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Greek Giant
As much as we hate to admit it, Sergio Romo signing with the Dodgers is a move that makes sense for both teams. The one year deal valued at $3 million with incentives was evidently lower than other offers the former Giant received. But since Romo grew up a Dodgers fan during his childhood spent mostly in the Los Angeles area, he took less money to be closer to home. You don’t see athletes taking the smaller contract very often in today’s sporting world. But Sergio Romo is not your typical athlete.
With his slight build, his shoe polish black beard and his outwardly visible emotional demeanor, Romo was a unique ballplayer and one any fan could get behind. You have to believe the Dodgers signed him in part as a giant thumb in the eye to their rivals up North. Whatever the motivation, whatever the situation, I will always wish Romo well, except when he plays against the Giants.
Let’s forget his last appearance in that awful game we are all trying to wipe clean from our memories. Let’s remember his amazing run of effectiveness, his cojones of steel in 2012 facing Miguel Cabrera, and his overall joyfulness when he stepped onto the baseball field.
Got Him Looking!
2012 NLDS, Game 5
This battle with Jay Bruce with one out in the 9th in Game 5 of the 2012 NLDS was one of the epic moments in Giants history. For my money, it was one of the most excruciating, dramatic, and stomach-turning at-bats I have ever witnessed. It may have been the biggest at-bat of the Giants postseason that year. Watch it carefully. Bruce missed a couple of hittable pitches because Posey and Romo kept him concerned with the outside corner, Occasionally, Romo would try an inside corner fastball to surprise him. He did not get the call on the second-to-last pitch. On the final pitch, Bruce was just late on a pitch pretty much right down Market St. It’s possible the psychological and physical fatigue of that at-bat slowed him down just enough to fly out. It was an amazing moment.
Remember Xavier Nady?
Sergio Romo was a great Giant, one who in many ways embodied the humility and quiet excellence of the team in 2010, 2012 and 2014. There is no need to recount the story of his surprise emergence from middle innings reliever to set up man to closer, all in the span of one season. Sergio Romo was the immmigrant’s working man’s hero. He was a colorful and exceptionally effective reliever who recorded some of the biggest outs in Giants history. He will always be special to Giants fans everywhere and I wish him well.
Hasta la vista Sergio.
Pitchers and catchers report in just 4 days, so says “Master Melvin”. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/67bd739c6019e4bbb887243b6b351617947557fdf5ce73af456d2b8d3ed43ca2.jpg
Got to tie into the Mel Ott reference with my occasional reminder …
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Pick who will be on the 25-Man roster at season’s open.
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Starters: Posey, Belt, Panik, Crawford, Nunez, Pence, Span
Bench: Hundley, Conor Starting Pitchers: Bum, Cueto, Moore, Samardzija
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Agreed. MyGuy™ is awesome.
It is enjoyable for me as you all get engaged in it.
Fanfest in two days. Media day tomorrow. Guys already in town for commercial shoots.
They’re baaaaaaack!
Myself and Mrs. Crawnik will be there!
Sergio will always be a Giant. Thanks GG.
GG, another great story about Romo. Yes, that epic 12-pitch battle with Bruce is going to be etched in my memory forever. He will always be a Forever Giant. That’s what’s up.
Apparently Romo sent a text to the KNBR morning guys saying that he will “always be a Giant” in his heart, or words to that effect. He said basically that the Giants didn’t want him back but that he has no ill feelings.
That 12 pitch AB against Bruce shows you everything about Romo. He struck out guys but he didn’t have the classic strikeout stuff – no blazing 95+ MPH fastball or devastating changeup. Not that hard to make contact on his stuff. But it was filthy so you couldn’t do anything with it. And tons of heart.
One of my favorite players and I wish it could have ended better than him shaking his head as Bochy took him out of his last game.
I agree with GG–I have never been so nervous watching an AB. I turned ALL the sound off–the TV muted, my phone with the KNBR broadcast muted–and just watched it in silence. Now that it’s over, I can enjoy it, but yikes, not at the time!
Sergio is on the “Decade of Champions” group statue. [Think the flag raising at Iwo Jima with Bochy directing.]. Only a select few among the repeat World Series winners gets to be a part of this.
Oh, you have to have Cody Ross, Marco Scutaro, and Travis Ishikawa on the statue! And Barry Zito! And Ryan Vogelsong!
It’s going to be a big statue.
Rightfully so.
Mike Murphy.
Ron Wotus.
Not Flann?
Yes, I got him … coaching staff of Both, Raggs, Flann I saw as the “Core Three” … “Key Three”?
Yeah … that can be worked out.
My criteria was at least Two Rings but I am just starting the discussion.
Yes, I will add Vogey.
Zito only played in one post-season … very memorable but we have to draw the line somewhere.
Lopez is/was the only active player with FOUR rings.
Who is the leader among Current Players now?
Buster, Bum, Cain with three… ?
Cain is still the player’s rep, I think. I’m not sure who is Chief Justice of the Kangaroo Court. That was Jeremy for a long time.
Sorry, thought you were talking about team leader, not most rings.
Kangaroo Court Judge?
That would be a fun to know … what Personality fills that seat now?
Bum would be a bit like “The Hanging Judge” I think; but his dry humor would work. Pence has personality but it just does not seem like the right fit. It is a good “Ask the Announcers” question to send in.
It used to be Affeldt. KC judge has to be an older vet.
Youth Movement Unforeseen Consequences:
No Peavy, Hudson, Vogey, Pagan, Javey, … Hundley is probably too new.
Turkey tap could do double duty. He might have a lot of free time on his hands. I’m hoping not.
Bob?
Not enough veritas
I’m sure no one has more than 3 now. I don’t know if there’s anyone other than B B and C with three. Zobrist has two in the last 2 years, I can’t think of anyone offhand.
Yeah it would take a player that had been with Boston and traded …. like Javy was. New York? But that goes way back now. St. Louis and traded?
Or someone who happened to be in the right place 3 times. Zobrist has gotten 2 the last 2 years but none before that.
No Romo. No Lopez. Affeldt gone too. Color me sad.
Bonjour Paul. Good to see you back here. How was France?
Bonjour, dgg! Paris was beautiful as ever. Also traveled to Analusia for a week – very interesting, and 1/2 the cost of France. Literally.
But they’ve got a LOT of promising new guys, really a lot.
Acc/to SB Nation,
“Not even a week since baseball last discussed potential on-field rule changes, there’s now something new to consider. But unlike the new strike zone and adjusted intentional walk that the league brought up last week, this change is already a little bit more than just a hypothetical proposal. Beginning this season, MLB will use rookie leagues to experiment with a new format for extra-inning games—one where a runner will automatically start on second base for each inning after the ninth.
A version of this rule has already been used in various forms of international baseball, and we’ll see it in the World Baseball Classic this spring. According to Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports, who broke the story, one of the proponents of the rule is the league’s chief baseball officer Joe Torre: “Let’s see what it looks like. It’s not fun to watch when you go through your whole pitching staff and wind up bringing a utility infielder in to pitch. As much as it’s nice to talk about being at an 18-inning game, it takes time.”
What an abomination.
Is this some sort of joke? Please please please say they are not even considering this! This is not baseball!
Sounds like T-ball. Total obscenity.
It is true but we will then recall Manfred
Not only is this not baseball, but all games played this way will need asterisks after them for history and comparison with past extra-innings classic games. How many important matters are we going to have to protest this year?
Abomination soft pedals the wrongness of the proposal.
I cannot fathom why such a scheme to modify extra inning baseball could ever be proposed.
The rare extremely long game and running out of bench is part of baseball.
What I would like to see is a roster expansion to say 27 players.
I wanted roster expansion this year with the new CBA. I’m not exactly sure how come it was set aside. Was it considered too controversial?
PE$O$.
You would think the Players Association would want it–more jobs–but the owners wouldn’t. My reading on the CBA is that some experts (=agents) felt that the PA got a bit hosed, considering they have a new chief and this was his first CBA negotiation.
I would think both the players and managers would want roster expansion.
I think a great way to shorten the season is every team plays 5-6 doubleheaders each season. Once a month. Teams can charge a *little* more for that ticket. Schedule between games entertainment. Let teams call up three additional players for that one day only, two pitchers maximum. MiLB players get exposure, fans get a great value (and spend more, maybe) as well. Never happen I know, but still a good idea.
It’s a very good idea.
The owners do not want to pay for additional major league player contracts.
Seems to me that players above 25 would be players at or near minimum contracts and potential “stars” that would have the opportunity to “shine” (and increase revenues).
Penny-wise and pound foolish perhaps.
Perhaps quoting The Onion? There is no way something like that happens. People on this blog are apoplectic about the DH possibly coming to the NL. This rule change would make Little League rules look too formal. I don’t see that happening under any circumstances.
On the contrary … nothing is MORE fun than watching infielders pitch. And if a team suffers because they manager went through 6 pitchers to get 4 outs earlier in the game, so be it. There are so many people in positions of responsibility to don’t understand or appreciate the game.
I will miss Romo and think that the Giants have made a mistake in not retaining Romo on the 2017 team.
It was time for Affeldt and Lopez to retire.
Castillo had worn out his welcome.
But Romo still has some good baseball left as I am almost certain the Dodgers will enjoy.
I agree that Romo has some good baseball left and from a purely objective point of view I agree with you. The problem is that Bochy demonstrated beyond any doubt last year that he can’t be objective about how he uses his veteran relievers.
Hey, good to see you here. I miss lots of posts but have not seen you since you tried out MyGuy™. Look around and you will see we are doing that again and it really does not matter who wins, it is the Process as we know.
Thank you for remembering me.
The old site was too loaded with crap, did not function well in general, and impacted my pc negatively.
TWG is a far better experience and a great thank you to Greek Giant.
So I finally re-registered and got a new password yesterday.
Welcome back. Good timing to join in the conversation here.
I have that exact photo at the top of the post, blown up into poster size, framed and on my office wall. I love everything about that shot, including Cabrera slumping away from the plate.
I probably watched that “Must C” clip 100 times after the 2012 season. One thing I noticed in all the times watching it is that you can hear Romo’s screams of joy after the last pitch. I also really liked the Tigers announcer’s comment at the end: “How good does it get when Romo can do that?”
I loved that 2012 team. Watching the clip makes me realize how many of them are gone now. But we always have the memories. Romo could easily have been the World Series MVP–nine up, nine down, three saves in the four-game sweep–if Pablo hadn’t gone all Babe Ruth in Game 1.
Sergio Romo, great Giant. I’ll miss him.
WBC lineups have been announced, with Crawford and Posey. This might make me a bad baseball fan, but I just can’t get excited for the WBC, Giants players in it or not.
I’ll probably watch ’em, though–I’m that desperate for baseball. And Team USA is loaded and has two of our guys. I’ll watch the DR team when Cueto pitches, too.
Yeah, say what you want, it should be great baseball. I’ll watch too.
I noticed that if you re-up for MLB.TV, you get all the WBC games.
We need to participate with other countries in the World Baseball Classic more this year than any year that has gone before. We need to show that we are all part of the same world on the same planet.
And not just in baseball.
“In the next five or ten years, we shall fight in the South China Sea, won’t we?” Was the question Bannon asked during an interview with Reagan’s biographer, Lee Edwards. “The Judeo-Christian Western civilization is collapsing and imploding. And this happens now, right before our eyes, and the backlash will be terrible.” ” War is near”, warned Bannon. “Indeed, it is already here”. “We will face dark times before viewing again the morning light in America,” Bannon threatened in 2010. “We will have to take care of enormous suffering. Those who claim that we are not destined to suffer are kidding you, this is what I think. ” “This movement,” he said in November, “is growing.”.
This is Bannon’s vision of the the “same world”, dear friend DGG. Now, a person who believes in these predictions so vague and unfounded, sits in the White House as the chief Adviser of the President. That man needs to be closed in a psychiatric hospital.
Try breathing into a paper bag.
So why have national teams?
Krukow said on his KNBR show this morning that his health will force him to reduce the number of games he broadcasts to 120. He said Affedlt and Javy Lopez would help fill in!
I’ve wondered if Krukow would need to pace himself more and cut back on the travel which can take a toll. Listening to games broadcast on the radio up at the cabin last summer, I realized hey, that’s Jeremy Affeldt! Now Javy Lopez will join him.
They should both do a good job. I didn’t think Affeldt was all that great on the radio fill-in last year, but maybe the TV analyst role is a better fit. He’s very articulate, so you’d think he could be good at it. Affeldt is also terrific doing the studio work, especially when he’s paired with Flann. Those two guys are so much better than any of the other former Giants they rotate through there, and it’s not even close.
Talk about relief. Takes two Champion, loveable lefties to fill in for the big, hard throwing reliable rightie.
POTD!
Except that our linguistics prof. might beg to differ on the necessary ratio of lefties to righties!
Actually I’m a linguistics prof too!
But… are you left-handed? Left-handed linguists are true minority.
Perhaps, endangered even.
No, I’m right handed. But actually a surprising number of linguists are left-handed, much more than the average, and in one subdiscipline, psycholinguistics, we often comment that lefties seem to literally be the majority.
Cool! There are several here who are word-of-the-day buffs too.
Indeed. Just flashed on his 1986 year. Great season in Giants history.
It’s really sad that this illness has grabbed on to Krukow. I know he’ll hang in there as long as he can..but at some point, he may have to hang up the microphone. It’s time to enjoy Kruk and Kuip for as long as we have ’em!
They were the main reason I became interested in the Giants again after being away for several years. Once I came back to the west coast (not SF), I was able to hear their broadcasts only, then came MLB’s online offering of watching games.
Affeldt should be great.
Henry Schulman @hankschulman 2m2 minutes ago
Just talked to Krukow. He said he’s going to work all home games and NL West road games. Nothing east of Denver until the playoffs #sfgiants
Got to like his optimism on Playoffs!
So that’s more than Dave, huh? And it’s not like the other don’t take frequent vacations.
Gotta say before I forget to do so: fare thee well, Sergio Romo. You gave us nine years of mostly stellar relief. You were your own man, and we saw many sides of that. All in all, you were a good soldier, hermano. You are a forever Giant.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj4J6i_vw0w
I watched the video without reading the entire post and the first thought that came to mind is what Greek said, “Xavier Nady?!”
That’s a great trivia question: “Who caught the fly ball the ended the epic battle between Sergio Romo and Jay Bruce in Game 5 of the 2012 NLDS between the Giants and Reds?”
I remember thinking “please don’t drop it”.
Yup…as it headed out there, I was in total panic, thinking “Xavier Nady! Ughh! Why?!?!”…., OK, whew.”
is that storm hitting you down there, TF? we’ve got over a foot of snow, with heavy winds, and very cold temps..
Be sure to watch Carmen K’s vimeo:
https://vimeo.com/68962416
I never saw a notice that there was a new blog post. When did it happen?
3 hours ago by GG’s Twitter account.
Thanks.
Paul Lebowitz (columnist at FanRag Sports) 4hr ago:
This runner on second in extra innings idea is idiotic and #MLB’s not stupid enough (I don’t think) to ignore the negative response.
They could do something better : toss a coin.
What? Baseball isn’t football.
I was joking, a runner in second IMO is far worse than tossing a coin.
Or the democratic primaries.
I loved the 18 inning game in DC. Do nothing or institute ties.
(on managers and umpires)
The Japanese declare a tie after 12 innings in a regular season game. This has a practical side, letting fans catch a train home before those shut down around midnight. It also fits their culture a bit, as no one has to lose if no one wins. Not so sure us Yanks would take to the ties.
One could give the teams permission to bring a minor leaguer up the next game, to help with bullpen fatigue or the like. I like TF62’s doubleheader suggestion below, in which I think they can add a 26th guy under the rules already.
totalfan62 DrLefty • an hour ago
‘I think a great way to shorten the season is every team plays 5-6 doubleheaders each season. Once a month. Teams can charge a *little* more for that ticket. Schedule between games entertainment. Let teams call up three additional players for that one day only, two pitchers maximum. MiLB players get exposure, fans get a great value (and spend more, maybe) as well. Never happen I know, but still a good idea.’
I loved that 18 inning game as well. We listened to the game on the radio up at the cabin, sitting around the dining room table by lantern light.
Truly old school.
I really enjoyed Bob’s restraint. He knew it was gone immediately off the bat, but only gawked momentarily. Truly a towering shot. I’m sorry you missed it live. I do love that kid’s play.
Joe Panik had the 9th worst luck in the majors last year in terms of how he hit the ball and how many hits he got. With normal luck he would have hit about 35 points higher: http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/the-2017-babip-surgers/
LOL. Yet he was the second best clutch hitter on the Giants last year, right behind Pagan. Posey was the worst of the crew who placed.
http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=3&season=2016&month=0&season1=2016&ind=0&team=30&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0
For the millionth time, Romo is not an immigrant. He’s lived his whole life in the US.
I just love the guy. Looks like a stiff wind will blow him away, how is this guy a professional athlete in a sport where size does matter to some extent? His photo bombs are great, his took his demotion from closer in 2014 like a man, he’s got the balls of a car burglar as someone said. He was a Dodger fan growing up, can’t hold it against his that he wanted to go there. Wish him all the luck except when he’s against us.
Although he is pitching for Mexico, which underscores why some of us look at the WBC with disdain. It’s a whole lot of nonsense
“disdain” is a pretty strong term, what is up your issue now.
You find it offensive that a guy whose parents are from Mexico chooses to play for the team?
Do some research and most international tournaments have American kids who have ability to play for other countries in them, whether its the Olympics, World Cup, etc.
It’s a great way for those not invited to play on the US team to still have access to play for another team is so invited. Many or most of them would play for the US if they were able to make team. Playing for their parents respective countries just allows them another opportunity to fulfill their dreams.
Maybe you just are misinformed, sadly.
Don’t know if there was more context regarding Kuip’s comments about Sergio but I thought it was pretty weak. “I think he’s gonna do the stank eye look, I think he’s gonna do what he does, and it might actually pick up a little bit if he were to strike out Buster Posey with the bases loaded.”
The Giants told him there’s no room for him and he will not be offered a contract to come back. I don’t care who he plays for and he has EVERY right to pick whatever team is best for him and his family. I’m not saying Kuip’s comments were out of line or anything but they should’ve been prefaced with how great of a Giant he was. Romo gave everything to the Giants his entire career and had many, many great moments. None of course greater than the picture shown above in this posting. But cut the rivalry $hit and pay the man some respect for what he did and the fact that he wanted to come back but wasn’t offered back. I expect a little more gratitude from someone like Kuip. Again, what he said wasn’t *wrong,* I just would expect to hear it prefaced by great appreciation for what he did.
This reminds me of Juan Uribe as a Dog. We cheered him with affection as he got his WS ring at home plate, and the instant he turned his back to go to the Dog dugout the booooing rained down. It felt perfect.
“Tongue-in-cheek” booing I think?
It was way cool when Oooooribe was traded away from the Dogs, and had big hits against them for TWO different teams.
I know Kruk/Kuip both have the rivalry “thing” in them regarding the Dodgers, but there may be some “behind the scenes” stuff that we aren’t privy to. I don’t think it’s coincidental that Kuip didn’t take the path you suggested and…if I recall…I don’t think Kruk took that path (either earlier in the week).
I suspect they both felt Romo showed Bochy up several times down the stretch and it has impacted their feelings. It’s unfortunate.
It wasn’t a good look. I’m sure Lopez (and others) weren’t too thrilled about some pitching decisions, but they didn’t take a path of showing up Bochy. I got to admit it’s tarnished my feelings about #54; all of which I’m sure will diminish in time.
Sergio clearly could have gone to the Rays for more money. I WAS hoping that the Halo’s would offer him a deal but now knowing that Brawley is only 3 and a half hours away – it doesn’t surprise me that Sergio is gonna do well for the team he grew up rooting for. He will be a DRAW.
I think your looking at it all wrong and guilty of sensationalizing a story that is not really one at all.
All it says to me is that if Romo is put in a situation to succeed against his former team he will revert to some of the same tactics the Giants fanbase loved, a guy that was not afraid to show his emotions on the mound.
Believe you me, if he struck out Posey with the bases loaded you would get some stank eye and a fist pump off the mound, and why not. Just because he changes teams does not mean he changes his persona.
Nothing wrong with Kuiper pointing that out either.
He will walk Posey then go after the weekling Pence who chases curves and slider
I think Kuip should’ve paid him some more respect. Again, like I said, nothing wrong the comments. But not acknowledging what Romo did for the organization is disrespectful. It bothered Romo enough that he sent in a long text message to Paul McCaffrey after he heard Kuip’s interview to assure all Giants fans how much his time with the Giants meant. Clearly he thought Kuip didn’t convey to the listeners how much Romo loved SF and that he wanted to come back. So it’s not just me “guilty of sensationalizing a story” when Romo himself felt the need to weigh in.
Liisten to his morning show a couple of days ago. You’re making a mt. out of a molehill
I am surprised they did not want him back. He had the second best WHIP and era on the relief core.
Now that Kruke is cutting back even more – good time for Javy to get his feet wet.
http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/02/09/mike-krukow-to-broadcast-fewer-games-next-season/
Santa Clara – 1 PM today http://www.csnbayarea.com/page/csnbayareacom-live
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/9671ad78ca320b24e86d8cb23f625aa057bee6e75102d578c5e5523964b017b3.jpg making a comeback as a knuckleballer and clean shaven
You certainly couldn’t recognize him!
Easy to forget his FB was over 100 mph once upon a time.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/brian-wilson-eyeing-mlb-return-as-a-knuckleball-pitcher-223517995.html
Very Brian Wilson-esque hat.
Steve Kerr says “We promise to check out both Javele’s ‘cheeks’ individually tomorrow (today) – since *they* are both hurting right now. (Wed nite)
http://www.csnbayarea.com/video/javale-mcgees-prognosis-steve-kerr-both-cheeks-really-hurt
That was a very hard spill he took. I am glad they did not give him a flagrant as his hard foul was an attempt to save himself from plunging head first into the floor
Super Dave Bob Einstein
https://tinyurl.com/jd577lf
I’d like to wish Romo the best. But honestly once the games begin, rooting against LA.
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Eskimo chatter
As You All Know —— Huge hole in Northern California dam is growing, officials warn http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/6647790-181/crater-in-oroville-dam-spillway
It’s in the spillway, I think, not the dam.
Ya. Spillway on solid ground. Big problem, but solvable soon. Few worries.
Maybe. Let’s hope so.
Bit of an engineering issue since the res. level is rising and a timely fix is more than trivial.
Hey, that is your neighborhood / your problem … the rest of us have plenty of work in our own areas. Slacker.
I’m all over it Haak. Got my lawn chair, gunna pick up a 12 pack and watch the excitement. It should overtop the emergency spillway late today.
I can picture you there and wish I could join you. Water puts on a great show as long as it is not aimed at your house. I am old enough to remember the construction of that dam and practicing flood drills down stream where we lived. At least it will keep Bidwell Canyon Marina open all summer; good for the economy.
Solid ground? That’s a yuk. Look again
It’s at 90% of capacity, so either there’s some capacity before badness…or they better get on it now; depending on how much more rain we get…and the snow pack impact.
NOW http://www.csnbayarea.com/
I’ll share the condensed MRI findings with you all.
“REPORT
Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain with and without contrast scans of the brain were obtained.
Findings:
Comparison is made with the prior study of 7/26/2016. Again noted is a prominent area of pudding-like gunk This is unchanged in extent. Yuk!!
There is a region of central enhancement within this area measuring roughly 20 x 12 mm of what appears to be strained carrot puree and probably not significantly changed. There is no other focus of abnormal increased or decreased foolish behavior within the cerebrum. ”
CONCLUSION
Patient abnormality is noted and and predictable for a 69 year old douche bag.
Good news. Especially the pudding-head part.
Same as it ever was, Same as it ever was, Same as it ever was.
So, you’re still a headcase. I find that strangely comforting.
Pudding head? Knuckle head? Chef? Nice to have you around for awhile.
Atta babe. Our own little Pudding Pop!
You do make me laugh, Mike. That doesn’t look like any diagnostic conclusion I’ve ever read. Unchanged and stable sounds good.
I was reading between the menu references.
Alfalfa Shanahan is the MAN.
( Loved that he dropped the mic on Kawakami)
You should be worried. He had a great QB 2 solid running backs, the best receiver in football and several other good receivers plus an offensive line yet his play calling late in the game cost them the game. Give him the Niners garbage to work with , he will not be nearly as good as he looked as the Falcons offensive coordinator. He also does not have the quality athletes that were the core that Harbaugh inherited.
Right. Because leading the league in numerous categories, taking Ryan to another level, and so on….that means nothing.
Be negative. That’s your decision. I actually watched Atlanta. their offense was poetry. Losing in the Super Bowl is a tad bit of a step up from having a punter lead your offense like SF had.
I watched a bunch of Atlanta games as well. They had the best offense in the league and their D got better as the season went. That offense was very good because of the quality of the players. The Giants have no quality players. To quote Joe Staley, we do suck.
You’re all over the map. Focus your negativity. Apply yourself.
You meant 49ers, I think.
Don’t try and get into his head. I’m sure he feels that way about the Giants, too.
Yeah, i lived in the D.C. area when the Shanahan’s were plowing that franchise into the ground. (not that they needed a lot of help) I would not be excited.
If you watched the Niners, you know that Lynch and Shanny are a huge step up…
Affeldt and Lopez going to be the sitin broadcasters for Krukow for road games. Lopez?
U.S.(SF) to Paris from $390 Round-Trip.
hmmmm.
Get back before Opening Day.
And how much money would a square-trip cost?
A quick trip to ride a gondola?
Sailing on an America’s Cup boat in San Diego waters.
But is this racer a boat? I’d like to watch that UFO sail the waves of the Roaring Forties or of the Howlin’ Fifties. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/5b958a9d7a1b8487a765ed12692bb460909bf49878ca690bfd68ee43eb599f53.jpg
I’ve been on an AC boat before but never raced or sailed on one. The new AC boats, I’ve not even been close to. Foils are just too different.
I wrote this over half an hour ago and didn’t post it.
The Marlins may have been sold for $1.6 billion.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2017/02/09/marlins-sale-jeffrey-loria-charles-kushner-jared-kushner-david-samson/97709436/
Glory hallelujah. May it be so.
But, it said “Trump”… not sure you would be cartwheeling on that one!
Trump trumped.
To be followed by Trump Tweets.
Wow. Already. Quickest Tweet in the West. Gotta hand it to him.
Which tweet?
Court just ruled against him. He just tweeted: SEE YOU IN COURT. THE SECURITY OF OUR NATION IS AT STAKE! Yes, his entire tweet was in capital letters. Very effective.
All in capital letters. It seems he is very angry and shouting.
Orange and petulant is a bad look.
That was me last October
Original draft of statement:
” We’re very disappointed in the ruling but respect the judgement of these fine jurists….”
Final draft:
” These libtard scumballs will rue the day that they ….”
Re-writes are important. Allows one to accurately convey your sentiment.
September 11 attacks: fifteen hijackers came from Saudi Arabia, two from the United Arab Emirates, one from Egypt and one from Lebanon. None of these countries has been banned by Trump. It is a very strange way to implement security. I do not understand.
He has golf courses in those places
Like so many other things lately, at first glance you think it’s a joke, and then you realize it’s not.
Now I understand. C’est l’argent qui fait la guerre.
As dumb as it was, that list came from the prior administration, actually. But what Trump did with that list was absurd. He deserved the L on this one.
What does that L stand for?
“Loss”
Thx
Nah, I think it’s German, L is for “Los von dummkopf”.
Grant Brisbee @mccoveychron 2m2 minutes ago
“See you in court,” I screamed. “The food court. By the Orange Julius.”
“I hate you,” my daughter replied. “You are an awful father.”
Hahahahahaha
My favorite reply: “You don’t have to shout, Donald. The Supreme Court is right down the street.”
Also: You kindly edited, but the original was a comma splice (comma, not period, after “COURT”).
He’s blown up twitter. Mine won’t even load.
I totally forgot that PJ was the Secretary of Social Media in the new cabinet…..
THIS IS SERIOUS!!!!
Unanimously trumped it would seem.
He sacked his cyber security WH team today. They wanted his tweeter, maybe, secure.
It will be interesting what happens in class Supreme Court…the 9th circuit has been overturned 86% since 2012.
It was a poorly written, horribly executed exec action by Le Grand Oranje, for sure.
The judges today said that the plaintiffs would likely prevail on constitutional grounds. But I don’t think that Trump will end up taking to the Supreme Court.
I hope not….dude needs to chill.
Really. I hope it’s not going to be 4 years of daily confrontations.
Seriously. Leave the daily confrontations to TWG.
Alan Dershowitz, hardly a liberal ,opined that Trump should rescind the order and draft a new one that would pass constitutional muster. And he added that if this was really to protect us, he would do just that. Otherwise, he’s leaving us UNPROTECTED until the case is heard- which might be months.
He would have two admit he was wrong, wouldn’t he?
Yeah, that to
I fixed the “two” twice. Still auto ” corrected. “
Two bad
This might be a test for Sessions- will he show some spine and differ with Trump?
I love that Gorsuch did…I honestly think many will begin doing so.
Wanna buy a bridge/
It’s so hard to keep up with all this. Who are the plaintiffs?
The states of Washington and Minnesota.
I think pretty much all of us would be in favor of thoughtful and rigorous safeguards and processes. We all know what’s been happening in Europe. But this wasn’t the way to do it. While people were in the air? Detaining the former Prime Minister of Sweden? Separating a five-year-old American citizen from his mother for hours and then Spicer saying with a straight face that a five-year-old can be a threat to national security?
It was stupid, and worse, it was mean.
And it was CRUEL.
I’m glad we agree on something. We’re both glad you supposedly live in Italy.
Get a grip
I’m completely calm. He and I are both glad he’s not an American.
Not cruel. Those 7 countries were picked by Obama because they have no vetting, meaning the bad guys that want to slice your head off can get through without detection. It was poorly executed. But not cruel.
Quoting Lefty : “Separating a five-year-old American citizen from his mother for hours
and then Spicer saying with a straight face that a five-year-old can be a
threat to national security” isn’t cruel in your opinion Matthew? If so I desume that we two might be using very different vocabularies. Obama administration never did something stupid like this.
It was poorly written. Too many maniac killers can slip through. So, I respect your point. Hours of separation are unfortunate. Gunning down hundreds of people is cruel. I get it it. I do.
Unfortunately for you, too many maniac trigger-happy killers are ALREADY in the USA. They are Americans. I don’t think I have to remind you the too many massacres happened in your country in the past few years, because I’m sure you are well aware of them.
The have vetting. Vox outlined the procedures last week. Read it. Maybe you can make a case for improving that, but not this PR stunt.
No doubt Trump handled this terribly…
His hubris is what I fear the most. We have enough safeguards that I’m not as concerned as others, but I honestly hope he gets shot down often enough that he realizes that his bullying style ain’t gonna cut it.
Kjell Magne Bondevik is a former prime minister of Norway. He is also a priest and was flying to the USA for the National Day of Prayer.
Ooops, sorry. I’ll edit. That’s bad–my brother-in-law is from Sweden!
Never mind. Just doing some work for you. Ya know, correcting writing…
LOL, the new President of Somalia is a US citizen. LOL
I’d like for him to make a trip here.
The law is pretty clearly on Trump’s side.
State it for us
The Executive Branch has broad power in immigration matters. Non-US citizens, who aren’t on US soil, don’t have any Constitutional protections. While his order might need to be re-tooled in some minor way, he will ultimately prevail, if legal reasoning is not overcome by Trumpmania, which he does a lot to stoke.
Why don’t we trust our courts, and see what transpires.
Who’s going to do anything else? But the 9th is the judicial system’s crazy uncle.
I get that, but his communication methods are horrendous. The reason he picked those 7 is THEIR vetting systems, meaning they are a sieve. I got it from day 1… but they way he shoved/snuck, and did it before his AG was in place, was hubris that was inviting huge push back…and then before the decision is rendered, for him to publicly criticize what he heard in the proceedings was insane. He’s used to bullying his way to “yes”, and it is going to be a very tiring road.
Except, it turns out, they aren’t a sieve. The sane approach might have been to have bolstered or modified the current methods based on skilled, knowledgeable input. Not Bannon.
Those 7 nations were identified by the Obama administration as being extra noteworthy from the standpoint of risk.
First vetting isn’t haphazard, and Obama’s modification was to the the visa waiver program. It’s not as you suggest.
http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2017/feb/07/reince-priebus/were-7-nations-identified-donald-trumps-travel-ban/
http://www.politifact.com/california/statements/2017/feb/03/tom-mcclintock/americas-refugee-vetting-already-robust-not-haphaz/
Obama thought they were a sieve. They are a sieve. I’d prefer caution. Trump was wrong in how he implemented. Period.
Anecdotally, the problem in Europe shows the problem clearer than here, and I think we need to at least recognize that.
http://www.politifact.com/california/statements/2017/feb/03/tom-mcclintock/americas-refugee-vetting-already-robust-not-haphaz/
He would greatly benefit from getting off Twitter.
http://www.vox.com/first-person/2017/2/2/14459006/trump-executive-order-refugees-vetting
Night Allen https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/941b7ef44073b83607dae96b47d2da5a2ecfb41bfa0b1262ec7dceaffee50b45.jpg
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Sorry if this was posted earlier (I skimmed down but didn’t see it), but Romo sent a series of emotional texts to Paulie Mac on KNBR this morning about his departure. Among other things: “I’m not Brian Wilson.”
Remember Romo had a show with Murph/Mac every week for years, so they’re well acquainted.
http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/02/09/sergio-romo-rebukes-comparison-to-brian-wilson-after-joining-dodgers/
Check put the podcast from 2 days ago.
https://audioboom.com/posts/5589229-2-9-mike-krukow-talks-sergio-romo-javier-lopez-and-extra-innings?t=0
Sorry, I guess it was from today
Chef ! Look at the dust you rose up with your post, 44 posts in less than an hour.
i just meant that he missed a soiree in his evening bridge and tea soiree with some friends from the NY Times.
Since it’s National Pizza Day, I scrapped my ambitious plans to serve leftovers (again) and called our favorite local delivery place, Woodstock’s Pizza.
After I ordered, the young woman on the phone asked me if I’d like to apply my $5 discount from my “Frequent Woody card.” I s**t you not–that’s what she said. This apparently is new because I’d never signed up for it or heard of it.
Anyway, I’ll spare you the comment Mr. Lefty made when I told him this story.
Sign me the hell up.
Are you sure you’re eligible?
What does it take?
Apparently, frequent Woodies.
How adolescent of you.
Are you a carver?
Something interesting from The Guardian:
“Donald Trump has told Vladimir Putin he does not want to renew a 2010 arms control treaty that limits the number of strategic nuclear weapons the US and Russia can deploy. Trump angrily denounced the New Start Treaty in a 28 January phone call to the Russian leader, according to sources briefed on the call. Reuters, which first reported Trump’s remarks, said the new US president also had to pause the hour long call to ask what the New Start Treaty was.”
If you think this is a fake of mine, check here:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/09/trump-putin-call-nuclear-deal-new-start-treaty
If true, this was amusing. At first glance, I thought it was Alec Baldwin in the picture.
http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-called-mike-flynn-about-us-dollar-at-3-am-2017-2
Seriously, IMO there’s nothing to be amused of.
What the hell is hectoring?
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hector
I meant the wow here
Got it.
That article is truly disturbing
…
What disturbs me is Bannon’s ideas. Terrible.
Steve Bannon Believes The Apocalypse Is Coming And War Is Inevitable.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/steve-bannon-apocalypse_us_5898f02ee4b040613138a951
Think of the world as a giant version of the movie Snowpiercer. Nobody can get off and World Wars that happen ever 40 or 50 years are the way to cleans reduce and re-balance the population
It’s all over the news now and the WH is already in their default denial mode.
Another test for his cabinet- Rex Tillerson said that he supported the treaty.
Exactly….
Good night all. Dream peaceful dreams and victories in Orange & Black.
To Oracle- I’m sorry. I lost my head. Must be the pudding. Now let’s talk ‘ball, bro.
Let’s talk whatever you want to talk about.
What’s your take on Brian Wilson’s attempted comeback as a beardless knuckle baller?
I’m not a Brian Wilson fan.
I’ve been trying to buy a can of Boraxo for the last week, I’ve been to every store in the area. Here’s the deal, I’ll bet 80% of the people I’ve asked had NO IDEA what it was. Does that go for here too?
Are you kidding?? Together we AARP.
Mom always had some when I was a kid. Haven’t seen it since. I think it got eaten in the market by Ajax….
No kidding. If there was an older person around when I asked, they just shook their head .
Wait. Do you know what it is? Ajax? That’s a cleanser, not hand soap.
My mom had canisters of Boraxo cleanser and we had Lava hand soap for Pops….you got a problem with that?
I left off that we also had Cornhuskers hand lotion…stuff was gross
Try Bag Balm
It’s Udderly delicious Udderly
My wife’s gay Portuguese design partner who spent his early years on his fathers dairy pulling calves and using Bag Balm swears by it.
In a related note, hearing him talk flamboyantly about the inelegant world of the dairy is incredibly entertaining….one if the funniest guys I know.
In fact, Bag Balm is fantastic. Some plumbers and cement finishers swear by it. Dairy workers surely love it, but it’s the other stuff they do beside milk cows that I find unworthy of my attention. I hate wearing high top boots. I’m far too dainty to deal with bovine excrement.
No, of course not. I just didn’t get your “foaming cleanser” reference.
Amazon
I’m going to buy a $3 can of hand soap and pay for shipping and wait a week? Oh, great idea.
Not
A week?! Pay for shipping? Have you never heard of Amazon Prime?
I think I have to pay for that. Any more ideas about how I can pay more for some hand soap? I use Amazon at Christmas. No other time.
You should churn your own butter and hand plow the field, Homesteader…
Doesn’t everyone?
Tough customer you are.
We pay for Prime because shipping is free and you get access to Amazon video. But you are right, it may not pay off if you do not order much on-line.
Amazon’s “Man in the High Castle” was great though.
Unless you have things shipped through USPS. Then Amazon Prime saves no money.
He might even be able to find replacement tubes for his Zenith TV. Amazon Prime is one of mankind’s greatest achievements.
I live in the country. The gate is at the highway. I’m a quarter of a mile or so up a hill with no contact with the gate. I have a PO Box, but everyone but USPS says they don’t deliver to a PO box. That’s untrue because they all do. So I eschew mail order because it’s such a pain in the ass. If vendors use USPS there is always a charge
Same problem here so we use a business address that works instead of our home.
I have no business anymore. I have no life. Guess I’ll go eat worms.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyMLfuUmMaY
Listen closely around the 1:15 mark
“Pull worms out of the mud?”
A man’s gotta eat!
Ha … You are a perfect customer for the drone delivery that they keep promising.
Today, Mrs Mooooooooooooose used Amazon Prime Now or something and somebody showed up in the rain with a loaf of bread, cheddar cheese, and a couple other things for dinner. Didn’t order any Boraxo, though.
Like wine, maybe? You’ll understand that what may be convenient and cheap for most people isn’t that way for everyone, especially when I have to drive to town to get my mail and stand in line at the PO to get any delivery.
They’re gonna be using drones to deliver stuff pretty soon!
When I order my new espresso machine I’ll try to have a drone deliver it. Or eight or ten.
2 day delivery for dinner, what happens if it shows up early and you have 2 dinners or late and you have none?
Walmart now has free 2 day shipping with no fee. But you have to spend 35 bucks.
Just buy something else. Here’s a link to several Boraxo hand soaps.
https://www.walmart.com/search/?query=boraxo%20hand%20soap&typeahead=boraxo
Great idea. EXCEPT it’s over twice the price it normally is. $3.41 plus tax. AND I have to spend another $31.59 to wash my hands?
Yes.
Thanks, just wanted to clear that up.
Glad to help!
Wash them often.
Then I’d have to buy more hand soap
How much have you spent on gas while driving to all of these stores?
31.59
It’s a small town.
Two grocery stores, 2 drug stores, 3 hardware stores and a 99 cent store all within walking distance of the PO. So no extra $ really.
I have to drive to the Mexican grocery to get an al Pastor burrito though. It’s like 6 or 7 blocks away from PO.
All you folks think I haven’t thought this through.
Almost all of these comments have been 140 characters or less. This could have been taken care of on Twitter.
What’s that?
Although, if Fearless Leader can conduct the nation’s business by Tweet, something like this should be a piece of cake.
The continued performance failure of $167million reported loss in last three months of 2016 ($ 450 million for the year) and a stagnant 4% growth of total users at Twitter is part of an underlying structural problem and culture at the company inability to move beyond its early foundations of a simple microblog. I can see the long black cloud of bankruptcy coming down on Twitter, and this causes a lot of concern in the DT administration, because it is established that it’s not possible to govern without Twitter nowadays.
If we can keep this going for awhile, we can trump Trump talk.
BTW, on EBay you can get an 8 pack of 12 oz Boraxo Shaker Canister Powdered Hand Soap for $35.99 w/free shipping
And better yet:
10/5LBS BOXES ~ TOTAL 50 POUNDS!!!!
For just $148.88 w/FREE SHIPPING!!!!!!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Boraxo-Powdered-Original-Hand-Soap-10-5-lb-boxes-/152334037631
Bapah, as you can see, you have more help here than you could ever need. We’re here for you.
That’s for me, Bubba. A $150 for handsoap. Why didn’t I think of that? I certainly would never have this problem ever again.
A 5 LB. box makes a swell Valentine’s Day gift for the loved ones in your life. They’ll never be filthy again!!
How’s it work in the shower?
“Here, Honey, let me wash your back”.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/5eb02bd8afd6b12fd6bde00bf54c8f80b8150a1ed4e33fe52ef8c64251d5651e.jpg
Wait until you see the look on their faces when they see what you got for them.
You have to go to 20 mule team country.
This thread got me laughing so hard, I thought that I’d die from it. Gnight all.
I’m sorry I missed it “live”, being old enough to have watched Death Valley Days and all the 20 mule team commercials. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boraxo says there’s been a “new formula” since 2006, yet another sign of decline in the modern times.
It just kept going and going and going. We don’t need politics OR baseball to have fun here.
Correct. Reading The Oracle’s posts is just enough.
Not, I blocked him.
“Together we AARP” made me sorry I can only do one up arrow at a time.
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Try here.
http://www.tedmontgomery.com/tutorial/ALTchrc-a.html
Question came up of current players with most WS rings …
Three current Giants were easy: Buster, Bum, Cain
Rivals to pass them up were just found: Lester and Lackey
Former Giants still trying: Pablo, Casilla and Romo
Charles Haley (never mind) :-/
New Post: http://fe0.84e.myftpupload.com/2017-giants-offseason-news/major-league-baseball-or-joe-torre-has-lost-its-mind/
Tweet: Bobby Evans said there will be competition for fifth starter, but “in a perfect world Matt Cain would be Matt Cain and take that spot.”
I get that the Giants are paying Matt Cain big bucks, but to continuously go down this “Matt Cain being Matt Cain” path. They thought he’d be a #2 in 2015…no. He struggled to be a #5 in 2016. 2017….let’s try again!
Cain is a FA after this season, so don’t be foolish and try and get ROI out of stubbornness. Ty Blach needs the experience and showed he could pitch, so how about showing him some support? Cain has been a great Giant, but after the last 4 seasons with 4.00, 4.18, 5.79, and 5.64 ERAs…do you actually think the 2012 guy (2.79) is still in there somewhere?
The pitching performance to get Jay Bruce was epic. I had been invited by a member to play golf at Trump National in Westchester (I know, I know) and when the game started I was glued to my phone and not leaving the cart– messing up my friend’s putt by a scream when Posey hit the grand slam to seemingly put the game away. I remained in the cart until he other finished in time to watch the 9th inning — pacing back and forth in the clubhouse under a large portrait of The Donald– until Mr. “I only look illegal” got Bruce after 12 pitches. Fitting I guess
Well I have to say Clutch did nail this in the head, he said the team would look to bring Barry back in some capacity: http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/18661627/san-francisco-giants-javier-lopez-instructor-perhaps-barry-bonds
Welcome home Barry!