Making Due Without The Panda
As most of you know, Sandoval was shut down on Saturday when he wasn’t able to play catch—you know, *catch*. That thing you instinctively do when someone throws something at you. He had more x-rays and a CT scan done. Andrew Pavlovic at The Merc opened his blog post by saying:
“Trainer Dave Groeschner said Pablo Sandoval’s X-ray and CT scan revealed nothing unexpected or new, but it’s clear just from the test-taking that the Giants are more concerned about Sandoval’s elbow than they first let on.”
Wow, what a huge surprise.
There seems to be some discrepancy as to what exactly is wrong with his elbow. It’s most often reported that it’s a bone spur irritating a nerve but in an interview with Marty Lurie on KNBR, Bobby Evans said it was a *loose body* that was causing the problem. Guys gotta start getting their stories straight.
Bochy says they “haven’t discussed surgery at all.” Of course they haven’t. Riiiiiight!!!!!!!!
So, the typical bs is getting slung around while everyone prays for a miracle. Meanwhile, days continue to slip by, wasted. Opening Day is 8 days away. All the days up until opening day are basically free recovery days that apparently aren’t going to get used. He’ll probably have the surgery a week or so into the season…
As I said on March 18th, I will “up-play the fuck” out of this disturbing development. Just get the surgery done. NOW.
Arias will probably be fine at third base. But why not do something bold and let Noonan take the starting job in place of Pablo? Sabean doesn’t like to have rookies sit on the bench and for that reason Noonan might get passed over in favor of a re-tread like Betancourt. But Arias is much more familiar with the job of coming off the bench and Noonan would probably be much better playing in the normal flow of a game from start to finish. If you’re gonna take a chance on Noonan, it seems to make more sense to have him starting than playing a utility role and having to enter a game cold in the 8th or 9th inning……
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Doctors discovered that Pablo has an additional Hamate bone, this one in the elbow. (Bad joke).
I don’t know if all the additional play that Pablo has put in this year is a cause. But I’d have to think that the Giants will say no to any Winter ball next year.
I think this would be a great time to start working Buster out at Third.
Yeah, this “down playing” it shit is old. They do it with every player, every sport, every time. As you point out, they waste time waiting for a “miracle” to occur and meanwhile, a 1/3, 1/2, or worse, the entire season has been lost. All because they couldn’t make the proverbial “shit or get off the fuckin’ toilet” decision. What a joke.
Also, for the most part, I am with Bozo’s comment about Winter ball, at least as it applies to Pablo. I love the guy, but Sabes should have assigned him to the Kirstie Alley Fat Farm in Palm Springs with a “drill instructor” type personal trainer vs. Winter ball in his home country. You know all kinds of shit is going to go down during winter ball, e.g., booze, broads, late nights, and most important, being fed by Mom’s home cooking – which probably is the primary reason he has done lapped his belt buckle. To me, Winter ball is for players that had a fucked up season or young rookies. As you are all aware, I feel the same way about that farce tournament called the WBA or WBC or whatever it’s called.
Not having Pablo is going to be as bad or worse than losing Buster was 2 years ago. We lose Pablo for a significant amount of time, it’s pffffft time insofar as winning the division in my opinion.
If his “Ulnar Nerve” is causing pain,then it would seem to me that the solution lay in going in and fixing it.If he rests and the pain goes away,what happens in the,say 65th game of the season? The pain comes back….
well, Kruk’s not worried about it, he just said on KNBR that even if it’s a bone chip the trainer should be able to *manipulate* it away from the nerve. We’ll see……
Well Noah Lowry might have a different opinion about the trainers and medical staff.
Doctors make mistakes, and differing diagnoses of an injury or illness are common- which is why second opinions are sought. Noah’s agent failed to look after the best interests of his client.
I put zero stock in what Kruk says about things like this. He walks the company line and does his best not to rock the boat. BtW hey flappers, I’ve been in a very intensive school program since August and I just don’t have the time to get on here like I want.
Yeah, I want to know what school Dr. Kruk went to, besides the school of hard (MLB baseball) knocks. HA.
Good luck with your school, Sarge. Hope to see ya around here.
According to several sites I have read, if he has “loose bodies” in his elbow and they are removed, he is facing 4-6 weeks out; if it is a bone spur(s) or chip(s), and has it removed, then we’re talking 8-12 weeks. I’m still not really clear on the difference between a loose body – which is loose fragments of bone or cartilage in the elbow joint and a spur is described as being “formed” on the elbow joint.
Bone chips or “loose bodies” are what is implied- they chip off from the bone.Bone spurs are, in effect, new bone formed on normal bone as the body tries to repair itself by building extra bone. Bone spurs are often untreated (as per Mayo Clinic, not Dr. Mike).
I’d like to see more of this statement from Evans, I can’t find it anywhere on the web. I’ll add that Pav’s take that conducting more tests is *not* evidence that they “are more concerned about Sandoval’s elbow than they first let on”. It means that his pain Saturday made more tests prudent.
I had a bone spur and didn’t know it until it broke off. the pieces of bone went into the joint, into the cartilage, and I was frigging hurting for about a month. But the “loose bodies” were so tiny they eventually ground down and things went back to normal. x rays alone can usually tell the story on bone spurs and chips and cartilage. Nerve problems are another issue altogether.
IF he has “loose bodies”, it doesn’t mean they existed when the first tests were done.
In the meantime Arias is a capable enough back up who has the experience of last year behind him and does have some occasional pop in his bat. I’d worry Noonan would try to do too much too soon; 3b is a tough position to fill.
John, I’m with you on Sando eventually becoming a LFer, but I don’t want to see Posey anywhere beside C as long as he is healthy. Esp now if Hector isn’t full strength. Posey imo is just too good at what he does to move him around. If SF had a replacement with good D and pitch calling I could see it, but otherwise no.
It is not “playing down” to withhold infomation until all the information is known and it is irreponsible to be performing surgery if it’s not *necessary*.
The full extent of an injury is *NOT* always known immediatey.The medical staff is to be praised for being cautious, not accused of an absurd cover up that would be *against* the interest of Pablo *and* the team.
IMO.
I would do a platoon at 3rd…give both Arias and Noonan time there. Noonan had about 25 starts at 3rd in 2011, and another 15 or so last year. His FP is better at 2nd and SS, but I would give him some opportunities at 3rd.
Agree with Michael about his take on the injury (not all the information being known yet, etc.).
Boys head home this week. I’m going to the Friday night game against the A’s (I have always enjoyed the Bay Bridge Series that caps off ST and opens the gates to the regular season) and then a week from Friday…Opening Day!
Me getting knocked out of all my March Madness Pools can mean only one thing…baseball season is here….but I cant believe we are just a week away. Where has the off-season gone under the world series championship sunshine?????
Pronto..get Panda off my pre-draft ranking quickly….
Imagine how big Panda is going to get if he has surgery???? Why dont they bring Theriot back if he is headed to the DL…trust his abilities to play third…
I actually like that idea about Theriot GH. However, I think someone noted or perhaps, it was a thread that Flav had – he is going to retire unless he is given a gig starting.
I heard Evans with Marty Lurie talk about the “loose body” in Panda’s elbow. That’s a direct quote. He dropped mention of it like everybody already knew about it, when of course, nobody outside the Giants knew until then. Ho hum. Until then, it was ulnar nerve neuritis (inflammation) and then a bone spur, and then “loose body”. = bone chip. Next, will there be multiple chips? The nerve is getting inflamed and irritated because of the bone chip(s) floating around. So, is Kruk going to massage the elbow before every game to keep the chip away from the joint? 3rd base is a demanding throw, it’s not like in Panda’s position he can hide an elbow problem. This surgery isn’t Tommy John, you’re not lost for the season, it’s arthro, and you’re out a month, give or take. Unless they get inside for a look see and something else is going on. I agree with BF, I don’t get why some of these sports teams wait and wait until the wheels come off. Yeah, maybe he can play with the chips all season, but it’s just something waiting to be re-aggravated. Arias can take over 3rd for a month like he did last year. He’s capable, and the team was fine. What if they’re in mid-Sept in the middle of a division race with LA and all of a sudden the chip locks up Panda’s elbow?…
I pay no attention to what Kruk *or* Evans said ,and I would need to hear the full remarks from Evans before I considered them- Groeschner said there was nothing new in yesterday’s tests. None of us are in a position to be advocating surgery. It *might* come to be, but the medical staff is 100% correct to wait until it’s determined be neccessary.
Evans was on Knbr Marty Lurie– they probably have a podcast of it at Knbr
I found it and will listen in a few minutes.
Well, Evans doesn’t say where that info comes from. It’s confusing, yes, but there’s still no logical reason why the team would hide that Panda has bone chips. Beyond that, surgery is not always preferred treatment if he does have them.
Eventually I could see moving Buster to third. He’s played SS in college. He’s got the arm for third, and his mobility will probably be OK over there as long as he doesn’t catch for another 5 years. He’s a great athlete, he could field that position. Panda could probably handle LF. Crap, they had a lumbering Bonds late in his career out there, and Burrell — Panda’s way more mobile and defensively effective than those guys. An outfield of Panda, Pagan, Pence — the Three Ps. They’d need a new catcher, tho’…
Theriot is a minus defender at SS, decent at second and hasn’t played third since 2007, when he played 54 innings. And Yuniesky, as noted before, has always been in every discussion of who the worst player in baseball is.
Pablo’s ulnar neuritis may be the result of over-stretching the nerve–throwiing hard for many months in a row, for example–and may have little to do with any floating chips. I suppose there’s be a combinatory possibility, too, but nerves in the arm can heal with rest. He’s had this problem before and it healed.
He’s had elbow issues before, yes. But, the Giants never divulged that he had bone spurs and/or chips. Maybe those issues are new, maybe they’re not and they just kept it on the down low. There must be a reason for them making these details public now…
I don’t doubt that Evans said something about “loose bodies” but I’m wondering why no one seems to be following up on that. It’s curious that that guys who would jump on it- Baggs, Pav, Henry, have said nothing. At least that I find. Why wouldn’t they?
Someone has posted on both Schulman and Baggs blog/articles about the “loose body” stuff; asking about that development. No response that I’ve seen. Maybe Evans spoke out of turn; spilled untimely beans he should not have. Based on a multitude of past evidence, IMO we should not depend on Bay Area beat writers at all to dig and break news on medical updates on Giants or Niners. If Panda were on a NYC team, they’d be all over this shit since it concerns the top offensive player on the team. Bay Area media obviously don’t do it, or if they do hear something, they don’t divulge until they are either told they can or feel it’s OK to report without pissing off their team contacts. It took SF Chron investigative reporters to get the goods on Balco, not Giants or A’s beat writers. And, after all, by part ownership, CSNBayArea is essentially an arm of the Giants, like Faux News is of the GOP…
Why would they hide that he has bone chips? And if he does have them, whether surgery is the desired treatment depends on, among other things, the size of the fragments.
Per Evans, he DOES have them…
He’s probably right. But I’m OK with waiting for confirmation. And in keeping with my long standing policy, I’m assigning the worst worrier to handle this. That would be Zeke.
Hey, when Pill comes back from HIS knee issue, he’s played some third base. How about that option? I’d actually rather try Noonan…
Isn’t Tony Abreu still on the roster? If Sandoval start the season on the DL and Abreu can get off of the DL I would think a combination of him and Arias will bridge the gap. Maybe mix Noonan in as others have mentioned. That would be cool just so people can yell NOONAN! when he comes to the plate.
When did Todd Linden return to the Giants? He’s listed as the first baseman for today’s game.
I think they brough him back last year at some point.
He was at Fresno last year, .280 11 HR 66 RBI .817 OPS in 425 AB
Thanx all. Giants signed him again in January.
New post on my blog (1st and 2nd day in Turkey). Good night all. 🙂
If it’s going to be a lingering problem, better to take the loss right now than in the middle of the season.. it looks like the Giants are in a wait and see mode – but if he still can’t throw this close to the season then go in there and have the procedure done.. If surgery is what we’re looking at, they’re wasting precious time by waiting.
Come on, folks. What the doctors are telling us and what they are telling the team and Pablo are completely different things. Chances are he’ll go under the knife, but to say they should have done it weeks ago (or whatever) is ludicrous. Bone spurs can form fast, and break off at any time. Sometimes shutting someone down calms everything else down to the point of being able to resume activity. Usually though, it doesn’t, and surgery is required.
Yes, it IS wait and see. Yes, better now than later, and I’m sure that’s what is being discussed behind the scenes. But to point at malfeasance at this point is way off base.
The first step is what they have been doing- monitoring the pain. Again, often bone chips( if he even has them) are not treated if they’re small and not painful. How often have I said: pay attention to Chuck. OK, I’ve never said it.
I received the Mays video- to say it”s underwhelming is a considerable understatement. However, here’s how to view it:
Click on this link below and you will be taken my shared folder on Sky Drive. You will see the video. You will need to download it to view it. It only takes a couple minutes. It can then be played with Media Player, Quicktime, or anything else that will play MP4s.
Not that you’d want to. but please don’t share or post it on the web. If anyone does want a copy, let me know and I’ll send you one, no charge.
http://sdrv.ms/ZnRCWQ
To download it, just right click and choose the download option. You will not be able to view on the web because I want to abide by the request from NBC and Vanderbilt.
That’s cool of you to set up Twin. I’m not interested in this but I’ll check it out some time tomorrow, probably.
I’m extremely disappointed with what they sent.
can you give a quick couple of sentences on what it is (as well as the quality)
So, I watched it. It wasn’t as bad as you said. I found a few things interesting. I was surprised with how supportive the Mets fans were, they were all hootin’ and hollerin’, He was pretty underwhelming in his 2 seasons there, I would’ve expected them to hold that against him. Loo/others could probably be able to tell us the true NY feelings towards Mays since I guess anyone with his career would have gotten applauded that night.
I was also struck by the fact that the Mets on the bench who were watching did so without showing any emotion whatsoever. I think 1 guy was sorta half-heartedly clapping along with the crowd.
That catch against the 375 sign where he came from out of nowhere was freaking unbelievable. And no, I have never seen it before or know anything about that catch. I’m sure one of you guys will tell me something historic about it. 🙂
I wasn’t disappointed in the quality- in fact, I think it captured the time as it should have. But I’ve never seen his farewell speech, it certainly seemed edited. I was told it was the full speech.I hope the other Flappers enjoy it. I did like that it was reported on the NBC nightly news. I’ll put other stuff there to share as well, I’ll let you all know and send the link when it happens.
Thanks. It’s pretty good for a network news story. Overall the tribute seems to have been good, not as great as it should’ve been, but pretty good. Also, I didn’t realize that Mays, playing at Candlestick, was in the vaguard of OFs digging cleats into the chain-line fences to get a leap up for stealing away HRs.
Actually, I guess that there’s little need for me sending a DVD, it can be.downloaded instead.
Thanks,Twinfan1, as always when the going gits tough you come through.
and yes, I do know how to spell ‘gets’, I just think it reads better the other way.
🙂
Panda says his elbow is much better, he’s to throw again in the next couple days.He says he’ll be ready for Opening Day. Might just be bravado, we’ll see.
Baggarly’s raving about Noonan, Pablo’s healing, Buster seemed to have found his stroke (finally) today. Hector’s injury may be the biggest problem the teams faces next week.
What’s the difference who’s hurt? Sabean gets whatever we need at the trade deadline.
Goodnight, folks.I’ll repost the link to the video tomorrow…
One for twin –
Jonathan Sanchez made the Pirates’ rotation, tweets Michael Sanserino of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The 30-year-old posted a 4.73 ERA with a 1.11 K/BB ratio in 13 1/3 innings this spring, but the Pirates saw something they liked.
They saw his last two stellar outings and the return of his fastball. . Maybe Michael Sanserino should pay attention…
His last two outings he pitched 8 innings, allowed 3 H 0 runs 1 BB 7 K..he hadn’t pitched like that all of last year and most of 2011. He pitches today and I’m not suggesting he’s now over all his control issues but a guy with Jonathan’s history of missing bats is going to draw a lot of attention when he shows he what he did in those efforts. I could handle most of these beat writer jobs from my fucking bed with a laptop and a feed to the camps. So could most of us..
Actually, it was Dierkes who should pay attention, he blabbed without thinking about Dirrrty. To be clear, JSanchez hasn’t turned into John Tudor because he had a couple good ST outings. What he did do is show enough to make a horrible staff and those outings made it a total no brainer. He might return to suckdom but the Pirates made the only sane decision given their plight.
Hey – I truly hope Dirty has a good year. I will never forget watching the night he threw his no-no…with his dad in the stands (first ML game his dad had attended)…Hollywood could not have scripted a better story that night. And then he nutted-up big time last game of the season to get us to the dance and help propel us to that first WS title in SF history.
Thanks again Michael for getting the May’s retirement speech video. I could not download it here (at work)…tight firewall…but will try later from home.
Someone mentioned Hector’s injury as potentially being the biggest concern. Here is one of the latest pieces from Alex Pavlovic that talks about “the state of the Giants.”
He says in regards to Hector: “Hector Sanchez’s shoulder is pain-free when he throws and hits from both sides, and Sanchez said he is only a day or two away from making his first start since March 12.” That is excellent news.
Here is the complete article…
http://tinyurl.com/cfq9t5n
Man, I am pumped. I know everyone is ready for the season to start (and I am too!), but I am looking forward to catching Friday’s “Bay Bridge Series” game. I always like attending one of these right before the season starts…and then a week later…OPENING DAY, BABY! That is going to be SO BAD ASS to watch them run the second pennant up the pole! I’ll be in Section 146 (Arcade)…should be fairly close to the flag pole, so hope to get some good shots/video.
Yeah, unlike the rest of ST I can get into watching these games. How much you take out of ST stats is up to you, but SF has to be encouraged by what they’ve seen of Belt, Pence and the Peguero kid, along with most of the SPs.
If they are all healthy, team appears set and poised to defend the title.
And until somebody knocks them off, I’ll remind every one I talk to “oh you mean the defending World Series Champion, San Francisco Giants.”
In the “loose body” interview with Lurie, Evans suggested that Peguero might be better served by opening in Fresno. Although I picked Peguero to win the 5th OFer job, I concur with Evans on that. He didn’t rule out Francisco making the team, but they seem to prefer he’d play everyday. I suspect he’s moved back ahead of Brown and they can see him taking over LF sooner rather than later. He’d be in better position to do that by playing everyday.
I’ve added Malwarebytes to my shared folder, with the product key for the pro version. Download and install the program, open it, and go to “protection”. Then you can choose to activate or register, I forget the actual terminology, but you can then enter the info from the malware key I provided. it should thank you for purchasing. Let me know. This will provide active protection. There’s also a photo of Merna and me when were a tad younger and just as much in love.
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Scutaro’s starting at 2B today, continued solid new; also, per Baggs, Belt is in LF.
solid *news*
Is that Belt’s first sojurn in LF this ST? I think yes, but somebody correct me if I’m wrong.
Does that mean anything? Probably not…
With Hector maybe not going on the DL, I’d guess it does mean something.
The Buster, Belt, Hector rotation could get some regular use this season. Combine some DH time for Buster during interleague games with some 1B time, and he can hit almost every day without getting worn down from too much day in day out catching. Late inning D substitutions and switches at 1B and LF would be likely in such games. The new interleague scheduling approach may give NL managers a nice new option. Meanwhile, the AL teams will whine through their two strike bunt foul outs.
Also-Gaudin has won a spot as per Henry
Otero claimed by Yankees.
Baggs: Danny Otero claimed on waivers by Yankees.
SI picks for 2013. Spoiler Alert: The Nats are gonna win it all.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mlb/news/20130325/mlb-preview-staff-predictions/
Good. That means the Nats are doomed, and the Giants will be in the running. SI “experts” are almost always wrong…
I agree! Fuck, one of them picked the Padres to win the West…another the D-backs (and that doesn’t seem as much a stretch as SD, to me). Health, as always, will be key. Giants stay healthy…I like their chances to compete and potentially repeat. Not one of the “experts” picked our Giants to win it all…I love the underdog role…flying under the radar, baby!
New post on my blog. Oh, it’s about an outrageous request from Snarrk. 🙂
So it begins to appear that the only job left to be settled is the 5th outfield spot between Peguero and Gillespie. Panda and Hector both appear ( as of now) that they won’t be hitting the DL. Arias and Noonan would be the infield reserves. Pen sets up as Gaudin, Mijares, Kontos, Affeldt, Lopez, Casilla, Romo.
I suppose that Sabean might still look for an infielder but Noonan seems to have won the job. Updates on Sandoval and Sanchez remain and could obviously change things but the Spring appears to have gone pretty much as expected- now let’s get it on…
Adios, Flappers. Flying out early tomorrow w/Mrs. Snarkk for a week in New Mexico.
Meanwhile, the Snarkkettes will be escorted on a spring break trip to NYC with their step grandma, her tradition with grandkids when they get old enough. When I was a kid, I was lucky to get a trip to Yosemite.
Blade’s current report is from the Blue Mosque in Istanbul. And, my kids will be emailing me about their pizza crawl in Manhattan. Exotic? Hell, that’s nuttin’.
My next report will be from Sadie’s Tamale Shop in Albuquerque…
take good care; sup and slurp well
You and me both . . . My mom divorced my dad when I was five, so camping trips were far and in between. I didn’t go to Yosemite until I was a young adult. As a kid, I use to love going to McCarthur Birney Falls and the Mt. Lassen area (I ended up moving to the area years later when I was the OSH manager at Shasta Dam. Beautiful area). Have fun Tom!
Have an “enchanted” time, Snarkk. Love tamales…have a margarita (or two) for us!
Wait till SI goes and takes Pittsburgh to take the division…Dirrty wins the CY,Strikeouts over 300 batters and goes 25-4…
Speaking of enchanted. Love to see Drrrty pull it together, though. His no-no was pretty special. As well as the clincher to close out the Pads the last day of the 2010 season . . . . . .
He wasn’t sharp today but what stands out is 12 2/2 IP in his last three outings with just 2 BB and 13 K. And his fastball is back-it was below 90 last year and most of 2011.
I pay a lot of attention to Jonathan because he’s one of my favorite players of the last several years. And that’s not something that’s up for argument-we all have guys who just capture our fancy for whatever reason.
Buster at 1st today…as someone mentioned…Belt with the start in LF. Quiroz behind the dish. Petit 4 innings…Mijares in to relieve him. Mudbug 1-2 today with the lone RBI.
They now expect that Hector will be ready opening day( he caught a simulated game today)-I’m sure that’s why they’re now giving Belt some innings in LF.
Poll on CSNBA:
Will Tim Lincecum be a Giant in 2014?
Was kind of surprised to see that of 951 votes, 71% (676 votes) said yes.
I’m not THAT sure he will be back.
The worse he pitches the better chance he returns…(my take)
Well, I think yer right. if he reverts back to the Timmy of old, he’ll want a monumental deal that these guys won’t cough up.
I had said I wasn’t “THAT sure” he would be back, as I think he will have a good year. Good year will translate to a him wanting a long-term deal that I am unsure the Giants will want to meet.
Wonder what the thinking was of those who thought he’d back. He’s probably already cost himself millions in the market unless he returns to CY form, which I consider highly unlikely. And he’s screwed himself out of any shot at In ‘n Out spokesman.
Most projections have him making a nice rebound, 13-10, mid-3 ERA kind of thing. But that’s gonna cost him millions off what he’s making now.
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers have sent outfielder Yasiel Puig and shortstop Dee Gordon to the minors. The Dodgers moved Puig to Double-A Chattanooga on Tuesday. The 22-year-old Cuban leads major leaguers with a .526 batting average this spring.
This is something I thought I’ve never say but I wish Belt would cool off…
Watching the Mays catch against the 375 sign, doesn’t lt look almost exactly like the one Hunter made to rob Bonds in the All-Star game? The Bonds catch is at about the 1:50 mark of this video. Then check out the Mays catch on the video I got.
That was fun to watch.
Yeah, damn close.
TF, Just got a chance to download and watch the Mays video. Pretty cool. Really appreciate all the trouble and expense you went through for that rare piece of footage.
Oh, I bitch about it but it wasn’t much money wise-and I enjoyed being able to round it up. Hope everyone enjoys it- Loo especially.
Had a fun email come in today–some dude saying he’s from NBCNewYork wants to interview me about a story he’s writing about the Yankees/Sox and Giants/Dodgers rivalry. I was a little skeptical at first but his work address checks out at 30 Rockefeller Center and he told me in a follow up email that The Flap was a referral source for him from his editor. He’s probably just the guy who makes initial phone calls to set up interviews for their regular writers but I still thought it was pretty cool. He’s calling me tomorrow when I get off work.
Pawlie, I will of course try to work in you and your book to the interview if possible.
I’m not sure what I think is cooler, the MelkMaid’s answering questions on Comcast that was started with one of my Flap comments about them that was plastered on the Comcast screen or the fact that NBC wants to interview me. 🙂
Wow. That is pretty cool. VERY cool. Offline, wouldn’t it be intriguing to *ferret* out this guy’s degrees of separation to you, the chain of custody, so to speak, that led from him to you. You know I’ll be happy w/ any PR. (Last week I sent a promo postcard for WORLD SERIOUS to the Hon. Edwin Lee, Mayor of San Francisco. Hey, why not?)
A referral source for what?
for a an interview Loo. I’m assuming they’re reaching out to multiple people to write whatever they’re writing.
You’re movin’ on up- I can see Jayson Stark talking about his esteemed colleague, Big Flavor…
Michael, the other night I was browsing through my copy of CLOUT! (1989) by my friend Dan Valenti. It’s a gem. I looked at it and said to myself, Twin would like this. I think you would. If I can scare up a copy at Amazon or somewhere, might you be interested?
Pawlie, as I mentioned in an Email, i have a lot of trouble reading now. I get massive headaches. Which is a major bummer as I loved reading to Merna. Now it’s audio books for her.
Sounds like a book I’d love, though. Thanks for thinking of me.
Understood. I wish it were available as audio. You’re welcome.
Baggs notes that Belt had a bad read and a ball fell in front of him, and Posey made an error on a bad throw. Is three defensive downgrades worth the benefits ? I’m not so sure.
I know I’m supposed to know this, but who the hell is/was Harry S. Jordan ?
I had no idea either…sez he was a former minor league trainer for the club?
I’m amazed they have been giving this award out since 88….
I read that the prize last year was a 20 buck Starbucks gift certificate. I’ll bet Brock is thrilled- 20 dollars in coffee and a trip to Fresnoooooooo!.
Others may have known this, but I had to look up the date of that Mays catch against the fence. I knew I had watched the game on TV. Figured it had to be either against the Dodgers or the game of the week, the only times they were on. Came against the Reds, Saturday April 11, 1970. Just 3 yrs from retirement.
I watched it in my college dorm, several months before graduation. Curt Gowdy on NBC was probably the announcer. Watching it, we all said, “Wow. It wasn’t even his ball.” Or I said it. Somebody. Time blurs accuracy.
Gowdy was so overated. Hated him for openly rooting for the Raiders…
That was just a few days before the first Vietnam moratorium during which I got all cut up in a massive riot that broke out in Brooklyn. Went through a plate glass window. Good times!
never thought I’d say this but, it might be time for some new material……
Nothing wrong with a little constructive criticism. I’ll work on it.
Don’t forget the little people Big Flavor.
Loo is one of my fav’s, how could I ever forget him? 😉 🙂 🙂
What those who have xfinity or comcast..watch romo end the world series right now on channel 40
Bottom of the tenth
Strikes out Kelly. Cabrera up
Takes a sslider strike
Takes a ball slider. Ball one
Swings and misses a slider. Strike two
Takes a bad slider, ball two
Slider, fouled off
Romo, shakes off Posey. Throws a fastball
CABRERA STRIKES OUT LOOKING
THE GIANTS WIN THE WORLD SERIES THE GIANTS WIN THE WORLD SERIES
I feel like having baked beans right now.
I have no idea why.
I’ve been watching this 4th game of last year’s World Series all night and kind of kept it to myself. Until now.
I have no idea why.
Goodnight, gentlemen (?)
I apologize for being such a tool. Been feeling a little weird lately so please forgive me.
It’s all good and I love you guys.
Fuck. I just watched game 4 of the 2012 WS.
Giants, baby YEAH
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