Earning Your Knowing Dude Head Nod

Posted in Uncategorized by Flavor on October 21, 2014

Everyone here at The Flap is familiar with the “Knowing Dude Head Nod.” It’s an interaction that 2 strangers wearing the same Giants gear might have in passing on the street. It’s always done silently. A fist bump or high five may accompany it. The phrase itself was popularized by our own Ted-Spe after we won the 2010 World Series. And for true Giants fans, it wasn’t just something we did. It was something we had earned. You root for a team that’s lost for 50 years, and then they finally win? That’s earned. And there is no championship harder to win in all of sports than baseball. That’s not even arguable. In any given year, to win the World Series, you have to win significantly more games throughout the season and the playoffs than any other sport….

While I was doling out my coveted head nods this week to the worthy, I thought of what it must be like to be a Royals fan right now. They must be positively giddy. They don’t know what a knowing dude head nod is. Right now, they’re doing an “Excited Guy Hello!!!!!!” that includes vigorous waving. Make no mistake, they’re nodding. But there’s nothing cool or knowing about it. On closer inspection they aren’t really nodding, their whole body is shaking with excitement. Their face is locked in a perma-smile and their gaze is at least a thousand yards. Combine that with the brand spanking new merchandise they’re rockin’, and there just isn’t a single thing “knowing” or “dude-like” about them.

But that could change. If they win, they’ll finally “know.” They’ll chill the fuck out and an organic “knowing dude head nod” will begin to evolve in the fan base.

Now, I don’t think that’s going to happen. My guess is that Royals fans are gonna be bathed in their brand new baby blues while they helplessly watch us win our third world championship in the last five years. After that, the only blues left will be the ones they’re singing……..

And our nod just gets stronger. It’s gets more knowing. Enjoy the game tonight. This is our time….

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DJLoo said, on October 21, 2014 at 5:39 pm

Terrific catch by Blanco.
Flavor said, on October 21, 2014 at 5:42 pm

Bum’s control is way off. He needs to chill, he’s got zero location
twinfan1 said, on October 21, 2014 at 5:44 pm

And Buck immediately disses Ishi. What a fucking turd.
- DJLoo said, on October 21, 2014 at 5:50 pm
  
  Showed what a bitter stupid little scumbag he is…
stickman said, on October 21, 2014 at 5:45 pm

Pitch count through one: 18-32: Advantage Giants. Bumgarner did throw a few more pitches in that inning than usual. Hitters need to keep that tatooing parlor going on Shields. They got the Shields. We got the battle-clubs.
blade3colorado said, on October 21, 2014 at 5:51 pm

PaulinAsia – If you’re around – what Ho Chi Minh channel is the game on (already checked 41, 42, and 43). Thanks!
- blade3colorado said, on October 21, 2014 at 5:54 pm
  
  Scratch that . . . Just found it (7 if you haven’t).
WilcoJoe said, on October 21, 2014 at 5:57 pm

Two!
blade3colorado said, on October 21, 2014 at 5:57 pm

Oh Yeah! Nice DP Bum!
DJLoo said, on October 21, 2014 at 5:58 pm

Excellent. Bum knew who was running…
- Macdog said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:00 pm
  
  Or maybe he wanted to make sure he didn’t throw it into the fountains.
- blade3colorado said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:00 pm
  
  Glad he took his time.
blade3colorado said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:01 pm

That was a shot . . . Indicative Shields aint shit.
- blade3colorado said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:06 pm
  
  No Fox, it hasn’t been “easy outs.” lqtm regarding when these idiot East Coast media types will ever learn to respect the Giants.
DJLoo said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:06 pm

That’s the first time I ever lost a ball in the lights sitting at home…
eddacker said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:08 pm

So far so good. Bum not hitting the glove but the results are the same.
being done “my team’s” way
- blade3colorado said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:20 pm
  
  HAHAHA . . . Good understated way of saying, “Giants baseball is torture.”
paulinasia said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:12 pm

Steve, yeah, Fox1 here in Saigon (not sure if the same where you are now). Craig, agree, would like to see Bum a bit sharper, I’m not feeling 3 runs is enough. Woke up to Pence’s 3-run shot, nice, who needs coffee? Well, um, I do. Michael, just curious how Buck dissed Ishi (Fox1 here is Sutcliffe and some idiot named Gary who does play by play in future tense, which I HATE: “That will be inside..” “That’s gonna be a fly ball…” “That’ll be strike 3”)…… C’mon, boys, shut these dicks down….
- zumiee said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:17 pm
  
  After Ishi grounded out to first on the first pitch, Buck chuckled and said something like “After his big home run, on his next swing he hits a clunker to firstbase.”
  - paulinasia said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:22 pm
    
    Thanks. Fuck Buck.
  - blade3colorado said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:24 pm
    
    Agree – he is such a tool. Just another example of the “noise” that comes out of his pie hole.
DJLoo said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:20 pm

Don’t give in…
paulinasia said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:21 pm

Hosmer scares me a bit… that was key.
- Macdog said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:23 pm
  
  That’ll be an inning-ending groundout to Panik with the bases loaded.
  - DJLoo said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:26 pm
    
    Funny, Mac!
WilcoJoe said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:21 pm

Houdini!
eddacker said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:22 pm

WOW! That is what world class athletes do – raising his game and striking out 2 to end the basses loaded threat.
zumiee said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:22 pm

Whewwwwwwww……breathe out…….
twinfan1 said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:23 pm

Buck is such a frigging idjit that he didn’t even realize that Bum was pitching around Cain,
stickman said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:25 pm

Pitch-count advantage now reduced to 53-57. Miniscule. Important thing is that Bumgarner dodged a big one in the third. Those two special-K’s made all the difference. This will become a battle of the Bullies early on unless the offense can start banging on Shields again.
WilcoJoe said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:26 pm

I have to admit, the Hunter Pence “played Marv in Home Alone” sign was pretty good.
- Macdog said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:30 pm
  
  Yep, first one of those that made me laugh.
paulinasia said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:30 pm

Mac, that was funny, but really, it’s SO annoying…. 🙂
blade3colorado said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:31 pm

This KC team only got hot in the last 1-2 months of the season. Hosmer and Butler were complete zeros in the first 2/3s of the season. Cain aint shit. His middle name is DL. Same thing with Aoki – injured and underperformed this season. Perez same deal this season. The “Moose” is a SO machine. In short, most of these guys were waiver wire fodder in most fantasy leagues this year. Meh.

As Flav said, Shields is an “OK” pitcher, but he has never had to pitch on this type of stage. Yeah, the team got hot in the last third of the season, but I am not holding my breath for them to school us. Wont happen in my opinion.
WilcoJoe said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:31 pm

The Beast comes thru again!
DJLoo said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:32 pm

KC would’ve been better off starting Will Shields…
Macdog said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:32 pm

Beast with the RBI! And Big Game to the showers.
eddacker said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:34 pm

Hunter Pense uses shields.

James looked like he was settling in and starting to pitch good until Pence came up.
snarkk said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:37 pm

Sitting here in the brewpub, people breaking out inspontaneous “let’s go Giants!!” chants as Pence scores😀!!
Macdog said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:44 pm

Ugly run time.
paulinasia said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:48 pm

Saw Yost in the dugout referring to a notebook of some kind. I swear the front cover of it said “How to Manage Against and Beat the SF Giants”, co-authored by Ron Washington, Jim Leyland, Matt Williams, and Mike Matheny. The inside pages were all blank. Keep looking, Ned…
- Flavor said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:59 pm
  
  lol, classic. And, POTD…..
- Lurker John said, on October 21, 2014 at 8:09 pm
  
  ROFL
- pawliekokonuts said, on October 21, 2014 at 9:22 pm
  
  perfect
dirtnrocksnomo said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:49 pm

Good to get Bumgarner that breather.
gianthead said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:50 pm

Posey’s first pitch swinging is the only thing driving me crazy this post-season….
eddacker said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:51 pm

We got some runs, does that make this a shutdown inning?
- zumiee said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:55 pm
  
  Oh yeah!
eddacker said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:52 pm

And Fox is talking about what the Royals have done – not what they are doing.
zumiee said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:55 pm

Strong inning by Bum.
eddacker said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:55 pm

Woot!
DJLoo said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:57 pm

Something about Yost’s expression reminds me of George W. Bush at a press conference…
- zumiee said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:58 pm
  
  It’s like you can see the hamster in his head running on its wheel.
zumiee said, on October 21, 2014 at 6:57 pm

I could do without the parade of political commercials between innings. It’s mostly attack ads; not much about what their guy will do.
WilcoJoe said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:00 pm

Anybody else want to slap the guy in the Marlins gear, sitting behind home plate, not paying any attention to the game?
zumiee said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:01 pm

The Giants have hit a bunch of hard at-’em balls tonight.
blade3colorado said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:07 pm

Zum, I am looking forward to your Dodger suicide posts after the game. I hope you are “copying” them for your upcoming post.
- zumiee said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:10 pm
  
  🙂
zumiee said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:12 pm

Bum’s stuff has gotten better throughout the game.
zumiee said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:16 pm

From the True Blue L.A. blog:

Shields looks like crap so far

by koufaxrules on Oct 21, 2014 | 5:17 PM reply

ive stopped being surprised at the giants

by hee came hee seop’d he choi’d on Oct 21, 2014 | 5:20 PM up reply

You have to be shittin me….

by koufaxrules on Oct 21, 2014 | 5:20 PM reply
- blade3colorado said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:30 pm
  
  All ledge climbers. lqtm.
dirtnrocksnomo said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:17 pm

No matter what he says or writes Rosenthal strikes me as a smarmy weasel.
- DJLoo said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:20 pm
  
  I’d like to beat him up after school…
  - blade3colorado said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:31 pm
    
    . . . and steal his lunch money.
DJLoo said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:19 pm

Reynolds isn’t happy until he makes the same point 7 times…
dirtnrocksnomo said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:20 pm

Already 45 pitches out of Duffy.
- zumiee said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:21 pm
  
  We’re not seeing him tomorrow, I would think.
  - Flavor said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:24 pm
    
    good. We have a lot of left handed hitters
Flavor said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:26 pm

Wilco, you aren’t the only one interested in this dude
Erik ‏@naapstermaan 4m4 minutes ago
Trying to lip read this marlins guy and the convo he’s having.
- WilcoJoe said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:36 pm
  
  Yeah, too bad for him no one outside of San Francisco or K.C. is watching the game or else he might be “trending.”
DJLoo said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:27 pm

I’ve never seen Bum throw so much junk as he has the past few innings.
Almost like he’s conserving his arm…
snarkk said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:28 pm

I’m really realizing now I have no clue who any of these Royal dudes are.
I’ve heard of Billy Butler, only via alliteration. Might as well be Billy Budd…
- blade3colorado said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:34 pm
  
  Butler has been nails in past seasons. This season he has been clueless. Again, their run in the last 3rd of the season was amazing considering how him and Hosmer were flailing much of the early part of the season.
snarkk said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:33 pm

Wow, Bum with the field and throw from the knees! Best play from a Giants pitcher in a while…
- zumiee said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:41 pm
  
  And Affeldt’s cool sprint to first for the out against the Cards in the final game. 🙂
DJLoo said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:39 pm

Glad to see the Royals pitcher tomorrow wears his cap cock-eyed.
We kill those guys every time…
- chipower9 said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:43 pm
  
  Love the match-up tomorrow…Loo. Bring on the cock-eyed mofo…
blade3colorado said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:41 pm

hahaha . . . Aoki may be fast, but he has no clue about the Phone Park.
chipower9 said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:41 pm

Dammit…I was just going to say that Joe is due…way to go Panik!
- Flavor said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:44 pm
  
  I was just showing my daughter’s aunt the pic of Panik with San Diggity’s son and the bat. She has a huge crush on Panik and now she wants me to set her up through Diggity’s son. So, let’s make that happen, ‘Dawg. Her name is Jody, she’s 44 with a pretty smokin’ body for a 44 year old. That’s all he needs to know….lqtm
  - chipower9 said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:48 pm
    
    That’s fricking hilarious…make that shit happen…that’ll be a warn spun around FU for the rest of eternity…
  - SanDawg said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:52 pm
    
    I’ll hit up my man JP with a text and see what I can do!
  - chipower9 said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:58 pm
    
    Way to go Dawg…
Flavor said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:42 pm

Aoki, not looking good there on the biggest stage…..
DJLoo said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:42 pm

Always relieved to get past the dreaded 5-0.
Might have to get to 8 for a Timmy appearance…
- stickman said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:55 pm
  
  Still saying it’s a 55 speed limit in the 9th.
zumiee said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:42 pm

According to the national media, no ball can get past the Royals outfield in the gap.
eddacker said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:43 pm

About to start wondering if Panik’s post season run was going flat.
NOT!

Those KC fielders do not make many mistakes.
VooDoo doll Black Magic
Macdog said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:43 pm

Panik in K.C.!
Alleykat said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:43 pm

Hey Aoki , you looked liked you were using a steering wheel try to knock that ball down…😄
zumiee said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:44 pm

Fear our “relentless mere existence”!!
- Flavor said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:45 pm
  
  lol!
eddacker said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:46 pm

Tomorrow’s pitcher has had a sore shoulder but KC loves him and he will be out there it looks like.
chipower9 said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:47 pm

Whoot! Panda adding on!
WilcoJoe said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:48 pm

Panda’s market price just continues to rise.
chipower9 said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:49 pm

What are the Vegas odds that Panda is in SF next year???
eddacker said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:50 pm

Collins may be the save-our-relievers-for-another-game reliever will see how long he stays in.
blade3colorado said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:50 pm

KC may not be ready for the World Series stage, but Saturday Night Live will probably be knocking . . . They always need “Not Ready For Prime Time” comedians.
WilcoJoe said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:51 pm

Makes you wonder if the Red Sox encouraged Big Papi to take the Fox World Series gig in order to help recruit Panda.
blade3colorado said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:54 pm

Great job by the Navy! Excellent!
- SanDawg said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:58 pm
  
  I can’t comment as I had the TV muted at the time, but it looked like it was damn well done.
- chipower9 said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:59 pm
  
  Absolutely, Steve. Guy fucking nailed it. Beautiful!
WilcoJoe said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:55 pm

I swear this Navy petty officer has done more God Bless America’s than the Beach Blanket Babylon chick.
SanDawg said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:56 pm

Loo, I think you’re on to something regarding Timmy. Tonight could be a great time to get him out there in a no-pressure situation.

Let Tim Pitch the Ninth!
zumiee said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:58 pm

From True Blue L.A.:

I haven’t been in this much pain since 1978

by Steve F on Oct 21, 2014 | 6:42 PM reply

if it makes you feel any better, none of this or human existence means anything on a cosmic scale

by shawism on Oct 21, 2014 | 6:43 PM up reply
Flavor said, on October 21, 2014 at 7:58 pm

caption this gif
- chipower9 said, on October 21, 2014 at 8:01 pm
  
  Dammit…closed my eyes again! I SUCK…I am the BIGGEST PUSSY!
  - unca_chuck said, on October 21, 2014 at 8:11 pm
    
    Oh darn. Think I’ll take a nap.
- zumiee said, on October 21, 2014 at 8:02 pm
  
  “Help me, I’ve been shot.”
- Flavor said, on October 21, 2014 at 8:03 pm
  
  lol, look at this long enough and the captions flow like wine…..
SanDawg said, on October 21, 2014 at 8:04 pm

“There’s taking a good angle and then there’s this…”
- chipower9 said, on October 21, 2014 at 8:07 pm
  
  It was a damned good angle…from the Giant’s perspective…
unca_chuck said, on October 21, 2014 at 8:07 pm

Missed it, By thaaaaaaaat much,
dirtnrocksnomo said, on October 21, 2014 at 8:08 pm

Yost burning all of his lefties tonight? I’d prefer not to see Lincecum. Last thing you want is bats starting to make loud contact.
- DJLoo said, on October 21, 2014 at 8:37 pm
  
  One milk bottle down…
unca_chuck said, on October 21, 2014 at 8:10 pm

Holding a guy to a single gets a glowing review. Bummie doesn’t allow a run on the road in 7 playoff series since 2010? Ho hum.