“But I Had Faith And I Had Hope…”
….”thankfully the Padres choked.”
That was the line in Ashkon’s brilliant Don’t Stop Believing video that made me first take notice. I have a vague recollection of the Padres choking so it must have happened. I dunno, 2010 was a long time ago.
Anyway, the Padres are in town and this time they don’t need to choke. They just need to keep on suckin’. This is a moment for Smarge to rise tall and meet the expectations of that contract or fall ant-small and turn in one of his confounding efforts. Kruk will boil it down to one thing: will Smarge use that breaking ball sensi Raggs methodically taught him throughout the year or will he try to blow every Padre away with gas?
How about we watch this one more time just to get some of the old juices flowing….
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The Niner game starts at 7:20 tonight? That’s some sweet east coast exposure……
That are playing 2 games tonight. 4;00 and 7:40
That are playing 2 games tonight. 4;00 and 7:40. Nominally an east coast game (skins steelers) and a west coast game.
Yup, the now annual MNF first game double-header. It was the same against the Vikings last year.
GO GIANTS! KEEP IT ROLLING, BOYS! This sumbitch ain’t over yet!
Yahoo has story about 3 other teams with guys doing some kind of protest (on 9/11 day no less) during anthem…this is not going away. There was some mention of Chiefs guy by announcers—wonder how this is going to be handled by TV.
I think Kap has struck a nerve and quite a lot of his peers (and what pct of NFLers are black athletes?) are on his side, silently or otherwise, including notable stars. Hmmnn.
I can only imagine the feeling the boys had as their plane circled into SF airport knowing their will be 43,000 loving fans awaiting their arrival and support for the final run… 13 home games remaining will bring the fire in the belly of this team….History is on their side…..Don’t think for a moment that isn’t on the minds of the Cardinals and Dodgers who will have to deal with this…..It’s on my mind as I watch that flag wave on my porch!…..Onward Giants!
Great post, Dennis! I am with ya, brother! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? 😉
HELL NO!
Sure AZ has become Giants whipping boys, but Pads have exactly 1 more W than they do after 140+ games, and no one on their staff approaching level of Z Greinke.
Bochy with an interesting statement post game, “..being able to use the pen the way we wanted to.”
Law supposed to be ready to come off the DL next couple days.
Chokingest team out there has to be Pirates, who dropped 3 in a row at home to the Reds, 8 of last 10 and are 3 games under .500. Vogs got lit up for 6 runs in 4 innings.
Looked up some Adam Duvall stats—now batting .240 with 30 bombs, .296 OB/.500 slugging
143 Ks in 475 ABs. So he hits a bomb every 15+ times up, but what about those other 14? 4 or 5 of them are Ks, and maybe only 3 other hits.
Duvall sucks. And take a look at his 1st half/2nd half splits
Lisle’s boy…
Speaking of, where the fuck is Lisle?
Flav, just to make this clear, Almaden Chardo is $8.95.
Silver Oak Cab is $249.95
I own several silver oak cab bottles from the 90’s, Chuck. I am fully aware of the cost and the quality of the wine 🙂 I’m making the bet because I think it’s an auto win and while I’d never drink that shit you’ll be sending me it will be a nice trophy for the studio 😎
Hah! Like I said I figured it’s about 80/20 it goes your way, if not more, but that Cab will taste most excellent.
Your side of crow? Not so much!
that being said, this game tonight is a harbinger of nothing more than the 49ers really need to win this game. Of their first 5, this is the most winnable for them. Stop Gurley and you’ve stopped the Rams.
If the Niners start winning, then the protest won’t mean shit. More and more players are doing it. When I was in Denver, the hooraw around Kaepernick was at a fever pitch. Then their LB Brandon Marshall did it, and the roar quieted to a whisper.
And no shit about being a wine snob. I inherited a bunch of wine years ago, it sits in a cellar.
My wife’s the wine drinker, but a good Cab is a good Cab. On our 40th birthdays *(we were born 5 days apart) one of my cousins got us the 6 L bottle of an excellent Silver Oak cab. I would have been happy with a keg of Widmer Hefe, but is was pretty damn good.
After day of remembrance for NYC, just want to give quick shout out for that city being the cradle of a particular style of music I love to this day, Latin Jazz.
From the 50s/60s big bands of Tito Puente and Tito Rodriguez to the 60s/70s Palmieri brothers and the various musicians that comprised the Fania All Stars, these were the musicians from NYC that spread the music to rest of the world. either born in NYC or expats from families who came there for better life from PR,DR, and Cuba, it was there the music took root and continues to flourish. Live at the Cheetah Vol 1 (recorded 1971 by Fania All Stars) still sounds good to this day, fresh and exciting as ever.
Most of the more famous bands would tour SF once a year tho far fewer of them do it now. It was always a special treat to see them live, 8-10 guys on stage (horns percussion singers) bringing full energy to their performance. And of course provided inspiration to left coast bands that continue the style and fashion today.
As a youngish man I’m starting to love that Latin Jazz thing but probably don’t want to spend much money on getting a bunch of downloads. Any suggestions on compilations and such????
Samardzija is going tonight? As a kid tossing the pigskin around and working towards that scholarship I bet he dreamed about the bright lights on Monday Night. He went to Notre Dame you know!?!
When Span started slumping, I noticed Krukow stopped mentioning that Span doesn’t take batting practice with the team, and only does stuff in the batting cage.
Any reason given?…
He’s afraid they’ll laugh at his batting stance
Willie, on a late night scanning of the Turner Classic Movie channel recently, I happened upon a film that not only had I never seen, I’d never heard of, either, which happens a lot for me with TCM. The film was just starting, and its beginning caught my interest, and I just kept watching. Maybe you or other Flappers have heard of it: a 1950 film “Young Man With A Horn,” starring Kirk Douglas, Doris Day, and Lauren Bacall. I love music biographies, and I’m guessing this one is sort of based on a real person. The jazz trumpet music was terrific in the film, and the plot was interesting in its unexpected twists and turns, often surprisingly dark. A really fine music-related film that I’d never heard of.
For the next three days I’ll be doing the unthinkable: I will be rooting hard for the Yankees, even with the loathsome thought that beating the Bums could move the Yanks closer to a playoff spot. But since it’s come to this, so be it. This is no time for my petty little enmity toward the Yanks. Hell, I’d be tempted to go to one of the games and lend my vocal support, but can’t do it. Go Baby Bombers! Beat L.A.!
Hey, this is an easy one for me, when one of my favorite sayings is “My two favorite teams – The San Francisco Giants and whoever is playing the dodgers.”
Go YankMees!
Wasn’t Sabevans going strong for Yasmany Tomás when he became available? He’s signed through 2020. Would you want him patrolling LF?
Yes!
Yes, the Pads did crater that September in 2010. Even though he did one in 2012, that 2010 Ashkon vid was just part of that incredible vibe that late season and post season. Something really special was going on with that Giants squad, particularly the shut down pitching, the likes of which had not be seen since the ’70 Orioles or some such…
Yeah that Ashkon thing is 50 shades of awesome. It perfectly matched the hopes and dreams of a scared yet hopeful fanbase.
The only other one that comes close is the Brian Wilson vid with the kid.
Askhon’s video has my juices flowing again!
Going to the 49ers game tonight! Hopefully they keep my juices flowing too!
Have Gurley on my fantasy team so wtf let him go for 150 yards aces scores at few catches as well as long as the 49ers come out on top I’ll be a happy camper🏈🍺🍹🍻🏈🍾🍸🍷🏈🍺🍻
This team has been awful in a lot of ways. And now with the on field manager showing cracks and suckitude we may finally have hit that ‘bottom’ needed before a turn around. This weekend may have ignited the winning-ways flame for this team. The Reverend is back. Playing with our backs to the wall. Everything is in place.
Including Askon and a rally babe.
I remember her…Flav had her on the BBOTD wall a few years back…Love the way she “round out” that shirt! And she has to have the whitest teeth that I have ever came across…
Except for the turquoise and brown ones…
Chuck’s daughter???? Kidding…but hubba hubba…
Great thread, Flav. Yes, I remember 2010 well. While I do not remember the details of “how many back with xx to play,” I know it was a long-shot of long-shots that we catch the Friars. I do recall that Dirty Sanchez got the ball last day of the season and provided the W to put us into the playoffs.
Another great memory from 2010. Gail and I were in Pleasanton competing with the dogs, and I found a sports bar for us to go watch game 6 of the NLCS. This place had TVs everywhere, including a large projection number in the main room that had to be 25′ x 15′. During the break in 9th inning, they put Ashkon’s video up on all the TVs. Place went fucking bonkers! Mild bonkers compared to when the Giants won and closed the deal on the NLCS pennant. I was high-fiving and hugging people I did not know…and it was FUCKING WONDERFUL! That night will be imprinted on my brain for eternity.
I am getting a feeling that something magic may happen again, this year. (Don’t Stop Believin’) I never gave up on our boys this year, though they have certainly tested my fortitude.
Let’s Go Giants! Four in Seven! Humm Baby – Let’s Do It Again!
Those are some fulsome Rally Knockers up there.
Shulman’s wrap was great. He says Pence greeted everyone in the postgame line with “here we come!” I just got chills typing that. HERE WE COME. Go viral with it, girls:
t shirts, bumperstickers, tweets, facebook, telgrams to aunt mary, skywriting, graffiti, anon messages, yelling during sex, calls to congress, random shoutouts. HERE WE COME.
Here we come.
“Here we come” was the first line of the Monkees theme song.
It actually suits the Giants quite well – especially on the basepaths…
Hey Loo, I saw your “Womb to tomb” reference in the West Side Story film, but it also was part of the stage show that debuted in ’57. The exchange went like this:
RIFF
Womb to tomb!
TONY
Sperm to worm! And I’ll live to regret this.
About 20 seconds into this clip, Mac:
I can’t stare at edddddd’s 12:23 or I’ll go blind, like during a fecking eclipse.
Man that video just gave me chills again. We have got to do this. Edd great job on your 12:23
HERE WE COME!
Been busy as hell today, and just had a chance to watch Ashkon’s video. Chills…almost brought me to tears…
I am RILED-UP! FUCK YEAH!
“I had Faith, and I had Hope…”
Let’s Do This!
HERE WE COME (Thank you Pawlie)…
We had guests over yesterday for a kickoff barbecu and was juggling between nfl games and the Giants but caught Pence’s verbal knowing head nod of Here We Come as they walked off that Chase Field with a sweep…that crazy Friday game may have been the spark…keep Casilla the hell away from the 9th..
And RALLY FUCKING RALLY….
Casilla should not pitch with the tying, and certainly not the winning run, at the plate…
Adam Jones with some words of truth.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2016/09/12/adam-jones-orioles-colin-kaepernick-white-mans-sport/90260326/
Thank you for sharing Micah. This is very important to me. Even prior to reading this column, I was aware of Jackie Robinson saying, “As I write this …I cannot stand and sing the anthem. I cannot salute the flag; I know that I am a black man in a white world. In 1972, in 1947, at my birth in 1919, I know that I never had it made.’’
Personally, I can not disagree with what Colin, Jackie, or anyone else protesting in this manner, albeit, I would not protest in this way because my experience has been different than their’s. I say this as an Air Force veteran.
Moreover, I truly believe that more people should read one of Voltaire’s quotes on freedom of speech, where he said, “I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it.”
Perhaps if there was a little more understanding by people such as Adam Jones and Voltaire . . . and a little bit less strident rhetoric and hyperbole, then some of these issues would be resolved. Isn’t that what everyone wants?
Again, awesome article and thanks for sharing.
It’s been interesting to me to follow this issue among my friends and family on social media. The ones that served tend to withhold comment or not say much whereas the ones that were prototypical hippy type back in the day seem to be the most upset. I don’t know why that is. Just an observation.
Great quote by Voltaire, Blade. That is awesome that you shared that.
Dirt – I have actually walked on both sides of the fence in regards to the two prominent camps on this issue. I was a ” big time hippy” in my “high” school daze. Graduated early, lived in Wyoming for two years, and then enlisted in the Air Force. 33 years later, I retired.
But I agree with Blade’s take in that I would have taken a different path on sharing my feelings. But regardless of whether you agree with Kap’s method of delivering his message, I cannot disagree with the message. It must be said…over and over, until the injustices subside or disappear.
Awesome comment Chi, especially, “But regardless of whether you agree with Kap’s method of delivering his message, I cannot disagree with the message. It must be said…over and over, until the injustices subside or disappear.”
Yup. He’s 100% right.
When I was a kid, my mom bought me some of the Monkees merchandising stuff: bubblegum cards and coloring books. I was too young to know the Monkees weren’t all that good; but they weren’t all that bad, either. Some of the songs were good, performed by mostly studio musicians, and the show was funny and was a forerunner of music videos. The Monkees did a nice job of cashing in on the Beatles success, whatever TV network had that show.
Speaking of the Beatles, the new movie documentary coming out, “Eight Days A Week,” looks like good fun.
My local art-house theater is getting that movie pretty soon.
I can’t get too revved up over sweeping Horrizona – although beating Greinke was a positive step.
I haven’t completely gotten past Friday night yet. A team and its manager can’t fake being that awful.
The Dodgers are stomping the piss out of the Yanks…
Mets getting beat up pretty good, too…
Cards down 4-0.
Gotta take advantage of this shit…
Enjoy your 49er game…
Denard Span (L)
Angel Pagan (S)
Buster Posey (R)
Brandon Crawford (L)
Hunter Pence (R)
Brandon Belt (L)
Joe Panik (L)
Conor Gillaspie (L)
Jeff Samardzija (R)
Niners? They’re playing?? Today???
Sickening…Puig hits a homer and there are two full sections at Yankee Stadium of Fodger fans going nuts…I almost vomited…Big Ben put me over the top in one fantasy league and now just need a few more points out of Jordan Reed for a few more pts to win high score and money in another league and that a-hole Cousins instead of throwing the ball ran out of bounds on 4th down and came up short of the first….dumasss…
I distinctly recall the Padres losing 10 in a row in 2010. Without that help, different result.
a local SFG fan up here shared the 12:23 via a text to me on my phone; lucky the phone didn’t spring a ringtone while on mute
Just watched Ashkon. I could watch it 100 times. Never gets old. (Well, the thong bit is a tiny bit tired.) But it all came back to me. 2010 has to go down as the top one, just because of the hurdle of time it had to overcome. I met Ashkon at Finnerty’s — January 2013, I think. Quiet, deferential, civil. I liked him.
I agree, Pawlie. They all, ’10, ’12, and ’14, are special in their own way, but 2010 really rings true, due to, as you say, the “hurdle of time.” Time to “add on!” Here we come!
Nice start by the Shark. Now, let’s put up a crooked number.
So shitty to hear Berman calling a football game. Tells you how infrequently I watch the NFL on ESPN.
Replace “weird” with “shitty” and you get my thoughts on the subject. I didn’t realize they still let him have prime gigs like this either.
Agree Loo. Duly noted, and corrected.
Not bad Niners, not bad!
Yankees blow. Theeeeeeeeeeee Yanks blow.
so that’s what John Sterling says?
What I remember from 2010 was the Giants skidding a bit near the end of August and falling to something like 6-1/2 back with about a month to play, and Bochy’s post-game utterances started alluding to the wisdom of starting to forget about the division and instead looking at the wildcard, as the Pads were cementing their lead. Then yeah, Pawlie, they lost 10 in a row in mid-September, during which time the Giants moved up to about 1-1/2 out. Even after the Pads stopped their losing streak, they still couldn’t stop the bleeding or stop the Giants, who pulled to 3 games up entering the final weekend with 3 games against SD. Bad starts from Zito and Cain left it up to Dirrrty, who came through. THAT was a thrilling September, to be followed by an even more thrilling October… These guys can get it done too this year….
yup . . . but Eyechart needs to sharpen his vision tonight
The original “Eyechart”:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gwosddo01.shtml
Great post, Paul.. I agree with all aspects, including “These guys can get it done too this year…”.
And you should see Blade in a day or so, eh? Hope all is well! GO GIANTS!
Isn’t 12:23, which she will be now known as, a friend of our blog’s progenitor in 3-D life?
Personally, I find her disgusting…
You are a sick man, but then I already knew that about you, Loo…
I feel like such a loner after reading that.
I’m still calling her Chuck’s daughter…
IMO that ball hit at Pagan should be scored a double and E7. Fuck he has taken some of the shitiest paths to balls recently. We need him to get his shit together during this stretch drive.
Agree, Chi. Maybe even a single and a 2 base error. Of course Kruk defended it – implying that he was trying to preserve the no-hitter. That’s real important in the 4th inning of a scoreless game…
Is that our former catcher Hector Santiago? Is he rooming with Sandoval or just table-hopping with him? And is this Clemens related to Roger?
Pawlie, do you remember a utility guy from the 60’s named Doug Clemens? He went to Syracuse U with an old bartender of mine. Right around the time of Ernie Davis, I think…
um, no . . . utility as in baseball or as in Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation . . . hahahahahaha
Sanchez right???
I meant Sanchez
Isn’t that Wide Receiver Smardjaramjam???
What the fuck? The juggernaut pads behind roger Clemens are shutting us out?
He’s already lowered his ERA to under 5.
Another inspired Span AB.
Man, this guy throws more curves than anyone I’ve seen in years.
Sorry, Pagan: too close to take. Just like Bonds in 2000 vs. Mets.
Pads were more fun to root against in 2010 when they had Mat Latos and were obnoxious and we could never beat them for most of the year. Come to think of it, that season must really smart for their fans.
My god, Hector Fucking Sanchez can hit a homer and Posey can’t.
Now that you put it that way…….ouch.
Smardjaramjam is going to make my heart implode…
I get annoyed when announcers say “overshift.” It’s a shift. OHFUCKMEHARD. HR. Porky Sanchez. I’m not slogging through this to 3 am.
Fuck. Really? This team is wearing my nerves. Go Niners!!!!
I’m out. G’night, girls.
Just when you think they’ve finally turned that corner……
And yes, Chi, Steve is due to arrive in Saigon maybe Thursday, or maybe tomorrow (it’s Tue. morning here now)…. We’ll try to bring this team home from afar….
giants come home and lay a cleveland steamer.
To a guy who is a fucking tomato can.
No pole left unsmoked…
GIants’ September slogan: I Don’t Like Mondays.
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More like I don’t like game days.
Kay’s bringing home a major smack down of the Lambs!
Bitch slapping them all over the field!
Defense stout as fuck tonight!
Had a streaker on the field who’s was hilarious and it took forever for security to even get on the field and tackle his ass..
1 Ram #99 got ejected for stepping on Gabbert’s arm& chest, then was so irate he slammed his helmet down in disgust and to fucking forever to go thru the tunnel of shame!!!
Yeah, Donald ripped Patton’s helmet off as well. Fisher is a super overrated coach. His teams are always undisciplined and wild. He’s wasted more talent than any 5 other coaches.
Gmen won the 1st 9 games vs Pads. Now 0 for 4 in second half:(
I had faith and I had hope . . .
Played the Pads and smoked some dope . . .
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