We’ve Got a Problem
Something I’m not understanding: How does *opening up part of the country* get the economy going again? Isn’t the economy just completely fucked right now? Who is buying cars? Houses? Nobody. Letting Ma and Pa open up the Dixie Mart in Bumblefuck, Wisconsin ain’t gonna get ‘er done.
I don’t think Americans are grasping the enormity of what’s happening right now; and what is coming…..
A Place To Talk About Giants Baseball 
For those of us able to get it, Giants nbc sports channel supposed to show all 4 2012 WS games starting 9 AM today. I haven’t watched them but there have also been Warriors games, A’s games on their channel and on nbcsn they’ve been showing playoff hockey games from last year. Blessed relief for me.
Today’s sports section in Chron is down to 2 pages, and is in back half of the business section. ouch
It’s scary to say, the U.S has been behaving more like Italy had been behaving than South Korea. As a nation we want South Korea’s results without really taking it as seriously as South Korea has been. As an overall nation.
Trump’s baseless happy-talk and lies appeals to a certain number of people. A recent poll showed 52% of Americans approving how Trump has handled the crisis so far. Fhat’s an absurdly high number considering how Trump has botched things from the get-go, and still is. A lot of of people want to believe the happy-talk, and that’s very dangerous. Certain beaches in Florida are still flooded with people. A fundamentalist church of a 1,000 people in Louisiana continues to meet together. The governor of Mississippi continues to want all businesses in his state to stay open. And there are many other examples of this type of defiance going on.
We’re not going to get South Korean results this way.
Governor Cuomo nailed it when he said “The U.S. has been several weeks behind the virus the whole way.”
Just one example about South Korea: at grocery stores there, someone stands at the door with an electronic wand and checks people’s temperatures. If they are elevated, they are not allowed to enter the store.
I totally realize South Korea is a much smaller nation, but the U.S. is the richest nation in the world. (Although 50% of its wealth is owned by 1% of the people, who also got huge tax cuts from Trump.)
Never been a fan of their coffee but yesterday noticed quite a traffic jam at stand alone Starbucks nearby. Parking lot was full, people waiting outside (not a nice day either with occasional showers) plus it looked like there was a drive thru lane. One within walking distance of where I live has been closed for few days…hmmnn
Giants TV network is showing all 4 games of the ‘12 World Series today from 8 AM to 8 PM Pacific Time.
Oh I see Willie posted that already. 🙂
I got the time wrong tho. It is on right now.
Barry Zito starting Game 1 vs. Verlander! It never fails to be marvelous.
The Fox video is linked up with the KNBR radio broadcast.
That first inning HR by Sandoval. Great HR call by Miller.
The HR set a tone for the Series. The Giants are here to compete against the highly favored Tigers.
we were in Vegas Airport during WS, waiting for return flight back after company meeting. Remember watching the Prince Fielder play at the plate getting something to eat drink.
Zito’s 85 MPH fastball, lqtm. Truly it was the Giants’ season.
He had good control. Hitting his spots well. Curveball had bite.
you know Zum I remember a game when Zito completely dominated Dodgers. He struck out like 12-14 guys including James Loney 4 times. Just so dang few of them compared to when he was flat awful…like 2010 and got left off roster.
Miller talking about how Tigers beat A’s in tough playoff series. Um, this is still going on today. They have fine team but wow playoff record has been abysmal.
Meanwhile Kruk compares Crawford to Omar Vizquel…um no.
Wait and see, give it a month are less and their will be major restrictions on panic shopping, limiting people to 4-5 items and not allowing individuals to hoard in on certain bulk items,TP,disinfection, eggs, milk,etc..Hell im even trying to keep a good supply of dog food on hand so I avoid going out!!
Sponge on a stick could make a comeback!
You’re eating dog food?
🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕
Cabrera rockets one of Zito hangers and Blanco in LF bails him out with diving grab.
Great catch by Blanco. I forgot about that.
tremendous AB from Scutaro line drive back up middle for rbi. Had to shake up Verlander who had 2 outs no one on then Pagan chops one off 3b bag for a double and then long AB Scutaro fights off 2 tough 98 fastballs in on hands before 2 out risp hit. And then Boom Sando takes him yard to LF and it’s 4-0 giants. wow
You gotta catch breaks to win a World Series. 2-out easy grounder by Pagan hits the 3b bag, and he ends up on 2b. Then Scutaro hits a linedrive single to center that Jackson kicks, and Pagan scores without a play at the plate. Then Sandoval….wows Verlander.
that DP too. Young tops one in front of plate and doesn’t move, Posey (fair territory) grabs it tags him out and then guns down Fielder at 2b.
Mike Francesa who’s been to Aqueduct 1,000 times pronounces it “Aquaduck”…
He probably thinks books are found at the liberry.
He spent the day of the 2016 WC game calling our starting pitcher “Baumgardner.”
Somebody finally called him on it and he hit the fuckin’ roof…
looking at boxscore, bottom order Pence belt blanco Crawford 0-15 with a walk. top 4, Pagan Scut Sando Posey 10-16 7 runs 7 rbis 2 doubles 3 bombs.
Great doubleplay by Posey on tagging the batter and throwing to second.
Kruk talks about how much trouble Verlander has been in all day, vs. how he dominated the A’s whom he owned. Just another difference btw a team good enough to get into playoffs and one that wins WS.
Can’t we as a nation just go two fucking weeks without having to go to the supermarket or Starbucks? I literally haven’t left my house in two weeks. Yet, people like my wife are the fucking problem. She goes to the supermarket every 3 days, Starbucks on sat and sun mornings and is currently at Home Depot getting plants and flowers. How is any of that shit “necessary.”
And it goes beyond that. I have seen a lot of blue collar types boasting about being “essential” because they continue to work their construction jobs. The shelter in place and “quarantine” orders in this country are a joke, as is the definition of “essential” employees.
The irony is that the last time I left my house, two weeks ago today, I had returned from a gambling trip to Louisiana. I was probably in the worst possible place one could be at that moment in time. When I left for that trip the NBA had just postponed the season and I had no idea what was to come. That seemed like an eternity ago.
I have a friend who is an Uber driver who still gets jobs all the time driving drunk people home from big parties where lots of people are gathered in small places.
He’s frightened about getting the virus, and also not happy about enabling party-goers; but needs the money, plus knows that he is keeping some drunk drivers off the road.
He is single and shelters at home when he isn’t driving, or getting gas or groceries.
I completely forgot about Uber. That may be worse than the Airlines from a standpoint of spreading the virus. Your driving people that have no reason to be going out. They either don’t understand the pandemic or they don’t care.
And listen, I get the “people still need to earn a living” thing. But I think two weeks off of work for Uber drivers, supermarket employees, Starbucks baristas, etc…is far better than the consequences of them losing their jobs entirely due to the long term economic ramifications that are going to be felt because we can’t all stand still for 14 days.
I go out to the store too often. Almost every day. But I go at 6am so I justify it that way for some reason. We are totally stocked up I don’t need to go out. I think I just find a reason to get out of the house.
They say the best grocery store run is early on Wednesday 6am are so.They are stocked the most due to they’re ads on specials come out in your mail slots for the week and Wednesday early is slowest and breaks up the week perfectly..
Zito knocks in a run, lqtm.
5 shutout innings for Zito. As Miller said in this first WS ever. Didn’t think about this, but he had pitched in 4 different ALDS and ALCS the A’s lost all of them. and of course wasn’t on roster for 2010.
Yes Wilco is right. I went to work to get some payroll stuff to file for unemployment last week and 3-4 guys were working on top story of our building. there are dozen offices/stores there but all were closed. so this was hardly essential
2 different 4 plex bldgs. on block where I live have had landscaping done on grass etc. Sure it’s great since 99.9% of these guys are Hispanic and aren’t making much to begin with, but again hardly essential work.
it was actually 5 different playoff series for zito where he pitched a playoff game and A’s eventually lost the series.
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Another great catch by Blanco.
Timmy with a huge strike out of Peralta, to kill a Tiger rally.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_US_counties_with_GDP_over_100_billion_USD
If only this country’s political representation reflected the values of those who actually create its wealth.
Great map!
The Giants roughed up Valverde.
We’ve been talking about what’s coming a lot at our house. My dad is the mayor of a town in gold country and they just made shelter in place mandatory on Friday after more positive testing. Talking to him about it last night, his take was that the misinformation coming from the Oval Office is exasperating things more than people appreciate. On top of it, some of his constituents go a week or more without seeing anyone anyway so they think it’s no big deal. I can understand that approach in a more rural location.
Folks in my area of Santa Clara county, where the most cases have been reported in CA, should wise up imo. My in laws are some of those that go out every day and shop 2-3 times a week and are asking to visit for dinner. No thanks on that one. We’ve made it two weeks between store visits and limit outside time to catch in the driveway or a bike ride later in the day when less people are out. Online grocery ordering and pickup has been unavailable for over a week and I’m sort of surprised the stores aren’t doing more to protect their workers.
Anyway, I’m watching the 2012 game too. A great memory seeing it in person with my pops. I’d forgotten how fun Pagan was to watch and Sandoval had all the tools to be a great hitter. Too bad he couldn’t be more serious about fitness. Pretty sure that was the game pawlie, Flavor and I hooked up in front before first pitch iirc.
“See’s Candies, a California chocolate institution, is suspending production because of the coronavirus.
It’s only the second time in See’s 99-year history that production has been interrupted, the first being when it was halted due to rationing during World War II.”
Lincecum dominated Tigers out of the pen. I was one who thought that could be his future; he wanted to start instead.
Action less Jackson had couple hits and a nice grab there. Just uh didn’t work out here lol.
I had forgotten about Mijares. He does the LOOGY thing and gets his guy out.
Kontos bleh, but Affeldt seals the deal with one pitch.
Game 1 highlighted the Giants’ advantage in the bullpen.
Keeping an eye on how hard Bum was throwing in 2012.
Here’s something the sociopath tweeted today. He’s pleased with his TV ratings:
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
Because the “Ratings” of my News Conferences etc. are so high, “Bachelor finale, Monday Night Football type numbers” according to the @nytimes, the Lamestream Media is going CRAZY. “Trump is reaching too many people, we must stop him.” said one lunatic. See you at 5:00 P.M.!
ha Zum Fister’s from Fresno St. Pitched a good ballgame too, just not good enough to beat Bum and co.
Mindbogglingly bad decision by Tigers 3b coach sending Fielder with no outs. Huge mistake.
could watch that play forever. Scutaro gets there in position to take blanco overthrow guns it to plate and posey with perfect sweep tag. All bum needed.
Dirt tremendous story, great you and Dad got to be in the Yard to see WS game. It’s fun to watch these for me, place is full it’s loud people are standing up all the time and way into it.
The Trader Joe’s near us limits the # people in the store at any given time. You get a wipe to wipe down your cart before you touch it, and do a decent job of not letting anything get too crowded. I had to wait 25 mins to get in, and we are about once a week hitting the stores.
At the local Safeway, you are on your own. I’ve been driving around with a jar of them wipey things for the gas station, shopping carts, mail boxes, and other necessary evils. Went for a drive yesterday on highway 84 between 680 and I-5. FUn twisty roads with no one on them. Ended up cruising along with some clown in a Charger at about 130. Empty freeways are kinda fun.
I will say, the beer intake has had a bit of an uptick.
And they had TP and PT. Limit 1 per customer. My daughter wants to start growing vegetables for the upcoming food shortage.
Damn! Pablo with the hot missile pick.
Tigers coulda scored 3 runs that inning and got none.
yeah, rocket line out and then Fielder drove one deep to warning track. Unc TJs (one near me anyway which also has long lines) does have senior line that is 80% less long…think maybe 60 is cut off.
I see on my credit card statement that mlbtv charged me a $130 for this year’s package. They probably Sent me an email that I ignored, gotta cancel that sucker.
Pagan wearing one of those Phiten necklaces that gained popularity with players in 12-13. Some mumbo jumbo that the necklaces improve performance on the field.
You guys have probably seen these. If not I hope they gave you as much pleasure as it did me. Sent from my daughter in the OC (the heart of the beast):
One of these got called out today on NPR.
Chuck, you better be careful about “racing in the rain” just because the roads are empty. How would you like to wind up in the hospital due to a car wreck? I’m more paranoid about a household accident than ever.
Just picked up my grocery order from Fred Meyers. Worked like clockwork.
Be careful, Flappers.
Those videos are great!
If I crash, I ain’t surviving!
I haven’t left my house except outside for yard work and walking the dog for 16 days. Working from home, via email and Zoom. Mrs. snarkk has been out to the grocery run twice, she wears an N95 mask when she goes. I have a couple in my tool collection, I used one a couple of times in a rare case when I did work generating alot of dust, etc. I just read an article in WaPo where the writer said its crazy not to wear masks when out in stores, which is contra CDC positions. People in Asia are wearing masks in public, if you’re not wearing one, you are ostrasized. Asymptomatic people are carrying this virus. I’m 60+ and being careful as hell. This is no joke…
Blanco’s bunt that didn’t roll foul. Another huge break.
I won’t even post what Dr. Fauci said today. He was away from Trump and felt freer to be brutally forthcoming.
yahoo had story about all the “Fauci is conspiracy to discredit Trump” sites that have popped up lately. Gotta trust the doctors and science and this guy is well respected for a long time.
Smyley sighting, which didn’t go too well for him. Wonder if Posey Belt Craw Sando and Pence will flash the rings at him one of these days.
Giants ever do trade Belt first, Craw is gonna miss him. No telling how many Es he saves him every year.
blanco crushes one. Burned with the tiny bunt game before now whacks triple off wall to deep part of Tigers yard.
Blanco with another key contribution in ‘12.
Checked Blanco’s post season numbers and they’re not good but I can think of at least 3 key abs he contributed. I guess he made his hits count when he got them.
And some key tough catches in the outfield.
fun little video promo from 1980
John Prine has COVID-19 and is intubated. Doesn’t sound good.
Terrible news! But thanks for letting us know!
Prine had a successful cancer surgery 15 years or so ago, if I remember correctly.
Prine is a longtime singer/songwriter, if any Flappers don’t know who he is. A legend in the Americana/folk music world.
Here’s Bonnie Raitt singing one of the most well-known songs Prine wrote.
It’s a half an inch of water and you think your gonna drown
That’s the way the world goes ’round.
Man, I really love John Prine’s music. Dammit.
Vogs, more gritty than anything, shuts down Tigers with help from Lincecum through 6. Btw Zito Bum and Vogs Tigers scored 1 run total off Giants SPs in first 3 games..
Grammy award Country singer Joe Diffie 61 has died of conoravirus he tested positive for 2 days ago…
Very sad news. I have to admit I’d never heard of him.
blanco with another nice grab of deep foul in corner and Craw diving stop for another out. Pitching and defense getting it done, couple timely hits from both above and Pence got into act too.
Pre-juiced-ball era. 🙂
Seen John Prine a couple times. Diffle? Blank as well.
“lan Merril, the singer of ’70s rock band Arrows and the co-writer of “I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll,” has died at the age of 69.
A Facebook post by his daughter confirmed the news of his death and it was due to complications from COVID-19.
In 1975, Merrill co-wrote the song “I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll” with Jake Hooker while in Arrow. He sang lead vocals on the original version. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts covered the song in 1982 and landed at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 that year.”
Well, I had to look up the Arrows’ version of the song. Jett’s version is very similar to the original Arrows’ version.
No idea that was a cover. Kinda like Quiet Riot (the name makes NO sense) building a career off of Slade.
https://nypost.com/2020/03/29/mike-francesa-eyes-sports-utopia-when-coronavirus-abates/
People will say: yay, sports are back.
This one’s really making the rounds…
Heh heh. Yep. Saw that this morning. And thanks for the kind words, DJ. Means a lot.
Seeing Mac with Evans in tha video brings back some cool memories. Great stuff, Flav.
Wow. That was a horrible rendition of God Bless America.
Joe Diffie’s big hits were Pickup Man, Better then the Beatles, Home, John Deere…Had like 15 top 10 hits mostly back in the 90’s His music videos are pretty good..
I had to look up the one about the Beatles. I like it.
“A 35-year-old in Hanover Township, PA was arrested for allegedly telling shoppers at a local grocery store that she “had the virus” and subsequently coughed on food throughout the store forcing them to throw away nearly $35,000 word of food.
Gerrity Supermarket co-owner Joe Fasula wrote a lengthy Facebook post about the ordeal which can be read in full below:
Today was a very challenging day.
At 2:20 PM today, I got a call from our Hanover Township store. The manager informed me that a woman, who the police know to be a chronic problem in the community, came in to the store and proceeded to purposely cough on our fresh produce, and a small section of our bakery, meat case and grocery.….”
the riot bloops a single into short RF, craw with sac bunt moves him over. 2 outs Leyland lets the LHP pitch to Scutaro with RHP in pen. This guy is throwing 94 about as hard as anyone in whole series. Scut knocks base hit into right center in front of Jackson, 4-3 Giants.
For all his goofy injuries, Affeldt was lights-out in the playoffs every time. What a weapon for a bullpen. He was under-rated by MLB fans overall.
Best lefty reliever in SF history.
I’d say no doubt…
what an epic finish. romo killed them off sliders to Jackson sinkers to Kelly and fastball at 88 after all the sliders to Cabrera. tigers had 3 more good seasons and won more games 2013 than 2012 but never got back.
Haven’t really seen them side by side much but was Fielder bulkier than Sandoval?
Wtf is wrong with people during these tumultuous times? That bitch from the grocery store spreading all her viral spit& snot& cough 😷 should be put on a empty plane minimum crew heading towards Hawaii and pushed out halfway there!!!
The Hong Kong Flu epidemic from CDC website:
The 1968 pandemic was caused by an influenza A (H3N2) virus comprised of two genes from an avian influenza A virus, including a new H3 hemagglutinin, but also contained the N2 neuraminidase from the 1957 H2N2 virus. It was first noted in the United States in September 1968. The estimated number of deaths was 1 million worldwide and about 100,000 in the United States. Most excess deaths were in people 65 years and older.
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There was no panic. There was no nothing.
If you got it, you generally recovered.
Life went on normally – unless you died.
Not saying it was better.
That’s just the way it was…
People expect better after 50 years of medical and technological advances.
As they should, Zum…
Then again, Lou Gehrig would be no better off today than he was 80 fuckin’ years ago…
“In comparison to other pandemics, the Hong Kong flu yielded a low death rate, with a case-fatality ratio below 0.5% making it a category 2 disease on the Pandemic Severity Index . . . . The same virus returned the following years: a year later, in late 1969 and early 1970, and in 1972. The CDC currently estimates that, in total, the virus killed 1 million people worldwide and around 100,000 people in the U.S.[8]”
Those pesky little numbers make a big difference in the aggregate, just like in baseball. Because it’s more lethal, the incidence of illness and death will be far more concentrated with COVID-19, although if the US had panicked more and earlier, that wouldn’t have been the case.
We’re bombarded 24/7 for better or worse.
Every dumb motherfucker’s opinion (such as the one you’re reading) is out there.
In 1968, it was Cronkite or Huntley Brinkley at 6:30. Click.
Get the paper in the morning.
Go to school. Go to work.
Go to hell…
On Twitter, Aubrey Huff has to demonstrate his lack of math skills.
“Based on 🌎 population. Odds of making it to, @mlb: .00001% @NHL: .000009% @NFL: .000022% @NBA: .000006% #Covid_19 cases: .007987% Friends…it’s time to start training! You have just as good a chance of being a pro athlete than contracting the #coronavirus. #perspective”
I’m finding one little key to staying sane is having little routines. I call them quaroutines. Every morning, cup of coffee and a smoke out on the little porch, check emails, take a dump, check fridge, call for deliveries if need be, walk to the wine/snacks store (still open, nothing else is) once a week… Hard to believe reading your posts here about crowds at Starbucks, etc. There is NOTHING like that open here now. I think that’s what was frustrating me: this is now week 10 of heavy shutdown, but since that didn’t work, now it’s verging on lockdown. VN gov’t just announced that airlines are limited to 1 flight per day domestically between Hanoi and Danang and Saigon. That will probably disappear as well. No new int’l flights coming in from most of the West. Was joking with a fellow introvert friend of mine how we, as introverts, have been practicing for this our whole lives. Haha. Yeah, Tom, as you said, this is no joke. Was watching something last night and it made me laugh, and I realized how long it had been since I laughed. We must never forget to laugh….
As long as it isn’t laughter like this: 🙂