loo?
DJLoo said, on August 23, 2011 at 3:01 pm

From 49 years as a Giant fan and a little historical perspective, Blade…
- TedSpe said, on August 23, 2011 at 3:07 pm
  
  In other words, from that part of you that resembles Bridget Bardot?
  - Del Mar Dennis said, on August 23, 2011 at 3:17 pm
    
    My proctologist told me the back of my balls resembled Bridget Bardot once…once!
  - snarkk said, on August 23, 2011 at 3:31 pm
    
    Well, that answered my 3:21. Whew….
  - snarkk said, on August 23, 2011 at 3:33 pm
    
    But, was that Bardot at 22, or 73?…
  - Del Mar Dennis said, on August 23, 2011 at 3:52 pm
    
    I must invoke the doctor/patient confidentially rule. But I’ll say this, a picture did surface in the New England Journal of Medicine.
SanDawg said, on August 23, 2011 at 3:30 pm

Yeah, I went through “I Dream of Jeannie” rerun phase with the kids. Damn right, Jeannie was hot as hell. I’m also get a big kick out of Major Healey—every few episodes he seems to temporarily become Jeannie’s master and surrounds himself with hot women, castles, and cigarette boats.. Same actor who played “Howard,” Bob Newhart’s neighbor. That guy absolutely nailed the role of sidekick/comic relief/supporting actor in my book. The only episodes I can’t handle are the ones with Jeannie’s evil sister. Not a fan.
Dr. Bellows kind of kicked ass too.
- unca_chuck said, on August 23, 2011 at 3:45 pm
  
  I always had a thing for Agent 99 . . .
  
  “Oh Max!!”
- snarkk said, on August 23, 2011 at 3:45 pm
  
  Ah, the belly button controversy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJM0OIlIFAU
  You had to suspect Major Nelson used at least one Jeannie wish for continuing lascivious activities with Jeannie — off camera. Major Healey always made snide commentary to that effect — he was in the know. Even astronuts couldn’t stay couped up in a Gemini capsule for long without urges. She was most definitely a hot number in those days…
- unca_chuck said, on August 23, 2011 at 3:48 pm
  - TedSpe said, on August 23, 2011 at 3:58 pm
    
    Hollywood was (of course) going to make a movie version of I DREAM OF JEANNIE with Jessica Alba a couple years back but it might not happen because that BEWITCHED movie bombed. Sad, really. Jessica Alba in that cute, pink Jeannie outfit??!! Mamacita!! She can Trini my Lopez anytime.
Del Mar Dennis said, on August 23, 2011 at 3:39 pm

A little different look tonight. Still no Beltran, but we have my favorite Giant on the mound tonight.
That’s good enough for me…

Fontenot SS Keppinger 2B Sandoval 3B Huff 1B Belt LF Ross RF Rowand CF Stewart C Cain P
- zumie said, on August 23, 2011 at 3:56 pm
  
  Rowand in the starting lineup? You just know Extrabaggs is melting down with doomerization as we speak.
zumie said, on August 23, 2011 at 3:52 pm

“The fact that you think the team will likely not win the West”

Well, I’ve definitely made the decision to stop worrying about it. Maybe it’s “torture fatigue” getting to me.
It would be a great accomplishment for the Giants to make the playoffs, given all that’s happened to them this season. I’m rooting for them to make it. Count me as predicting they will. It wouldn’t surprise me if they tied, though, and had to do the one-game playoff thing. I think it’s going to be that close down the stretch. Once IN the playoffs, I think the Giants can get it done against the Phillies in a 5-game series.
- zumie said, on August 23, 2011 at 3:55 pm
  
  This is actually consistent with what I said at the beginning of the season, about how the Giants are built better for the playoffs than the regular season. Granted, a lot of water has gone under the bridge since then, but the basic idea is still true.
unca_chuck said, on August 23, 2011 at 3:56 pm

The Quick Steak and Lube remionds me of the Brick Oven Pizza Donuts in Half Moon Bay.

Like the Fresh Lobsters Dancing Nightly at some resutarant in PA back in the day.
zumie said, on August 23, 2011 at 4:00 pm

Loo, you can’t be serious with these numbers:
San Francisco: 30%
Arizona: 25%
Colorado: 20%
Los Angeles: 15%
San Diego: 10%

The numbers should be more like:
SF 49%
Arizona 49%
Colorado 2%
LA 0%
SD 0%
- twinfan1 said, on August 23, 2011 at 4:21 pm
  
  He’s serious.
- twinfan1 said, on August 23, 2011 at 4:31 pm
  
  BP did adjust their Playoff odds report: 77.4 % for SF, 22.5 for AZ. That is to make playoffs, including WC..
EdGdsnInExile said, on August 23, 2011 at 4:08 pm

Being a veteran of a number of NoCal quakes, this was a good one. I estimated 30 seconds–just one long significant shaking, no real crescendo, no directional rolling, not even violent. Nothing fell, but bits of paint and plaster. Just a good solid shaking. As someone posted above, it’s weird because you don’t expect them here, although we had a small one just last July. Had to do a bit of explaining to my neighbors. Anyway, it may not make the news, but the epicenter is literally a couple miles from Virginia’s Lake Anna nuclear plant. Let’s hope they did some checking after Fukushima. The D-backs-Nats game has been briefly delayed–checking for structural damage.

As to the D-backs, it seems to me trading away Kelly Johnson for Aaron Hill and John Donald is a desperation move and won’t sit well for their chemistry.

Glad to hear the good report, Twin. And count me in for the division!
- TedSpe said, on August 23, 2011 at 4:19 pm
  
  News says it was 15 seconds. And yes, they checked the nuclear plants
- DJLoo said, on August 23, 2011 at 4:24 pm
  
  Hopefully, Fukushima did a thorough enough job on the initial check…
- TedSpe said, on August 23, 2011 at 4:30 pm
  
  I hear he’s the best
twinfan1 said, on August 23, 2011 at 4:19 pm

The more clothes that come off, the more you realize they’re all George Costanza’s mother…I’d say close your eyes after the sweater, before the blouse..
Giants 30% chance? Does this mean Loo-igi is taking the field? I’ll take that bet..
- twinfan1 said, on August 23, 2011 at 4:26 pm
  
  Which makes Loo the first “Nay”
- DJLoo said, on August 23, 2011 at 4:41 pm
  
  This is an abstract form of mathematics that is incomprehensible to some. Giving the Giants a 30% chance of winning the division does not mean that the remaining teams have a 70% chance combined. Each team’s percentage is a stand-alone figure. I may need a blackboard.
  - twinfan1 said, on August 23, 2011 at 4:53 pm
    
    I know what you meant, Loo-Igi. Actually, Rockies have a 0.4% chance to make the playoffs. That’s POINT ZERO FOUR. Dodgers and Pads have ZERO each..
  - twinfan1 said, on August 23, 2011 at 5:02 pm
    
    I was giving you a break, really. The field would have included AZ. How about I put up a hundred on the Padres chances- 1`-10, that would be a nice pay for you…
That's *mr* mrbill to you! said, on August 23, 2011 at 4:34 pm

Well the division seems mostly a “gimme”, and has so (to me). Nearly an uninteresting bet. NLDS? Not with last week’s team. But hey, last week’s team isn’t necessarily the team that shows up in the remaining 5 wks, soo….
snarkk said, on August 23, 2011 at 4:51 pm

Nate must be hurt, or insulted Boch.
Otherwise, the Squatter in there with his woes agin’ RHPs and Latos going is more than a tad quizzical…
- That's *mr* mrbill to you! said, on August 23, 2011 at 4:55 pm
  
  re: “Nate” per Schulman:
  Just saw Nate. Has a boot on his right foot.
  08.23.2011 at 04:08 PM
  
  RT @ScottReissCSN: Bochy will tell us about Nate in a few, but I am told its fallout from fouling ball off foot in HOU. Sounds like no DL, maybe a few days.
  08.23.2011 at 04:08 PM
  - snarkk said, on August 23, 2011 at 5:00 pm
    
    F—K.
    We’re going to run out of players at this rate.
    Ok, I’ll admit it. I made the Faustian deal last October.
    But, in spite of all the injuries now, I’d do it again!….
  - That's *mr* mrbill to you! said, on August 23, 2011 at 5:02 pm
    
    No worries, Kruk is gonna get some of the “Gamer Babes From Half Moon Bay” to fill in the bench.
  - That's *mr* mrbill to you! said, on August 23, 2011 at 5:04 pm
    
    “Sounds like no DL, maybe a few days.” …. the original prognosis on Beltran and Wilson, too. Both DL’ed.
  - twinfan1 said, on August 23, 2011 at 5:25 pm
    
    If the injury is obviously very serious, like Buster’s , the DL is an obvious and immediate option. But in general, ALL teams and their medical staffs prefer, if possible, to avoid the DL. Many injuries cannot be fully evaluated right away and/or the healing time known immediately. At any rate, Cave Boy may hit the DL, but it has nothing whatsoever to do Wilson and Beltran going on the DL.
twinfan1 said, on August 23, 2011 at 4:55 pm

He’s hurt, your browser only comes here?
Del Mar Dennis said, on August 23, 2011 at 5:09 pm

Beltran has been activated. Looks like either Nate or Dirrrty will replace him on the DL.
It’s the Giants version of “musical chairs,” DL style.
- Del Mar Dennis said, on August 23, 2011 at 5:12 pm
  
  hey, the blog whacked off my horse avatar and gave me a generic one for my last comment. Nobody whacks my horse, my name isn’t Jack Woltz.
- TedSpe said, on August 23, 2011 at 5:24 pm
  
  Now you listen to me, you smooth-talking son-of-a-bitch, let me lay it on the line for you and your boss, whoever he is! Johnny Fontane will never get that movie! I don’t care how many dago guinea wop greaseball goombahs come out of the woodwork!
  - blade3colorado said, on August 23, 2011 at 5:34 pm
    
    “I’m German-Irish.”
    
    . . . “Well, let me tell you something, my kraut-mick friend, I’m gonna make so much trouble for you, you wont know what hit you!”
  - snarkk said, on August 23, 2011 at 5:54 pm
    
    So many great lines in that movie — no wonder it got the Oscar for screenplay.
    My fav is Moe Greene to Michael: “I made my bones when you were going out with cheerleaders!”…
snarkk said, on August 23, 2011 at 5:11 pm

Chronbag reports MediaNews is chopping 8% more of employees, reducing number of different newspaper brands again. Oakland Trib to become “East Bay” Trib and so on. One of these days, we’ll probably have one or no newspaper beat writers following the Giants, or maybe home games only. Internet guy(s) will be it. I don’t see how that will be a good thing…
- Nipper said, on August 23, 2011 at 5:46 pm
  
  It’s snarkky.
snarkk said, on August 23, 2011 at 5:27 pm

Just looked at Baggs’ twittershit:
DL possible for Nate on the foot.
Sanchez still can’t throw off mound, next start doubtful.
Romo is throwing.
Wilson not.
I’l twitta here that I’m not getting a good feeling at all from this Wilson thing…
twinfan1 said, on August 23, 2011 at 5:44 pm

There might very well be a math that says different, and I’m happy to be educated on it, but by the old kind, if you give the Giants a 30 percent chance to win, you are giving a 70 percent chance they won’t..
- TedSpe said, on August 23, 2011 at 6:01 pm
  
  Let’s see…30 divided by 100, carry the two, invert the third fraction after factoring and cross cancelling the 70, outline the square root, link to form a four sided polygon, produce an elongated sphere or ‘ellipsoid’, subtract the diameter, bounce the tangent and you get…wait…let me start all over…
- macdog said, on August 23, 2011 at 6:09 pm
  
  Kinda like the NBA lottery, in which the team with the worst record has something like a 25 percent chance to get the top pick, and, as a result, rarely gets the top pick.
- DJLoo said, on August 23, 2011 at 6:26 pm
  
  I believe it’s a form or derivative of Malliavin calculus…
blade3colorado said, on August 23, 2011 at 6:10 pm

Agree Snarkk . . . I saw that movie when I and quite a few of my friends still did not have cars. I think I was 16 or 17. Anyway, there was a drive-in theater called The Moonlight, which my friends and I would go to . . . We would jump the fence and extend about 4-5 speakers on the ground toward the fence line with volume cranked, then we would jump back over the fence and lay down on the gravel ground. Usually we would have at least a case of beer and/or some weed . . . I still remember seeing the Godfather there. Great times 🙂
- sandy32koufaxsandy said, on August 23, 2011 at 6:33 pm
  
  Moonlight Drive-in?…in Santa Clara?…WHO ARE YOU?
That's *mr* mrbill to you! said, on August 23, 2011 at 6:15 pm

More Nate — foot fracture, per Schulman:

Didn’t show up on Xray in ATL. But did on MRI, CT scan. he suggested he might be able to play if pain allows. 08.23.2011 at 06:08 PM

Nate confirms he has a foot fracture. still no DL decision. 08.23.2011 at 06:08 PM
- That's *mr* mrbill to you! said, on August 23, 2011 at 6:15 pm
  
  I believe the correct phrase is “F@##@, double-F#$(%*&!”
- blade3colorado said, on August 23, 2011 at 6:18 pm
  
  Believe me Bill2, Giants aren’t going to allow him to play on a fractured foot . . . Zito maybe, not Nate.
  - DJLoo said, on August 23, 2011 at 6:20 pm
    
    Then let him play on the one that’s not fractured…
  - That's *mr* mrbill to you! said, on August 23, 2011 at 6:21 pm
    
    Indeed. MLB can skip the umpiring crew for balls & strikes tonight — we need a M*A*S*H unit and triage.
- snarkk said, on August 23, 2011 at 6:19 pm
  
  I remember after that game he was quoted as saying he thought he broke the foot.
  Sheezus. If it weren’t visible on the xray, then maybe that means it won’t take too long to improve?
  DL him now, get it over with so he’s available ASAP in Sept.
  This means a steady diet of Squatty, wow …
That's *mr* mrbill to you! said, on August 23, 2011 at 6:24 pm

Earlier in the year, we were complaining about OF decisions because we were totally overstocked.
That's *mr* mrbill to you! said, on August 23, 2011 at 6:33 pm

This must be the diabolical work of the protective boot industry. Collusion at the highest levels of Ace Bandage Co.! Just like that thing with Che and Castro and Vietnam and the military-industrial complex and…
sandy32koufaxsandy said, on August 23, 2011 at 6:38 pm

Oh yeah…August 23rd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
snarkk said, on August 23, 2011 at 6:39 pm

I don’t quite get the Beltran thing.
He’s OK enough to take a bunch of BP every day for about a week, but he can’t take swings in the game?
I get that maybe swings in anger are the real thing and more strength may be used, but then why not keep him off BP for the last few days and just let it heal. Wouldn’t constant BP tend to aggravate it? Just wonderin…
- twinfan1 said, on August 23, 2011 at 6:47 pm
  
  You have no theory?
twinfan1 said, on August 23, 2011 at 6:40 pm

In a week you can vote on Ross, Rowand, or Torres for CF… if Belt is to play regularly, two of those guys sit..
Bozo said, on August 23, 2011 at 6:44 pm

Like Pawlie I was driving when the the EQ hit Richmond today and didn’t feel it (although others did). A 5.8 would normally get my attention but I don’t know what it was by time it was hitting the OBX, I do know some folks around here felt it and it scared the shit out of them. On the weather front I’m a bit more worried about the cat 3 or 4 hurricane that they say will hit us big time (we still have some of the stuff we had packed to evacuate during the fire packed, so that’s a plus). Weird year, had a tornado or two skip by us up the Sound, a 45,000 acre wild fire come within a couple of miles, an earthquake (although centered 4 hours away) and now something that is expected around here, but seems to be coming in hot. Just weird ass weather here in the bible belt.
So August 23, a date where I’m going to just try and stay up late enough to watch these SF Giants for as long as I have power or a roof.
That's *mr* mrbill to you! said, on August 23, 2011 at 6:55 pm

3M owns the Ace Bandage brand. The Twins are 14 games out. NL West is the place you’d least expect them to strike. It’s all becoming clear now!
- That's *mr* mrbill to you! said, on August 23, 2011 at 7:24 pm
  
  JSanchez DL’ed today — also wearing a protective boot. There will be offshore laundering at the end of this trail!
DJLoo said, on August 23, 2011 at 7:10 pm

Can’t believe how old Davey Johnson looks. For a second I thought it was Bill Rigney.
AZ wins…
Bozo said, on August 23, 2011 at 7:22 pm

Damn clowns.
- Del Mar Dennis said, on August 23, 2011 at 7:32 pm
  
  The Horse shoulda got outta the inning unscathed. How the hell he hasn’t gone “postal” on these pathetic palookas that call themselves “MLB hitters,” is beyond me. You woulda seen my ass on the 11:00 news years ago…
  - twinfan1 said, on August 23, 2011 at 7:45 pm
    
    How does Huff and Ross colliding have anything to with the offense?
SanDawg said, on August 23, 2011 at 7:33 pm

Dick Enberg insists on calling Pablo “SandoVAL” as in valley. Drives me fucking crazy.
SanDawg said, on August 23, 2011 at 7:35 pm

Trivia: Davey Johnson hit the last career pitch from what Hall of Famer for a grand slam?
Loo, give everyone else a chance before chiming in.
- sandy32koufaxsandy said, on August 23, 2011 at 7:40 pm
  
  Me
  - SanDawg said, on August 23, 2011 at 7:54 pm
    
    Nicely done
  - sandy32koufaxsandy said, on August 23, 2011 at 8:02 pm
    
    Thx…my gf’s girlfriend came up from their hometown, SD so I gave them my seats tonight…she won’t quit hitting mer with text updates…like I can’t see the friggin game
  - DJLoo said, on August 23, 2011 at 8:08 pm
    
    That is NOT correct…
  - sandy32koufaxsandy said, on August 23, 2011 at 8:14 pm
    
    Drink some beers and flirt with Ruski sailors but leave me alone, right!?
sandy32koufaxsandy said, on August 23, 2011 at 7:36 pm

Shitty call
Del Mar Dennis said, on August 23, 2011 at 7:37 pm

And now we’re getting screwed on calls at 1st base. The Snakes have already won, and now we get to bend over thanks to the umps…

August 23rd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Bozo said, on August 23, 2011 at 7:40 pm
  
  Yup – August 23. But, Dennis of the Del Mar dis only the second inning.
zumie said, on August 23, 2011 at 7:39 pm

Number 88?
Bozo said, on August 23, 2011 at 7:41 pm

Ok, do you just Latos here outta of GP?
- Bozo said, on August 23, 2011 at 7:42 pm
  
  hit Latos here.
Del Mar Dennis said, on August 23, 2011 at 7:44 pm

August 23, 1305: The English executed Scottish rebel leader Sir William Wallace for treason.

I’ve got a laundry list myself, and Mel Gibson’s name is nowhere to be found…
Del Mar Dennis said, on August 23, 2011 at 7:47 pm

It’s early, but Latos looks to be “on.” He’s definitely one who would cause me to make the 11:00 news.
- twinfan1 said, on August 23, 2011 at 8:01 pm
  
  On the other hand, how “on” can he be when Rowand hits one 400 feet…
  - Del Mar Dennis said, on August 23, 2011 at 8:10 pm
    
    Yeah, Latos has faced 1 over the minimum w/o allowing a hit thru 3.
    Silly me for thinking he might be “on.” Then again, against our sorry-sack excuse for a lineup, that’s par for the course…
  - twinfan1 said, on August 23, 2011 at 8:12 pm
    
    It was a joke, fuckhead.
- twinfan1 said, on August 23, 2011 at 8:07 pm
  
  11:00? That’s for minor shit, pal. You need to get programming interrupted or it’s strictly pussy stuff.
Del Mar Dennis said, on August 23, 2011 at 8:04 pm

Move over December 7, 1941. It’s now August 23, 2011. “It’s another date which will live in infamy.”
DJLoo said, on August 23, 2011 at 8:13 pm

SanDawg: Trivia Q & A is wrong…
- SanDawg said, on August 23, 2011 at 8:16 pm
  
  Really? I thought Davey hit a slam off Koufax at the end of his last start in the ’66 series, and then Koufax retired in the off season. Not true? Do tell.
- sandy32koufaxsandy said, on August 23, 2011 at 8:17 pm
  
  Last homer off of Koufax WAS Johnsons’…
  - SanDawg said, on August 23, 2011 at 8:21 pm
    
    Was that the last batter he ever faced? My understanding is he got pulled right after that.
  - sandy32koufaxsandy said, on August 23, 2011 at 8:23 pm
    
    The last he gave a homer to…don’t know if he faced anyone else, though
Bozo said, on August 23, 2011 at 8:15 pm

Omar, Snow, Cruz and Bonds (not sure if he won one since 2000)?
- Bozo said, on August 23, 2011 at 8:16 pm
  
  Matheny did? And, no Bonds. OK
sandy32koufaxsandy said, on August 23, 2011 at 8:16 pm

Latos throwing a no-no…
Bozo said, on August 23, 2011 at 8:18 pm

What’s that you say Sandy. Latos hasn’t allowed a hit? I can’t believe it. My god man a no hitter.
- sandy32koufaxsandy said, on August 23, 2011 at 8:27 pm
  
  Doesn’t look like it’s going to matter here…hit, walk…anything but double-play
  - sandy32koufaxsandy said, on August 23, 2011 at 8:28 pm
    
    Er…didn’t know there were two outs