Leading the League with Our Bats……
About a week into Spring Training, I think it’s safe to say that the offense is hitting on all cylinders. When was the last time you saw an SF Giant team stat line that looked like this:
Melk has a 1.667 OPS. Crawford, Burriss and Blanco are all hitting in the mid-400’s. El Presidente is rollin’ with at a .364 clip……….************Note to Readers***********: I don’t actually think these Giants hitters will continue to hit at this clip. This was a sarcastic swipe at the offense. That is, unless you think me lumping Crawford, Burriss and Blanco together as *mid .400* hitters is an indication you think I think they’ll keep that going……..
Zito is crouching along with a 2-0 record, 3.60 ERA. Tom House says he can pitch for another 10 years. Tom House must have been drunk or high when he gave that interview to Schulman……
I think Surkamp is pitching today. Definitely interested to see if he can reverse that horrendous bb/so ratio we saw last September. Word was that he was fatigued and I can buy that one time. We could be turning to him when Zito’s Law kicks in…….
Hey! Curry hurt his ankle again! I’m wondering if Jackson’s plan is to turn that ankle into something that resembles uncooked hamburger meat left out in the sun for a few days— that’s where this is headed. Sit him down for the rest of the season already……..
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I’m not surprised at all . . . I was ALL IN for adding Melk and Angel, trading Sanchez, etc. In Sabean and Bochy, I trust.
Only hitting stat that will go down significantly is home runs . . . Duh! We play in the phone park and we are FINALLY taking advantage of the park’s configurations. Having an “other worldly” Barry Bonds, you can say, “Fuck the park . . . it just doesn’t matter,” but we don’t have him anymore and that station to station bullshit we played last year was so painful to watch. This year the Giants will have an exciting roster and give Botchy so many more options, especially in the late innings, e.g., stealing bases, extending base hits to doubles and triples, bunts, etc.
I love this team! 🙂
The MLB show last night was a pretty good psycher upper…
Yeah Loo, again, thanks for the heads up. Per Bowa and the other two guys, the Gmen seem locked and loaded for bear.
Blade– you and I were both all in on those adds and I expect us to both me signing our praises when the season is in full swing. 🙂
I hope you aren’t predicting a *significant drop in hr’s*– we hit 121 last year. We couldn’t hit any fewer…….
No, no, no . . . I meant relative to what they have already done in Spring Training. The 121 threshold will be easy to break. Yeah, you were onboard with everything that went down, but many others weren’t. I am stoked about this year, if only because they won’t be playing that boring station to station crap anymore.
I know. I said last year, I don’t mind us being a station to station power hitting team or a slap happy/stealing bases team, but if you’ve got neither then you offense is fucked…….
By the by, I have Dorell Wright on my FL basketball team . . . Early in the season, I traded Gerald Wallace for him (I needed 3s and scoring at the time). BIG MISTAKE. Wright has been absent all season. Despite this, I will win my FL league . . . However, in regard to Curry or Wright, who do you think is the bigger disappointment this year, Flav? Personally, I choose Wright, because physically, he hasn’t had any ailments like Curry has dealt with (again) this season. Regardless, they both suck in FL and 3D. Ha.
Wright is just going through the motions. I don’t know if he and Jackson don’t get along or if the new offense is something he just can’t fit into. But he’s completely absent. Curry plays his ass off every time he’s out there he just has a totally fucked up foot. And NO ONE can tell me that the sprain from a week ago (which one? I know) didn’t have anything to do with the other injured part of his ankle. Whether he was compensating for it somehow, I don’t know. But that foot just needs to be completely shut down for the season……..
Wright is more disappointing now, Curry could turn out to be the most disappointing for his career since I think this could easily be a career threatening problem……..
Almost forgot, Flav – still no email regarding the Flap league. Like I said last night, that may not be unusual if you went through ESPN’s notification system. I’ve seen this happen before with other leagues they run. However, I would check with them tomorrow if the emails still haven’t gone out.
well, ESPN has finally allowed me back into the league THAT I CREATED! So, we’ll see. It says *invited* to all other 11 owners so let’s just wait and see……..
and if you’re looking for the fant email invite it went out to…….
Rebecca, Blade, Denny, Bozo, Dirt, NoTalent, Kokonuts, Chuck, Kevin, Edd and GH– all returnees. League dropped from 14 to 12 to give us a little more cheese to go after on the waiver wire. Rebecca is a friend of mine who can talk shit with the best of you and who possesses one of the most spectacular racks around. I wanted to have at least one chick in the league and she agreed to play…….
Flav, speaking of “Cheese,” give me the exact quote you used in your slogan for FL baseball last year? Since the trade dead line has passed in my FL basketball league and I am in first place, I feel safe using a quote like that for my slogan (since no one can “gang up” on me via collusion, albeit, I guess they could waive players. Ha.).
That quote of your’s cracked me up, every time I read it. 😉
“If my dick were made of cheese, you’d all be fine cheddar connoisseurs…”
I know one person who won’t find that funny in the slightest……..
Actually, I thought it was reasonably humorous the first 50 times I heard it..
Hey, is this your question for Yahoo Answers?
“My penis stinks of cheese,but no matter how much i wash it,it still reeks! im startin to get called names such as smeghead,cheesedick and helmet-kipper,please help !”
I will miss Torres and Ramirez, who were unbelievably productive in 2010. Torres will always be remembered for 2010, but he struggled mightily with physical and mental issues in 2011 and I no longer saw him as an everyday player for the Giants. Regardless, I hope he does well for New York. Same thing goes for Cody Ross and Sanchez . . . I will always root for them to succeed.
Ramirez was sensational after being acquired at the 2010 trade deadline and he was almost as good last season, posting a 2.62 ERA while tossing 68.2 innings in 66 appearances. But the Giants have a lot of right-handed relievers in their system — Per that MLB show last night, prospect Heath Hembree is gold and will be up to the big club should Wilson flounder.
The Mets were even happier to get rid of Pagan, whose WAR was less than Torres, who actually had value to his team even while not hitting- Andres was 1.3, to Pagan’s 0.2.
That’s fucking hilarious-as Flavoro has now abandoned his long held and provable position that ST stats do not have have relevance as to how the players will perform in the the regular season. And poor Steve has bought it, saying that the .325 team batting averager will not go down significantly. I could get rich off these goobers…
Anyway, on to today’s non-biased poll.Yesterday Steve attempted to answer the question.
“Anywho, in my mind, Huff sits if he can’t cut it in spring training and Belt outperforms him. Either that or fuck spring training . . . Like War, what’s it good for?”
There was no option in the poll for his answer.. it was a bogus poll, yet he defended it even though it had no option for his common sense response. He defended it by attacking my position. even though his attempt to answer the question was an option that FLAVOR DID NOT ALLOW.
Before I get to today’s super fair poll, The Giants hit .290 for the full ST season in 2007. They went on to lose 91 games, hitting .254.
The poll:
How long will Brandon Crawford hold the SS job:
1 day
1 week
1 month
never, he’ll be released before the regular season
You’ll notice that there is no option to say you think he get and keep the job. I’m not allowing that option, because I only want options that I like.
what in the fuck are you talking about? I wasn’t serious about posting that. Gawd, can’t you translate anything? By listing off Blanco, Crawford and Burriss all hitting in the mid–400’s you thought I was excited about that?
I think it’s FUNNY that we are leading MLB in batting average. My thread today is a sarcastic swipe at the offense. I DON’T REALLY THINK THE GIANTS WILL HIT .325 AS A TEAM THIS YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You’re impossible. Go back to Room B and talk to yourself if you can’t understand any of these harmless threads…….
and fucking Pagan is one of the worst hitters so far— I think he’s around .270.
Well, you sold Steve, who thinks that .325 average ain’t going down.. do you put shit in their drinks when you get together? Anyway, answer the poll.
one day would be longer than keppinger, the best option according to you earlier. ABC at SS? OK we get it.
Man,it’s tiring to be around people who always have higher standards and a disrespectful tude for everyone here who isn’t as enlightened as themselves. I can disagree with someone’s take on an issue without resorting to calling them a disagreeable name like “snarklefuck”, whose meaning it is hard to “misinterpret.”
the way the message is being delivered is just as imp as what is said, maybe even more so.
I got carried away.
Obviously, the Giants as a team are not going to bat .325. If they did, then you would have to go back to 1930, and that still wouldn’t match what the Giants hit back then (.330). I’m not certain, but that might be the MLB record. The Phils hit .315 one year as a team and the Yankess hit .319 one year too.
Sure, call it a “goober” (and it is within the context you describe), but I didn’t expect my comment to be parsed. Next time, I will hire Pawlie to break down my sentences into their component parts of speech with an explanation of the form, function, and syntactical relationship of each part. 😉
Seriously Mike, I only meant that I am excited by the Giants potential to hit better than last year and be an exciting team vs. the boring team (hitting) they were last year. That’s all. Oh, and if it sounded like I was ragging on you yesterday, I didn’t mean to. Enjoy your day . . .
You said “Only hitting stat that will go down significantly is home runs”… Would you like to review your post? No parsing neccesary. Rather than giving me shit for accurately reporting what you said, you might try just saying you got carried away.
So, as you can see from Steve’s response, you need to educate your boys on what you really meant. Actually, you are just like the Snarkker- selective about which numbers mean anything.
you can post whatever fucking poll you want. I think it’s uninteresting so I won’t answer it. See how easy it was for me to say something like that? You should try that approach to my polls sometime……
I did, I said it was a biased poll and didn’t vote.
Hey blade, not sure if you saw this yesterday but the guy on justin tv that you were asking about is named kostaz. He got yanked for posting niner games so I’m not sure if he’ll be doing the giants broadcast this year. He did mention he had a facebook page so maybe some info can be gotten from that. Not sure, but good luck my man.
Thanks John . . . Yes, I saw it later in the evening. Much appreciated. I think, but again not certain, Macdog knew Kostaz and when he comes on, I will ask him about it.
Blade, I get the MLB online package, so you may be confusing me with someone else. I do get blacked out when the Giants have a Saturday Fox game, but then I usually listen to the radio feed.
WillieD— I hope you saw my *girls bball* post directed to you yesterday. Thanks again for the coaching tips….
yeah, nice going man. Coaching really is its own reward, watching kids grow mature and improve over time, and stick together through the ups and downs. You’re welcome for any help I may have provided…but your kids on your team under your direction made the plays.
Keppinger, Arias, Theriot, Burriss, and Fontenot are or were all better options. And listen up, sonny- I was the person disrespected by Snarkles, begining years ago.Since you no idea what you are talking about, maybe it’s best you refrain from speaking on it.
Michael, I just sent you an email. Please read ASAP
I sent you one back-read ASAP.
Bruce Bochy has finally been acknowedledged as one of the best managers in the game. Contrary to unsupportable comments here, there is no indication that he would ignore performance in awarding roster spots and starting assignments. In the 1st base battle, he indicated at start of camp that Huff was the front runner going in. But he has never awarded the job to Huff, ruled out Belt, or declared that Belt had to perform at an arbitrary level beyond Huff’s to win the job.Who will win that job is at this point unknown, and no one here has any inside knowledge as to what Bochy will do. The statement that he wants the team as “vet-laden” as possible has already been debunked. As Steve said, all intelligent observers would think the job will be awarded on merit and nothing has been said to suggest Bochy would not do exactly that…
Twin likes Bochy! News at Eleven.
Sunny day here, think I’ll get out the chainsaw and cut down a fig tree that’s in the way.
I do want to make sure I’m clear on all this before I go out. So, as I understand it Pagan is shit, Crawford is shit, Huff is shit, Vogelsong will be shit, Nate will be shit, Sanchez is hammered dog shit, Posey will be shit and his back ups are shit, Zito’s picture is in the dictionary as the definition of shit. OK, I think I’ve got it now.
Did I say chainsaw? I think I’ll get the axe out and mangle that fucking fig tree before I cut it down.
Now, now. The Mets think Pagan was shit, Crawford is shit at the plate, Huff will start, just not neccesarily at 1B, Vogelsong has to not be shit or we’ll have double shit in the 4/5, Nater wil be a fine back up, Fruckie won’t be as good as he was before the injury, Posey might take longer than hoped to get back from his, and Eli and Stewart are definitely shit.
Put on that hockey mask first.
As to Surkamp, he went 3, walked 1, struck out 4 in his last outing. But unfortunately, Zito yesterday probably won the job already. One good outing always gets him a month out of jail. If Vogelsong doesn’t come through again, we’re fucked.
Funny, Bozo.
I’m giving Pagan a pass on his 2011 season. The entire Mets org was dysfunctional starting with their owner who ripped several players in a NY Magazine article. If Pagan soured on that place, lots of them did. That’s what fresh starts are for. (Torres, Dirrrrrty and Ross are getting fresh starts, too)….I’ve read some articles this Spring that say Pags is like the most positive, energetic guy out there (with at least 1 writer comparing him to Torres in that regard).
Pagan is saying his goal is to steal 50 bases this year. I’m in. If he repeats last season poor offensive performance I’m sure he’ll be relegated to utility outfielder by June1 or so……
He doesn’t get a “pass”,IMO, he gets the chance to prove he’s not what the Mets were dying to dump. Regardless of their numbers, I think it’s totally telling that the Mets traded for a guy who is the antithesis of what they pegged Pagan for. If they were looking to upgrade their defense and add some class to the clubhouse, they got the right guy. We’ll see about their contributions…
They were looking to save money.
In all the discussion, Loo points out a very salient fact (which I also read about) . . . “They were looking to save money.”
. . . And, remember, the Giants wanted/needed that additional salary space so they could do 1-2 more things with the roster. Yes, it amounted to only 2-3 million dollars, but that was huge considering they were almost maxed out anyway.
Andres gets 2.7 million, Pagan 4.8 , Ramirez 2,650.00. Mets saved some money on the CFers and added Ramirezes’ salary. So the Giants traded two players, got one, and subtracted 550,000 from their payroll.
So actually, the Giants add payroll, as they have to replace Ramirez. I think Loo meant that the Mets were trying to save money, anyway.
I don’t know about *dying* to get rid of him. If that were the case, why’d we have to throw in Ramirez, too?
Pav reported Bochy said Pagan was faster than Torres, maybe that’s why we had to throw in Ramirez (sarcasm).
He also seems to think he’s a fine clubhouse guy
http://blogs.mercurynews.com/giants/2012/02/25/spring-notes-vogelsong-nears-return-liked-torres-youll-love-pagan/
As i have said many times, it’s perfectly reasonable to assume Pagan got caught up in all of last year’s team-wide (including the owner of the team) negativity and dysfunction. And with this being a contract year there is obvious motivation for Pagan to be everything Pav’s says he is in the link posted above….
He says he “looks to be a good addition to the clubhouse”. I wouldn’t call that a definitive endorsement quite yet.
So there there isn’t much to “to be everything Pav’s says he is “. He doubts that Pagan is faster than Torres and says he smiles a lot. That’s it…
And upgrade their pen, defense, and class..
I understand that opinion. But it would make no sense that if they were desperate to ditch a guy how they could end up getting MORE than just a straight up trade of Torres for Pagan, If they were trying to get all that (defense, pen, class etc…) then shouldn’t it have been the METS throwing in the extra guy and not the other way around?
Is it OK to call Rebecca, Becky? I’ve met like 4 or 5 Becky’s in my life, and they’ve all been beautiful, smart and/or funny. I love me some Becky.
yes, her family and friends call her that. I’m probably the only person she knows who calls her Rebecca.
Personally, I’m not going to hate or root against Pagan just because I liked Torres so much.
well, that is a little surprising coming from a Dodger fan. But why would ANY Giants fan root against Pagan at this point? I’d like to think that isn’t happening…….
Damn, I hope not either.
Sandy, I hope you are well friend . . . Umm, I also hope your Dodgers don’t do squat this year 🙂
No one I know of said they were rooting against him. I’m skeptical that he will be what they hoped for. There have been scads of acquisistions that commenters here disagreed with and were vocal in doing so. But I wouldn’t accuse them of rooting against the player. I’m a Giants’ fan, I hope 25 guys make the All-Star team.
*GianCarlo* Stanton just got hit in the wrist and taken to the hospital for Xrays. I know that’s his real name but it’s hard to say without a slight chuckle. It sounds like the name of gay Latin porn star…….
Actually, the full name is Giancarlo Cruz-Michael Stanton.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/01/sports/baseball/mlb-baseball-roundup.html
I know. And I understand why he changed it back to GianCarlo since that’s probably what he went by his entire life. It’s just unfortunate that it’s got such a big, bold, bull-fighter sound to it. Makes him look like he’s full of himself. And who knows, he might be. If I could hit 600 foot home runs I’d be tempted to have the ladies call me “GianCarlo” too…….
I just took another shot at sending out the fantasy league invites, this time without a custom greeting. You may get 2 invites, 1 or none.
Still no invite, Flav. And “Giancarlo” Stanton is going to be a major disappointment this year. Why?
Simple. Because of that stupid name change. Speaking of stupid names, what ever happened to Pia Zadora? I haven’t seen hide nor hair of her since “Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult”
Dennis, I think she got married to a very rich businessman, i.e., no need to be a “cantante” anymore.
Whoops! She did marry a very rich businessman and made out very well, but that was her first marriage . . . Fast forward today, she is married to a detective in Las Vegas, i.e., they met when she reported a stalker. Anyway, that’s the Zia Zadora story 😉
It’s not a name change, Dennis. Giancarlo Cruz-Michael Stanton is his given name.
What about you, Sal? Are you everything they say you are?
Who is Sal? I know that must be gold and I hate to miss those.
Nothing like a Joel Weinstock quote from Loo to brighten one’s Sunday afternoon.
“The French Connection” was just another masterfully made film from the ’70’s. I think unequivocally that decade produced the best cinema in America history.
Same guy, Bill Hickman, that designed that iconic car/subway chase also was the guy that designed the Bullitt car chase. Friedkin said he gave the NYC transit guy who authorized the chase $40K to OK it, because the guy said he’d get fired if he allowed it. Friedkin said he gave the guy the money, they filmed it, and he was fired…
What’s up with Randy Moss coming to work out for the Niners tomorrow?
That doesn’t fit Harbaugh’s M.O.
No espn FL emails as of 8pm UK time. I am getting nervous; isn’t draft day soon?
Toughest finishing hole on the PGA Tour? You’d be hard pressed to top the 18th at Doral.
It’s not just a monster, it’s the goddamn Bogeyman.
Surkamp 3rd start looks like he’s got an idea what to do. Nice job holding the runner at first, Giants as a staff need to improve that, particularly Timmeh. Schulman talking to Lurie this morning — predicts Sanchez will start in Fresno, needs defensive reps, and the El Presidente/Stewie backup race will come down to the finish of ST. He also predicted Huff will start the season at 1B, unsure so far what they will do with Belt…
You are relying on Henry? I thought that was a no-no for you. Just asking, I sure seem to recall that he was not to be trusted.
But I’m happy to see a little love for Surkamp- he’ll need it and then some with the Prince of Darkness vying for his spot..
As per MLB Gameday, Surkamp through 3 has walked 0, K’ed 3. Before the last out in the 3rd, he had thrown 17 pitches, 16 of them strikes. I’m not making a BFD about his numbers thus far, just addressing the concern about his BB/SO ratio, which is now 2 BB 7 K for the spring. I don’t think I can recall a pitcher with his BB/SO ratio in the minors, having as drastic a change as he did after his recall. It’s not surprising at all that it seems it was a temporary glitch, due to weariness; hardly uncommon among young pitchers. Despite insistence from scouts, ( and your dear ME) most here believed Bumgarner had permanently lost velocity or that it had never been as high as reported earlier in the 2009 season. Premature panic is a staple in the blogosphere…
LOL!!!!
No one can LOL like the Loo..but you obviously LOL’ed the wrong post..
No I didn’t. It’s just, you know. You’re just funny, it’s… funny, the way you tell the story and everything.
Funny how? I mean, what’s funny about it?
You mean, let me understand this, ’cause, ya know maybe it’s me, I’m a little fucked up maybe, but I’m funny how? I mean funny like I’m a clown? I amuse you? I make you laugh, I’m here to fuckin’ amuse you? What do you mean funny? Funny how? How am I funny?
Tommy Devito . . . Goodfellas, right Dennis? For me? I like the last line . . . “Premature panic is a staple in the blogosphere…”
Well,we all know I’m not funny, in fact after the kerfuffle with Craig, I checked my surgical procedures for the last 5 years and it seems they removed the only humorous bone in my entire body. What ticks me off is that gave it to some comedian, Mitch Hedberg. So his joke about escalators is really mine..”I like the escalator. Because an escalator can never break. It can only become stairs.”
That may not be Loo level gold but I’d say it vindicates me and shows that if not for an unscrupulous surgeon, I’d be a really funny dude…
Mike, if it’s any consolation, that joke sounds like one he stole from Carlin . . . Still laugh about his observation, “Have you ever noticed how the escalator rail always goes a little bit slower than the stairs?”
Consolation? Carlin was stealing my material, too. I wonder how much that surgeon got for my only humorous bone. This is “Law and Order” stuff..
So much falls into place now. The only real consolation is that he fucked up and gave what he thought was a second humorous bone to Dane Cook…
Loo, I love playing “Slip in the Movie Quote” game. That’s the only thing I’m half-ass good at when it comes to fun and games. How your horses doing? I used to have a pony, on Coney Island. It got hit by a truck.
Google’s kinda ruined it, Dennis. Much like it’s made barroom know-it-alls like me obselete.
I’m heating up a little, but still destined to be homeless. Mountaineer is my new lucky track.
Loo, no Goggling here. Where’s the fun? I thought I used to know a few trivia answers here and there, but that was until the time when I was with my girlfriend (Sarah) from 20+ years ago who lived just down the street from the King’s X in Piedmont. They ran some trivia contests. It was like I was playing chess vs an entire field of Bobby Fischer’s. My Ruy Lopez opening moving was squashed.
I don’t recall anyone either here or from the scribes who cover the GIants saying that Surkamp was fatigued last September. I don’t remember Kruk or any of the broadcasters suggesting it. I saw Bochy say it a week or two ago and it made a lot of sense so I would think it would have made sense last September had I heard or read someone suggest that……..
As I said, it’s a fine reason to take another look. His bb/SO ratio was pretty spectacular in AA, as we know.
*****Here’s something very non-controversial that maybe one of you guys can shed some light on for me. When the September call ups come up, Kruk invariably talks about this exciting influx of *fresh arms*. But these pitchers have been pitching all year without a break down in the minors and many of them didn’t have much of an off season if they pitched in the ARZ rookie league or in the DR. So how could these new arms be *fresh*? And as we see with Surkamp and certainly other more notable young pitchers who are on an innings count that get shut down in Sept, I don’t see how that would suggest anything *fresh* about these new, incoming arms……..*******
Anyone got a theory about this that isn’t stupid?
I don’t thiink anyone did say he was fatigued, I said that it was common.
well I guess when i was letting him have it last Sept and through the Winter about his abominable bb/K rate I would think that if you had thought that was the reason you would have thrown that back at me. And you would have been correct to do so. Yet that didn’t happen……..
by the way, I responded to your email.
I didn’t know the reason, like you, it actually didn’t occur to me until I saw stuff about it this spring. At the time I posted that big league hitters were obviously laying off those big curves that minor league kids were chasing. I never attacked you for not liking the kid, I just thought the criticism was premature. And I did say that he was the only thing standing between us and another round of the Zitman…
Krukow is saying something dumb, that’s all.
So the top 4 seeds are just like I predicted (God, who does that sound like?) in Syracuse, Kentucky, North Carolina and Michigan St. They look great on paper, but your eyes can deceive you; don’t trust them.
Buckeyes all the way…
ESPN can suck my balls. Their back door set up for fantasy leagues is kludgy at best….
I’ve just sent out a 3rd invite. See if this one goes through.
I would have *fuck this* a while ago but I played in an ESPN league last year and I really liked the site—at least on the front end. Grrrrrr……….
Cha Ching! Guess What? I just received the ESPN email Flav. LQTM.
Me too! And I’ve joined. But as of now, the setting still reads for an “autopick” draft.
For the love of Christ, I would appreciate a LIVE draft.
Denny, you’re the only one adamant about this. If you can drum up support for a live draft I’ll see about changing it. Don’t bother with Rebecca, she’s more concerned with her big titties than sitting around in an online draft room with a bunch of dudes……..
That must be the third one I sent a few minutes ago. There was a tiny box that was barely readable that says “click here for owners who didn’t play last year at espn (or something like that”. Meanwhile they have this GIANT red letter box that says *click here to Invite owners* and then after you do it the screen clicks out and it *appears* as if I was done. Ha, but ESPN couldn’t fool me! They tried to with that little fucking box and those tiny ass letters! But, I win! Flavor 1 ESPN nuthin’ baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope there will still be time to pick up Zito, obviously he’s really back this time and there’s going to be a lot of action on him in all the Fantasy Leagues…
Well, that would be a first . . . Not absolutely certain, but in the 3 years I have been playing FL, I can’t recall anyone picking him up on the waiver wire and certainly, not drafting him.
Someone took him for like a week a year or 2 ago. I think it was Bozo or Pawlie.
He must have bombed that week and they dropped him immediately. LQTM.
C’mon Flappers, your fantasy baseball players remains with you throughout the entire spring and summer. Your team is yours and yours alone. Don’t you want to have a say in that? Remember what happened to me last year on the “autopick” and I got stuck with all those goddamn Dodgers?
Your team should be a reflection of your own insights, personal preferences and gut instincts.
Don’t let the computer choose that for you…stand up and vote! If you can take a few minutes out of your time to vote for the President in our next election, you damn well better take some time to participate in our LIVE Draft and vote for your own players.
I guarantee you that your fantasy players will have a bigger impact on your life than the next president.
Vote now.
Vote LIVE Draft.
dude, you got stuck with all those dodgers because your draft board wasn’t set up even though I told you guys like 3 times were were gonna run the draft. My mistake was not telling you EXACTLY when we were going to run the draft. though I don’t think they tell you exactly WHEN, it’s like a 24 hour window.
Shit, I won the league last year and hated the team that the computer drafted for me. But I stayed positive and I built the core of my team via my keen skill and acumen on the waiver wire……..
LMFAO . . . good answer though. 🙂
I was looking forward to the live draft but with all the different time zones and all I can understand if it doesn’t happen. I’ll check my email tomorrow to see whats up.
On a side note – April 16th. The date we have now for putting this old house on stilts. Going up eight feet. In the mean time we are cleaning up the fishing cabin next to us so we’ll have a place to stay for two months. By the way, anyone here named Irene, fuck you and all your namesakes.
How many guys does it take to lift it?
what a fucking pain in the ass. Sorry. Good luck, dude. Could be a good time for the bar to call you a couple of times on 4/16
Well, that’s good news, right Bozo? Didn’t you have it on stilts prior to the flooding, but it wasn’t high enough? Or, is this to do some maintenance on the foundation?
Not sure Loo, but did you here about the drummer that locked himself out of the car? It took him three hours to get the bass player out.
It is kinda amazing to watch, a couple of houses already went up here, and they got them on temp pylons in just under a day. To do the rest, redoing the plumbing, electrical, new stairs, foundation and all the rest can take a bit, luckily we’ll be in New Orleans for two of the weeks when they’re doing this shit. I gotta tell ya though, this thing happened in August and it’s a fucking never ending red tape shit after eating beets.
Blade- we are on cement raisings (?) about four feet but we’re going on wood pylons (with cement footings) at eight feet. Actually we were pretty fortunate as far as structural damage is concerned, but if you walk around your house and measure two feet, that’s what got fucked up. We are in a village that had maybe 250 full time residents before the storm, now it’s maybe 200. Dude, I have a photo that I was going to send to twin (front porch deal) where the water had gone down to the porch level and if there was a sound bubble over my head you could tell I was thinking that I’d rather be in SF.
Anyway, your right Blade raising the house is a good thing although I think I’m going to need a landing or two on the stairs going up, just to sit my ass down.
Cubs game on MLB network! Here’s your drinking game! Take a swig everytime Brenley says: “Ballgame.”
Enjoy!
I was kidding about Zito, you probably all knew that. Good night.
Hey Flav, I was whining about Wright earlier today, right? Glad I started him tonight . . . Get this – he already has 4 threes in the first quarter. Hopefully, he can build on that.
You’ve sure been through a lot down there, Bozo. Hope your trials are ending. I had several customers who went through Katrina, some have still not been made whole by the insurance companies. As always, I wish you and all the good people the best.
It was a tough year for us twin, thanks man, but given what you’ve been going through, it’s not so bad. I know a guy in New Orleans that is a building inspector. He’s been working on his house since Katrina, now get this, he’s been renting a place to live in while working on his place and he couldn’t get the funds for his place because he wasn’t living in it. I have to say though, FEMA and our insurance company (Farm Bureau) must have learned something from Katrina because both were right here and did alright by us, but Wells Fargo, who we have a mortgage with, took control over the insurance money and will only give us a third when we get the repairs half done (the rest when all the repairs are completed). So it’s kind of a pay for it yourself and then we will release your insurance check kinda deal. I know I said fuck Irene but if y’all don’t mind – FUCK YOU WELLS FARGO. Sorry about that, but I’m using my retirement funds because they are worried that folks will take the insurance check and run (which I understand) but we still live in the house and we have a contractor working on this shit. Ok, that was TMI, sorry – Go Giants and go Gregor Blanco.
absolutely FUCK WELLS FARGO. They screwed me on an investment property purchase at the last second about 10 years ago. Bank of America, who I hate in principle, saved my ass………
Insurance companies, VA, Medi-Cal, they all suck, Bozo. Everything I had was used up with the NHL, by the time the new cancers showed up, I had to have nothing to have any coverage. They can’t take your primary residence while you’re alive but the state will take it when I die. It was to be for my daughter. I now pay no share of cost for my coverage but that’s because what I had has already been taken. I’m not bitching, I know it sounds like I am, I have beaten the bastards in the most important part- I ‘ve out lived their every call. Denny would be a rich man betting on me instead of the ponies…
Twin I can’t even imagine the shit you’ve gone through. I will say this, I’ve taken a few meals from the red cross and they will get some money from me this year. Also, the local rotary club sent some folks out to help us cut back the 50 foot tree that came down in the back. Folks around here have very kind, and I’m thankful for that. Given the fact that we could have lost everything with the wildfire in the spring, it’s really not so bad (stressful, yes). Sorry for laying this shit on you guys, it is time for this clown to lay his ass down. Night all.
100+ comments lately.
Flavor Nation is chomping at the bit for the season to start.
Humm baby.
well, i was pretty active this weekend so Flavor Nation isn’t ALL the way back, At some point I’d like to see BIlly, and Stix and Wlico and (I feel like Miss MaryAnne from fucking Romper Room)………