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Greek Giant
This has been one of the strangest off seasons in baseball history when it comes to free agent signings. When you consider players like Jose Bautista (just signed by the Blue Jays or a rock-bottom one year contract), Chris Carter (unsigned), and Mike Napoli (unsigned) living a moment of historic isolation when it comes to power hitting players it would seem the age of the slugger is gone.
Jayson Stark’s excellent piece on the declining popularity of home run hitters as free agents is a super read for many reasons. The key that struck me reading it however is how today’s metrics-obsesses GMs prefer to evaluate a baseball player by the overall skillset he brings. This means that a player who contributes to saving runs as well as producing them is a more valuable commodity than a one-dimensional slugger like Carter, who led the National League in dingers last year with 41.
This got me thinking that the Giants did not get enough credit for their contribution to this line of philosophical baseball evaluation. I believe their historically sensational pitching in 2010 created an image that has not always been the whole story: the pitching and defense first identity. In both 2012 and 2014 the Giants had better than average run scoring and overall offensive production that pushed them to two more rings. The key here is that the Giants won those three championships without a 30-homer hitter. In other words, the Giants were among the first World Series-winning teams to look at players from a more holistic perspective when they made their decisions on drafts and free-agent signings.
Players like Melky Cabrera, Brandon Belt, Joe Panik and Cody Ross will not go down in history for their RBI or homer totals. Their overall value, however, is very high when one considers their defensive contributions to their respective positions, their baserunning skills, their ability to get on base, and other factors.
Seeing Chris Carter and his ilk out in the cold is nothing less than shocking to an old-school baseball fan like me who is used to the sex-appeal of the home run ball. As one GM mentioned in the Stark piece, a run saved is as good as a run scored. Defensive metrics, on base percentage and other stats now count as much, if not more, than a player’s home run numbers. The age of the one-dimensional hitter is over, at least for the time being. Time will tell when those GMs will get tired of waiting for their players to string doubles and singles together and the pendulum will swing back to the emphasis on power.
Welcome to the new age of the complete player.
Thank God for Buster Posey!
Breckeroni says, I bought you book after book, and all you did was eat the covers off. Until you hit 40-45 HR, you don’t help an offense that much.
Inspired by the last line of GG’s post. Some of my friends gave me this large bear as a present. Overnight we decided he should be named Buster. Now I know Breckeroni supports this decision, too!
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/619c06b494d2c7933afdd827fcc791042e046ebe17016b8a89cd0b9ec1229a55.jpg
Nice hat.
It is a 25+ year old DQ Sundae container, from a year that DQ let you pick your favorite team. I normally use it to hold screws or other bits when taking a computer apart.
Oh my! I completely missed the SF hat on top of the Big Bear’s head. It’s tiny!
Miniscule, to be precise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XhJyKqPML8
Not only did ” the Giants (did) not get enough credit for their contribution to this line of philosophical baseball evaluation” they were like one of the prime movers. 3 in 5 can have a dramatic effect on most teams in MLB.
I’d say Jayson Stark got his ideas for “the complete player” from many regulars here. And we got this idea from the Giants and their ballpark. We argue about how complete players are better than mediocre-fielding home run hitters all the time.
Uh-oh. Did I say we argue about baseball?
Every time I see a Jayson Stark reference, I immediately think of GOT.
You and your acronyms, Bapah. You got me this time.
Give or Take?
Get on Track?
Greenpeace Organizing Term? (now called Greenpeace Semester)
Game of Thrones. There’s a Stark family in it.
I much prefer the historical Game of Thrones: the Tudors.
Realty usually is more fantastic than the wildest fantasy.
I’ve been re-reading Shakespeare’s Richard III.
We’ve been watching the new Masterpiece Theater series on Queen Victoria. So far, really good, IMO.
I’ll do a bad Scout impression… Holy Bosworth Batman.
I know I’ve mentioned it to Ryan before, but did you ever see Wolf Hall, the mini-series out a year or two ago on Thomas Cromwell and Henry VIII? I thought it was outstanding. Cromwell is played by British stage legend Mark Rylance, who also won an Oscar last year for Best Supporting Actor in “Bridge of Spies.” I found Rylance mesmerizing. Henry VIII was played by Damian Lewis, another excellent actor who has starred in “Homeland” and now in “Billions.”
I’ve always been a big fan of the Tudors and especially Elizabeth I, who was a remarkable person and leader who went through a lot and accomplished a lot. I even wrote a major research paper on her when I was a senior in college taking a poli sci class.
This Cromwell ended up with his head on a pike.
Yes, he did. That’s why it’s interesting that a certain powerful figure has compared himself to Thomas Cromwell. He seems blissfully ignorant of how things played out for Cromwell. Henry VIII was moody, narcissistic, and scary (and likely mentally altered by syphilis). He could and did turn on anyone, including a couple of his own wives.
Steve Bannon better watch out making such a comparison. (I keep waiting for “ignorance” to start trending on Merriam-Webster.) There’s a documentary series I’m watching right now on PBS: Six Wives with Lucy Worsley. Worsley is a young historian who knows her stuff.
Cromwell the senior ended up bequeathing Cromwell the junior, Oliver, control of England for 30 years. What people forget, that was the era of religiously instigated witch burning as a political tool.
I’m ready for a comeback!
For witch burning, that is.
Anyone remember the Monty Python bit involving witch burning?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2xlQaimsGg
People forget too much about history or never studied history in the first place. The Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 foreshadowed what would happen in Vietnam.
I think that monumental mistake was the opening act analysis, so to speak, in The Pentagon Papers.
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” – in “Reason in Common Sense” by George Santayana.
Yes, that comes on right after Victoria, I think!
Yes. Doc, you might be interested in this article. It’s a big data article the methods in which began in baseball analysis and PECOTA. It’s not technical, but IMO, fascinating. It’s like the analyst turned the ‘analysis’ around, and used it on the players.
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/how-our-likes-helped-trump-win
Very interesting. I took several of the tests that were linked and they didn’t capture me very well (my Facebook likes apparently say I’m male and single, for example), but I don’t know that I’m all that typical of a person (academic/baseball lover/TV-movie addict, etc.).
The political story behind it is fascinating and a bit scary.
This may be the most interesting and disturbing article I’ve read from you or anyone since, I don’t know when.
“Cambridge Analytica, …divided the US population into 32 personality types, and focused (Trump’s campaign) on just 17 states.”
Do you have a Facebook account? Do you use it?
Take a look at what “big data” bought.
Folks, not only is Big Brother here, he owns us.
Yes, Ryan and I talked about Games of Thrones vs. Wolf Hall. I really liked Wolf Hall. Mark Rylance was superb as Thomas Cromwell. I read the first two books of Hilary Mantel’s trilogy: Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. Elizabeth I and Queen Victoria are my two favorite British monarchs.
I never connected with who Cromwell might really be until Rylance showed me.
Funny how many favorite actors you find in Shakespeare done in a movie, Kevin Branagh in Henry IV for instance.
Ken?
Ken? I guess I was Spacey’ing out.
OMG.
I hope you don’t mind me calling you, Orange. I don’t want to be too familiar.
No, that’s OK. One of my two favorite colors!
(actually I like blue, except I hate Blue, if you see what I mean).
I understand perfectly.
Except Vida, I should hasten to add.
I might revert to just O, but that reminds me of The Big O and I might refrain since he was a high school star in Indiana that i adored.
Big O means Oscar Robertson perhaps?
indeed it does.
I saw him play in Rome in 1960, Olympic Tournament. My dad took me down there to watch the game Italy vs. USA. What a great team, with 4 HOFs: Oscar Robertson, Jerry Lucas, Jerry West and Walt Bellamy!
Nice. O was a true wonder. Indiana is true basketball country. As a high school senior he played in the State Championships in Indianapolis. He blew the roof off the place. He might be the most gifted roundball player I’ve ever seen. And that is quite a statement because I’ve seen many play, including Wilt, Kareem, Cousy, Jerry, Shak, Russell, Kobe, Magic and Bird. He was born unbelievably talented.
BTW, I could swear there was a Jayson in it too.
As Orange says, it is Game of Thrones. I can’t go around making things easy for everyone. I have trouble understanding the most simple of things and I think everyone else should have some difficulty too.
I’ve never seen Game of Thrones.
It’s, how do you say, … different.
Ryan’s a big fan, right?
Well,…
talk about different.
One other thing. I liked the dragon lady.
(snicker)
Sideways…
I went out to do some chores and began thinking (always a dangerous diversion) about your name and my attempt to “diminuize” it. Is orange the diminutive of 610nm or is it the other way around? I’m honestly confounded and think, for the first time this year, that i need to enlist the help of a certified Linguist.
If you can guide me in my quest for the correct diminutive, we can cancel my call for assistance. If not, then, Hey Doc, the Professor and I need some help here.
In the 2012 season our Giants were last in the NL in HR, yet still won the World Series. Again, with big HR totals usually come big strikeout numbers. I hate strikeouts. Put the ball in play–good things happen.
PJ won’t agree. But evidence is so clear.
Non-sequitur for this blog, but this is the best place for *me* to share anything sports related, because y’all are the best group of fans I know. Therefore, pardon me while I lament the recent pitiful performance of my OKC Thunder.
The loss of Enes Kanter (for two months) has drastically changed the rotation and the performance of the team. A very young roster is also sprinkled with a handful of seasoned veterans, and no one outside of Westbrook is playing NBA-caliber basketball this month. Losing a home game by 28 points to the seventh seed (Eastern Conference) Chicago Bulls says changes must be made. Ugly game last night.
Rant over…
Kanter’s injury was a huge blow, but there’s still substantial talent there with Westbrook and Adams. The Western Conference is just ridiculously top-heavy, though. Teams have to be firing on ALL cylinders, 1-15 on the squad, to be in the conversation right now.
So as not to include any DT Fake News – I think most athletes who punch a chair or a wall or any other hard, resistant service is going to lose out.
So in fairness was it an injury or another knucklehead athlete channeling Drew Pomeranz?
I love the Warriors, but if you’re not a fan of the Warriors or the Cavs how can you enjoy the NBA right now? The Thunder are a talented young team…and they have NO chance (Kanter or otherwise). It just has to be weird being a fan of a sport where you know your team has no chance to win even though they’re good (e.g. the Thunder). I’m just glad that in the NBA for once the team I root for has some of the best collection of talent of all time.
Same as it’s always been in the NBA
Last night in Berkley. http://www.californiagoldenblogs.com/2017/2/2/14482840/anarchists-uc-berkeley-violence-protests-california-golden-bears
Just a quickie educational lesson for those who need it- Black Blocs share nothing in kind with those of us who have discussed “politics” on this blog. They are anarchists with no specific ideology. In short ,they are people whose goal is to disrupt any working order. Last night they disrupted a peaceful demonstration by Berkeley students and now a couple of TWG commenters likened many of us to those Black Bloc people. And this morning the President threatened to cut off funds to the university because of the actions of a group not representative of the peaceful student protesters. Not surprising but outrageous, nonetheless.So, about our HR starved lads- I’m predicting these numbers from the starters-
Span-7
Panik-14
Posey-21
Pence- 23
Belt- 18
Crawford-15
Nunez- 16
Mac- 10
OK,throw in 7 for Hundley, 3 from KT, 6 from CG, 4 for Gorkys, 7 from the pitchers and 8 from the up and downs and September call-ups and we have 163. I think that’s right. That’s with 12 relatively healthy players. All told, that would be 33 more than last year.
Mike, you don’t think Crawford will hit more than 15 HRs?
Just because I think that he will get a little more time off this year.
Okay. On the other topic, I’ve blocked a couple of commenters here and had no idea they had likened many of us to Black Bloc anarchists. Thanks for explaining Black Bloc tactics to those who somehow didn’t know the difference between peaceful protesters and masked marauders showing up under the cover of darkness wearing black clothing and bent on destruction. Thanks for speaking up and pushing back, Mike.
I wanted to apologize for being snarky last night.
You are spot on regarding this, and to me, Trump was completely wrong to say he would shut off funding. UC Berkeley did everything right: they allowed for free speech, they provided police protection, and they correctly shut down the event when they felt the situation called for it.
In my heart, I don’t believe Trump will lead to the destruction of humanity. It’s tough for me because many economic decisions are exactly right in my mind. But, he’s obviously firing before aiming in almost every way. He needs a cabinet, so we are in a true chicken/egg period. ( I know and respect your concerns on the cabinet….to me, most are overcorrections from the last, but we can disagree on where that is headed)
Thanks for the apology. As to the cabinet, one of mine needs repair. I rammed into it.
We’re all good as far as I’m concerned….until we’re not 😉
MyHRGuy Contest?
If anyone wants a piece of the action, Chef has spoken.
It’s all about winning, and you win by scoring more runs than you let the other team score. By definition, then, run prevention is equally important to run production.
Now, that said, HRs are not always “just another run.” We’ve seen that with our non-HR-hitting Giants. When you have to put together 3-5 hits to get just a couple of runs, things can go pretty cold. When a guy can suddenly put a charge into one, it turns innings and games around.
This year I’d like to see our pitchers give up fewer HRs. That would be a good place to start.
Agreed. But I also wouldn’t mind having at least ONE player on the roster hit 20+ HRs. I know most on here say hitting HRs are overrated, but if you look at the runs in 2010, 2012 and 2014 almost all of them were driven by timely HRs. Just saw the “Legends” feature on the 2014 Giants and there were some pretty big HRs hit in the NLCS allowing the Giants to win it in 5…
And that HR in the 2016 Wild Card game was pretty big, too.
Exactly. You can’t win it all by stringing together 3+ hits every time. No, the Giants don’t need a collection of 40+ HR hitters, but they can’t have a team where nobody sniffs 20 again either. Need some better balance this year. Hopefully a healthy Pence and a better second half from Posey can accomplish that. Also wouldn’t be opposed to Mac surprising the league.
The Giants had a nicely balanced offense in 2015 that got on base, grinded out ABs, and hit some HRs:
Crawford: 21
Posey: 19
Belt: 18
Duffy: 12
Panik: 8
Pence: 9 (missed a lot of the season)
Pitchers: 9 (!–5 by MadBum)
Random OFs (Blanco, Maxwell, Aoki, Parker): 23
Last year Belt led the team with 17 and the next highest was Posey with 14. Crawford was all the way down to 12. You can see the drop-off. Not that the 2015 was Murderers Row, but there was more balance.
Bumgarner appreciated it, so I heard
“Conor, I appreciate the hell out of that.”–That is a classic.
I think 9, 9th inning game losing HRs was a ML record.
there you go, tells it all. May have been #27 in HRs given up, which tells you our starters did an excellent job keeping the ball in the park. The relief corp? Not so much, specially the ones thrown in there to close the games.
That was certainly the story of the NL West loss.
I guy can be pitched around, so there is little point in having one.
OK, edit: The Giants were 27th in the majors with 158 HRs allowed. So that’s really good. However, they were 28th in HRs hit with 130.
So maybe the goal would be not to give up more HRs than the team hits.
It seemed like an epidemic last year with our pitchers giving up Home Runs.
It did, didn’t it? I was surprised to see that they actually were pretty good (#27 out of 30) compared to other teams. Maybe they need a separate stat for “soul-crushing home runs.”
just seemed like they were all in the the final innings when the relievers coughed the games away.
/Jake Lamb
Big Country Matt Adams Slimmed-Down – Caught Doing Pilates
http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/slimmed-down-matt-adams-caught-doing-pilates/ar-AAmwdrR?ocid=mailsignout
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Non-Roster Spring Training Invites
28 total non-roster invites to spring training camp 2017
Pitchers (11)
Carlos Alvarado (RHP)
Tyler Beede (RHP)
Sam Coonrod (RHP)
Jose Dominguez (RHP)
Roberto Gomez (RHP)
Bryan Morris (RHP)
Neil Ramirez (RHP)
Matt Reynolds (LHP)
Michael Roth (LHP)
Kraig Sitton (LHP)
Andrew Suarez (LHP)
Catchers (4)
Tim Federowicz
Aramis Garcia
Josmil Pinto
Matt Winn
Infielders (8)
Christian Arroyo
Kyle Blanks
C.J. Hinojosa
Jae-Gyun Hwang
Ryder Jones
Chris Marrero
Juniel Querecuto
Jimmy Rollins
Outfielders (5)
Wynton Bernard
Steven Duggar
Michael Morse
Justin Ruggiano
Austin Slater
In the Giants farm system, the names of Duggar, Slater, Jones, and Suarez should be pretty exciting. The outfield competition will be interesting as well.
There are exactly four outfielder we know for a fact that will be in the picture, but for a fifth outfielder on the roster, it will likely come down to one of those five.
I see only Morse, Ruggiano, Slater, Rollins, and Reynolds having even a chance to make the 25-man. An outside chance. Maybe. Slim or none.
Ruggiano and Rollins are the only ones getting some votes on My25ManGuy so far.
Not sure if it has been repeated since TWG hit the ground running but anybody can go to the drop down menu under their own name – upper right hand corner – and click on “hide media” and there will not be as many, that is until you physically click on them to open them.
Great up close aka as in LARGE photo of John Candy…..of course LON on the call ….
Joe16 “Hey Look there’s John Candy….”
http://www.49ers.com/video/videos/John-Taylor-Relives-his-Super-Bowl-XXIII-Touchdown/d3840b96-8a2c-4a96-94c6-89414c92e32c
I remember that, Lon.
Sweet
Nice piece Greek Giant. ANd thanks for the link to the Stark piece
The title’s pretty good too.
49er’s Kyle Shanahan to (most likely) keep three from previous staff. Rathman-Hafley-Tarver
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Rathman is “you’re fired” proof.
Trump is a PED user… for his prostate. Finasteride.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Finasteride.svg/404px-Finasteride.svg.png
Pssst, it’s also use to fight pattern baldness and hormone replacement for transgender women.
LMAO
It’s for all those things but I read he uses it for the hair.
Spell the anatomical target.
This is the best I can do:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/01/us/politics/trump-prostate-drug-hair-harold-bornstein.html
Would Rob Deer have a chance in this New World ?
Depends on his love of headlights.
Adrianza got DFA’d by the Brewers already.
I wonder why.
They picked up someone new and needed the roster spot.
He’ll be back here wouldn’t you think, at least a AAA contract.
Certainly seems like a wise move for the Giants, it is now perfectly legal to have him on a minor league contract.
From Adrianza’s point of view, perhaps not such a good idea, since Crawford is a big block.
Interesting news, for sure, though.
Sometimes a kid has to get his feet wet in another organization before he learns he’s a role player for at least the meanwhile. Then, through injury or improvement, he’s at least got a bus ticket for the big time. Venezuela is no garden spot right now, either.
EA just wants to make any big league squad. then he can set his sights a little higher. knowing how the giants covet defense, his main calling card, making their team as a back-up infielder, that switch hits, and runs well, is probably his best bet.
I would think so, unless he gets an offer somewhere else he likes better. I’m sure the Giants would be happy to get him back.
He’s in tough here because he would be really competing with Conor for a job. KT is set now. And Conor gets a very long leash because of his September performance. If he comes back here it would only be to provide depth in case of injury. I hope that someone picks him up, he does have value in that he is adept defensively at 3 positions.
IMO.
Honestly I don’t see the need to lament over a guy who barely hits his weight. Why? because he can field a ground ball? I’m sure the Giants can and should do better. He is not the type of player that should be on a 25 man “playoff” caliber roster.
Specially if it means blocking the ascension of some of the younger players in the system. Hell, might as well give Arroyo a call up by mid season. At least his bat will meet the ball more often than AE would or will EVER.
Not all Giants ex players that get DFA’d need nor should come back, sometimes best to call it a day.
Who’s lamenting? I wish him well, but I’m over it with him. He’s had parts of four different seasons to establish himself. To me the key moment was when Joe Panik went down for two months in 2015 and Adrianza was Plan A to replace him. He couldn’t hack it, and Kelby Tomlinson became the everyday 2B. That was Adrianza’s big chance to show he could contribute at the big league level.
Exactly, another in the line of nice guys but the ceiling was very low. Just because he was a Giants farmhand does not mean he will make it. The 2015 example made it clear. The Giants have enough people coming to ST that will be able to provide some SS coverage.
He clearly was improving last year (remember the HR vs. Kershaw)? But the Giants just have too many other infielders.
eeesh, I’m not going to laugh, now I’m starting to feel bad for the guy.
Do they know that they are infringing on your territory?
Draymond out tonight. Blake will be posing as an all-star again.
Ouch. The shoulder?
Yep. They said “one game” at this time. He played last night (pretty well) after he hurt it, so that’s encouraging. They mentioned “overnight discomfort”.
I’m starting to think some of these things aren’t that serious and Kerr is using them as reasons to give players rest…without feeling guilty for fans paying to see certain players.
Another regime change and it was LONG overdue
49ers part with strength coach Mark Uyeyama
http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/02/02/report-49ers-part-with-strength-coach-mark-uyeyama/
It’s NOT just Pro Athletes or Bankers, Lawyers and Presidents that are admittedly over the top it is clearly a root problem within our society – even with in educational and athletic arenas.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-lake-zurich-hazing-lawsuit-met-20170201-story.html
Good to see Affeldt and Cody Ross as guest instructors in spring training. Maybe Ross can work his way up into the coaching staff someday as a hitting coach.
Jeremy was speaking at a prayer breakfast in Turlock this week (I think)… but Lefty’s story on a recent speech of his kind of scared me off.
Uh oh. Don’t know, didn’t hear. Ellis Burks is gonna be at ST too. So is Rob Nen (as a guest instructor) and Jeff Kent.
Don’t get me wrong: he’s a fantastic human being….my ladies and I have had wonderful interactions. But I was concerned over the theme…and was too lazy for a breakfast meeting
I should say again that we (me, hubbs, our daughter and her boyfriend) had a lovely chat with him before the event began and got a nice photo. We’d also met him briefly in Scottsdale last spring (stayed at same hotel, rode up on the elevator with us). He’s delightful interpersonally.
The talk, though, was dark, intense, and crossed the line to TMI at a couple of points. It was a fundraising event for a Sonoma County church that’s trying to open a youth center. Jeremy’s an excellent speaker. It was just a bit more than we bargained for, and I wondered how those local church folks processed it all.
Anything approaching zeal?
Yes, he speaks with zeal/passion, for sure.
I was being circuitous inferring zealot.
Oh–no, I don’t think so. Passionate and sincere, but not in an unbalanced way at all.
Affeldt is just a really interesting guy, completely impossible to pigeonhole. A Christian but not in a typical way at all.
An excerpt from Affeldt’s January 31st blog post. Now I’m not a particularly religious man, but this is quite nice, IMO.
” Just look at how a leaf is formed. Think of everything that must occur in order for a leaf to grow and develop. Look at what a leaf does. It purifies the air! How amazing is that?
Science will show you that creation is very complex. There had to be a Creator. Look at how fish work. Look at how animals work. There had to be someone that developed this complex scenario and set it in motion.
There are so many things that can release doubt if we actually start thinking about them in a certain way. Look at the very nature of the Earth and know that there is a God.”
https://jeremyaffeldt.wordpress.com/
Nightall.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79qsCng2rio
Turned on TNT early for the Warriors game, and the Atlanta/HOU game has gone from a blowout (HOU up by 20 in the fourth quarter) to a THING (lead down to 2 with a couple minutes to go).
WOW. Hawks win by five! HUGE game and fourth quarter by Tim Hardaway Jr. I loved his pops back in the day.
I’m wanting to respond to the politicians and spokespeople on MSNBC as if they are in the room with me.For real. I’m losing it if I’m not already lost. I think I should join Jimmy on the couch. He’s asking me to stop it. So-he’s the boss. Gnight all.
I turned into it for 15 minutes and I couldn’t take it for any longer. It sounds like the Civil Service people’s jobs could be threatened if they have any disagreement with policy.
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At Super Bowl 27 in 1993, O.J. Simpson did the coin toss, and Michael Jackson performed with 3,500 children. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXVII …
I just deleted 4 paras and still couldn’t adequately convey my concern over the article CC referenced below on Motherboard “The Data That Turned the World Upside Down”
Anybody here have a Facebook account?
Nobody.
Wanna bet?
Sure. Name your terms.
Facebook WHAT?
What do you mean?
if it’s a person “Who” – Sentence: “Alvise is….” reply “Alvise WHO?”
if it’s a thing “What” – Sentence: “Facebook is…” reply “Facebook WHAT?”.
I don’t know if it’s grammatically correct, ma it sounds logical to me. Pardòn my (eventual) ignorance.
I said Facebook account. It is a what. Beyond that, I have no idea what you were asking.
I wasn’t asking anything. I tried to joke faking to ignore the existence of something called Facebook.
It’s earlier here than it is there. Twirley here.
Punto di domanda.
My entire social media presence can be summarizes as “together we’re Giant”.
I’m now using a cookie blocker add-on, and DuckDuckGo to minimize Google’s awareness of me. My e-mails do not sit on gmail, hotmail, AOL, or the like. NO one else cares about our privacy, so it is up to us to defend it.
I have been using DuckDuckGo for awhile too. What’s the deal about letting mail sit on gmail?
I am totally convinced that MicroSoft or Google or whoever think they can fish through e-mails for whatever info they wish. So I would never let them host my e-mail account, and I think about it when I send mail to someone with such an address. It is of course true that our bytes flow through wires that the NSA and CIA, at the very least, pick up. Paranoid? No, it’s the way tech and society works now.
It wasn’t hard to have DuckDuckGo be the default search engine in Firefox, which seems the most independent browser – I would never use Google’s Chrome, given their penchant for Hoovering up all the data in the world.
p.s. “orange” you glad you asked?
orange is the diminutive?
beats me. It is one byte longer than 610nm. But seems much more informal.
I agree but maybe there’s a little orange colored square that one could use.
I have no choice I know my emails are read. I do business in Turkey, Morocco, Israel, Jordan, most of Europe, Australia, Japan, China, Taiwan, Chile and that most dangerous of all countries Canada. I know my emails are read its part of my business and anyone who does this.
Read by whom?
I was told NSA. Or it’s one of those letter agencies who you never hear from.
I’m the same with regard to social media though I am on LinkedIn if you count that. I don’t really do anything on it other than accept a connection herE and there. Even my 80 year old father is on Facebook but I’ve never been inclined to go down that road.
I didn’t know some browsers won’t allow DuckDuckgo to be one’s default search setting.
Either that or I forgot. One never knows.
I do.
I presume you read that article.
Yes, I did.
They won’t get me. Never.
This is what makes me nervous about Williamson/Parker and the left field situation in general. They could be one-dimensional sluggers. It seems likely that they’re deciding to go ahead and give them a shot because of what is perceived as the Duvall disaster, they don’t want to miss giving a shot to a promising outfielder. But Duvall isn’t one-dimensional, he’s (apparently) a very good defensive outfielder. My reason for saying Mac should be basically given the job (to lose) is that he looks like he MAY develop into a very good defensive outfielder–he has some really embarrassing screwups early on but after a while he was doing very well out there.
Fangraphs article (from one of the serious (Rotographs) people there) suggesting Belt is likely to have a big HR increase. This Podhorzer guy is good. http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/the-2017-hr-fb-surgers/
What’s FB in HR/FB eq.?
I read his stuff too, and agree it’s worth the effort. BUT, he’s over interpreting here. Belt’s power alley is left center, not right field. If he starts to drive and not try and loft the ball, he could hit 20+ triples a year. If he does that, gets his 5K’s down, and moves to 5the 2hole, he’s going to spend a lot of the year on 3B with less than 2 outs. Then all Posey’s raft of wasted flyball outs begin to be good ABs.
Regarding the slugger topic, I think Posey is such a good hitter that he should hit over .300 every year and hit 25 homers. He reminds me of Will Clark who also decided fairly early in his career that slicing singles the other way was the way to go. I would prefer that Buster not go down that road, he can be a slugger with a healthy average and those kinds of hitters are hard to come by. I know the catching is a drain, maybe that feeds a lot in to his approach, but c’mon Buster, let’s see some better pop this season.
Nope. Not on board.
Not on board that..,.Buster has the ability to be more of a slugger, or that he should try to be more of a slugger?
Buster should not try to be more of a slugger. He has always done better when not trying to yank the ball. When he goes oppo his average is better. Look at his spray charts. He already grounds out enough to the 6 hole. When he sprays the ball or goes oppo, his avg is higher and his RBIs increase. I want to see his Avg. up and his RBIs up, not more GOs to short.
One other thing is I’d like to see Bob in the 2-hole. His walks are up as is his OBP; he’s not an RBI guy, now he’s more of a runs scored type.
And Panic started to rev it up last year from farther down the LU. Everybody is better this way.
Wheel Sea.
Bat Bob leadoff and utilize his big but speed for stolen bases and that great instinctive base running skills he has.
If that stats show otherwise then you got me Bap, I’ve never once looked at a spray chart. RBI’s for Buster are key, regardless of his approach, pull or spray, he’ll be hitting in the middle of the order. Too many rollover grounders too short are not good, I do still think he has the ability to hit for both power and average.
Wrong !!! actually he gets most of his RBI when pulling the ball, and 90% of his EXBH, you just prefer slap hitters !!!
Posey could hit 50-60 doubles a year and make a much bigger impact I think.
Posey is to slow to hit 60 doubles a year.
Will had a virtually career-long injury that seriously curtailed his power.
Scout, where are you?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j8mr-gcgoI
Getting hammered with this rain … expecting 5″ this weekend. FootyBait™
Seven of us are in so far; a warm-up to the Real Thing …
My25ManGuys™ 2017
Pick who will be on the 25-Man roster at season’s open.
Here are the obvious “Core 18”:
Starters: Posey, Belt, Panik, Crawford, Nunez, Pence, Span
Bench: Hundley, Conor
Starting Pitchers: Bum, Cueto, Moore, Samardzija
Bullpen: Melancon, Kontos, Smith, Law, Strickland
Post the seven others you think will make it here in response to any HaakAway post.
To save time do not list all 25 unless you think one of these 18 will not make the 25-Man.
”25-25Deadline™
By request here from some: You get two shots…
February 25 is the deadline for your first picks … Spring Training is wide open then.
March 25 is the deadline for your final picks … Spring Training is about to end then.
*Questions? Write me at: My SF Giant Guy at g Mel d Ott com
Stay dry!
Thanks.
In my neighborhood it means, carry your chainsaw and just keep your head ab one water. I think even FootHillRyanScout is not high enough to stay dry on this one.
It’s almost here gang! Pitchers and catchers report in 10 days. I think you know who is the pic of the day… https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/558bd7fa14d09ab743fb9d746dbea5e03ca424e75345979fab9be8359a6b6123.jpg
I do not know.
Tap on “view” Alvise.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnnie_LeMaster
Got it, thx sixhundredandtennanometers (the contrary of diminutive)
No pics of Royce Clayton (aka Miguel Tejada in Moneyball)?
Chicks dig the long ball. Baseball needs to hire more chicks, More sluggers will be hired. Problem solved.
Welcome back A-L. You were AWOL for a long time.
New job is non-Disqus compatible. Weekends and train rides only for me.
How’s the new job?
Well, A-L, I guess you were on a break and had to get back to work.
Good. New boss is worlds better than the old one. Makes a huge difference. I am enjoying the reduction of my carbon footprint too train and biking to work. We’ll really know here in the next month. Business is starting to take off and while that’s awesome, the country club I’ve been working in is over….
The numbers suggest, don’t apply unless you can hit 40-50. Until then one guys not a factor in outcomes that deflect a season win total. It has marketing value, little on winning. You know, sort of like buying a capon rooster.
Numbers schumbers. I’ll like it when the fog horn sounds. Last I checked the two recent most memorable moments were two dudes yakking it yard against St Louis in Game 6…..
Senate Republicans vote down legislation that would block suspected terrorists, felons, mentally ill from buying guns.
A very strange way to protect American people’s life.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/senate-gop-votes-terrorist-gun-bill-article-1.2454448
That appears to be a 2015 article.
Yep, I read the “news” on an Italian newspaper that wrote that the Congress voted yesterday.
here is the italian text:
“Aboliti i controlli per l’acquisto armi. Nuovi provvedimenti coerenti con la svolta a destra dell’amministrazione e con l’obiettivo di ‘cancellare’ molti provvedimenti di Barack Obama: la Camera dei rappresentanti a maggioranza repubblicana ha approvato la norma che abolisce i controlli per l’acquisto di armi da parte di persone con disturbi mentali. La norma era stata approvata negli ultimi giorni dall’amministrazione Obama e limitava la possibilità di accedere alle armi, prevedendo la condivisione di informazioni fra la Social Security e il sistema nazionale per i controlli sulle armi.”
Here is the link.
http://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2017/02/03/news/trump_vira_sugli_insediamenti_israeliani_non_aiutano_la_pace_-157478166/?ref=HREC1-5
It’s good to see its not just CNN, Fox and the NYT dispensing propaganda as news. The more the ‘information’ age goes on, the harder it is getting to sort through the noise and find the ‘truth”
Just trust your President and his surrogates. They would never lie.
I like that “YOUR” President.👍
True, why would a politican or a bureaucrat ever lie?
As long as “real” Americans have ’em, who cares?
Real Americans? https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/a9da05f6f0bfd162d96e41866b6cc225a40f19e032aa6d5474cd5f2acce66163.jpg .
My comment was typed to be sarcastic.
Mine too, we are on the same boat, pal.
I can’t tell if that’s moronic or idiotic.
They feel compelled to get rid of everything smart sane reasonable ethical and voted for by Dem.
👍👍👍
yes because to the NRA it is more awful to have very few immigrants in the country who have access to guns but any crazy white SOB should have the right to have as many as he wants.
Zero surprise Romo going to be a Doyer
Source? The latest I read (late yesterday maybe) was that Romo was trying to decide between the Dodgers and a mystery team.
The Wilson (and bearded) way…
Oh great…that could mean any of 30 other teams.
Today it’s done. Mystery team is agent speak for my client wants more and won’t sign for that.
big hurt, though.
That’s okay. We had him during his prime. I love Romo, but he isn’t as he once was and I wish him the best, but not as a Dodger.
Nah.. He was a loyal soldier and a good Giant. He’s at the end of the string playing for his boyhood team. Can’t fault him for that. If even Marichal can don the Blue and not be stained, I think I can give Sergio a pass….especially if he serves one up to Buster.
That’ll be good. He’ll either break down or the Giants will ignore his slider to get a walk or wait to tee-off on his fast ball. It also wouldn’t surprise me if he says something negative, just to get some “cred” from the Smurf faithful.
I don’t think he’ll dog his teammates but the way Bochy used him in the second half might get some juicy quotes
He has to take some responsibility for the way he was used too. If he was dominant, there wouldn’t have been a need for Bochy to (at times) overthink the situation. Personally, I’m glad he’s gone. When you openly laugh at your manager, then it’s time for you to no longer be a Giant. You don’t see Lopez pulling a move like that.
If you knew that your next meal might be your last meal, what would you have?
I would start fasting …
Something that required distant travel and many, many courses.
I’d ask only a liquor: the elixir for a long life.
Roast lamb with rosemary.
Either Jack In The Box tacos or Bone In Rib Eye
I’d like to revise my answer slightly and order a full steer (butchered) and all the fixin’s, but in a place I still had to travel extensively to get to.
A nice big Charolais, to be specific.
Ken Rosenthal 12min ago:
Reported last night that #Dodgers are finalist for Romo and also talking to Blanton. Another reliever who remains on their radar: Blevins.
What does this mean exactly? That the Dodgers will choose Romo and then either Blanton or Blevins?
I interpreted it as meaning Romo will choose either the Dodgers or one other team.
Aphorism of the day. If you are lonely and desperate because everything goes wrong get relief with this thought: you could be born as a Doyer.
It means that Romo will be predictable and throw a slider…unless your Miguel Cabrera.
there would be no surprise if Romo became a Dodger. Good fit for him, he is from the area so I assume some in his family were Dodger fans, plus he knows the division, the players, it all makes sense.
And as a former Giant and all around good guy I wish him well. Baseball at the end of the day is a business not a family, and players have a right to do what is best for them not the fans. Romo has earned that right.
Can take the kid out of Brawley but cannot take Brawley out of the kid.
I am usually excited to watch the Super Bowl, regardless of who is playing, but this year ranks pretty high on the Snooze Fest meter.
Regardless, my bacon wrapped grilled jalapeno poppers will still be enjoyed by all…
you got the two best teams in the league and the two QBs who arguably had the best seasons, great playmakers on either side. So seeing it as a snooze fest is purely subjective on your end. You know you don’t have to watch it right?
There must be some college hoops on that day for you.
Oh please, it’s WWE with pigskin.
You’re so warm and cuddly… I wish you would post more often!
An opinion is subjective…hmm…thanks, I never knew that.
A loss by the Patriots would make the NFL great again.
I hear you, but I’m pretty excited to see what the Falcons can do. They were the 8th highest scoring team in NFL history. Hopefully there will be some offensive fireworks in this one. Don’t worry, the Niners will almost assuredly be in the Super Bowl next year 🙂
I’ll be rooting for the numbers in my office pool! LOL
The game should be a wild west shootout.It is likely to be the funnest to watch in a while. It is just that most are tired of Brady and the Pats and the Falcons are a small town team. That and the West Coast Bias against super bowls of East Coast teams is as bad as ESPN’s bias against west coast baseball teams.
This is NOT a fake news or propaganda. It’s clownish, ridiculous and fundamentally useless.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/03/former-norway-pm-bondevik-held-washington-dulles-airport-2014-visit-iran
I’m a bit surprised this news wasn’t mainstream 3 years ago. Were people more focused on who Rihanna was dating at the time?
Your surprise doesn’t change a little bit the fact that America’s reputation is rapidly collapsing, as clearly underscored by that Norwigian ex Prime Minister.
Damn didn’t mean any offense to it if that’s how you’re interpreting my comment.
You don’t need to tell us that the USA’s rep in the world is getting worse and worse.
But your obsession with it remains strong.
Was this done in a Yoda voice? Kind of Yoda-ish 🙂
Mind your our business you lot and cad person. I wasn’t speaking with you. Didn’t your mother teach you the good manners and not to intervene without being called between two adults who are speaking ?
Then maybe you should have a private conversation? I’d be more than happy to be missing your self-important, anti-USA musings. Which anniversary is it this year of your country’s alliance with Nazi Germany?
I think you misread this.
I think you’re right. Thanks, early.
“clownish, ridiculous and fundamentally useless.”
Now, now. Give the man a little more time. Donald might get better.
Yeah! He set about revoking the ‘fiduciary rule’ today. You know, the one where folks are required to invest your money in your best interest, not there’s. Pump and Dump today, pump and dump forever.
In an alternate universe?
Just as I thought and mentioned…no Draymond last night…so Blake pretended to be an All-Star and “the man”.
Doc Rivers sat there with no solutions and poor Mo Buckets was rejected by the rim. Clippers fans can lay that loss on Chris Paul being gone all they want, but when the opposing team is missing 2 of their starters + 1 significant bench guy, that’s “blow’in smoke”.
I’m glad that Charles at least admitted that Clippers (even with Chris Paul) won’t be in the Western Conference Finals. Now they’re thinking of adding Melo? Geez…
I don’t see the Clippers being there either, but one thing that concerns me for the playoffs is the trouble this team has with big athletic bodies like Griffin and Jordan (the Griffin inside moves for slams bumping into guys like Durant and Jordan’s hard screen on Curry). Even if Green and Zaza were in there they can’t handle that alone.
Dubs just don’t seem to handle contact very well, not that type of team. I knew going into the PO last year they had a weakness, and it proved right when Bogut got hurt and Festus just could not come through as I kept saying all year. It’s still a concern in the trenches of what is PO basketball, much more physical than RS.
I don’t disagree, but there’s also an advantage in pulling the bulky guys farther out with the W’s spacing. Pretty physical last night (with Draymond) and they were still able to get 58 points in the paint (8 more than the Clips) as the bulky guys were trying to double-team and/or weren’t rim protecting.
I’m kind of hoping the Cavs get Melo (24.8 PTS/6 RBS/3 ASTS) for Love (19.9 PTS/11 RBS/2 ASTS). It reduces their bulk and they can expose him defensively. This said, I get this strange feeling they may be upset in the East. Chicago has already beaten them twice (1 home, 1 away) and there seems to be some drama going on that can’t be blamed on David Blatt.
I can tell you that the word in NYC is that will never happen. Jackson wants to give Melo away so badly he is willing to take a pack of gum. The Cavs don’t need to give up one of their main guys and are too smart to do that. And if the Clippers get Melo I think it actually makes them worse.
I forgot you were in NYC. Nice perspective.
I’m not totally convinced the Cavs wouldn’t trade Love (there was actually a tweet from Joe Vardon today, saying they would), because Love keeps getting hurt and Melo is LeBron’s friend. As we know, what LeBron wants…
Hopefully the Knicks stick to their guns.
I really like Porzingis. I remember when Melo was dogging the pick when it happened and Phil came out right on that one. Not privy to all the Knicks drama, but Phil can hang his hat on that one.
I do agree that Melo to the Clippers would make them worse, but I think it could be Doc’s last stand he’s out the door. Their owner didn’t buy the Clips to see them come up short every season….and now he’s sitting courtside watching his team being made a mockery by their Northern Neighbors.
Well maybe the fact that the Warriors out rebounded the Clips and scored more point in the paint than the Clips will take you a step or two back from the ledge.
The Clippers haven’t beat the Warriors since December 2014 IIRC. Any “fans” they have making excuses is laughable. The Warriors are miles ahead of the rest of the league. The only thing that can stop them are injuries or themselves (with their sometimes ridiculous careless passing). Durant is such an unbelievable player, he’s THAT much better than what I thought before, and I thought before he was an MVP caliber player.
This is the most exciting team in the history of the NBA. They are young, energetic, have outstanding camaraderie and have more offensive firepower than any team in history. The NBA is a distant third for me, (baseball, football, possibly even fourth if you count college football) but the Warriors over the past three to four years have opened my eyes to a whole new level of appreciation. I still don’t care about the NBA in general, but I very much appreciate watching the Warriors and will be watching them passionately. I just hope they get the chance to make amends for last year and outright humiliate Cleveland in the Finals. I don’t want them to just win, I want them to destroy the Cavs.
I agree!
It also changes completely the athletic skill set you draft and trade for. Until the rest of the NBA reacts, Meyers is shopping in an empty supermarket of talent where he gets his pick of everything, and the rest of the teams are just scratching their collective heads asking themselves why did he trade for that guy.
It does seem, if there is such a thing, the entire paradigm of basketball is changing. The Clippers seem stuck in day before yesterday’s game. ‘538’ had a good article on that organized around how much 3 point shooting done in a particular, not every offensive scheme, is changing basketball. I don’t follow or watch basketball, but the paradigm change idea was interesting. Apparently success has a limit, your 3-point guys have to sustain ~33% from outside the circle coming off just a few of the many offensive sets possible. Interesting stuff.
I watched a little of the Warriors last night and was impressed with Patrick McCaw, the 2nd rd pick who they picked up from Milwaukee. Appears to be another great call by Myers.
Or Maybe it was Jerry’s call?
http://www.csnbayarea.com/warriors/jerry-west-people-are-gonna-be-sorry-they-didnt-draft-mccaw
During the summer league…when people were seeing what McCaw could do…there were many tweets by analysts and other team’s people saying that they thought the Warriors “did it again” (like Draymond) in the 2nd round. If I recall correctly, I think one tweet included a curse word about the Warriors nailing this draft pick. Their #1 guy would’ve been towards the top of the draft…if it wasn’t for his injury. Same with Looney the year before.
I enjoyed last night’s game as much as any I’ve seen recently. While it was fun seeing Steph and Klay both go OFF the night before, I was impressed with the mixing and matching with four rotation players out and the contributions of the younger guys. Durant stepped into playing the four like he’s been doing it all his life. McCaw was terrific, McAdoo had great minutes, and I like Looney’s contributions, too. It’s good to see the younger guys getting minutes because next year, the Dubs may not have Iguodala or Livingston (or the senior citizen centers). Hopefully they figure out a way to bring JaVale back, though.
Yeah, Blake was pretty much having his way, but with the starting 4-5 players out, that’s not surprising. And it wasn’t nearly enough.
I’m predicting Iggy stays. He’s tight with KD, so they’ll figure out something. Livingston will have a market.
I see Livingston staying with his roll play at this point in his career and playing for a winning team.
I’ve heard NBA people say (on NBA Radio and other outlets) they’ll be a market for him as a starter somewhere. That would obviously involve a bigger salary; which a salary-capped Warriors would be challenged to meet. He’s also said that he’d like to stay with the Warriors “under the right circumstances”. This doesn’t have to mean a starting spot (especially on the Warriors), but it will mean more $$$. There’s numerous articles out there covering the re-signing of KD next year, so it will really be up to him how much is left over to re-sign guys…especially if he wants the max. Curry will re-sign last, because the Warriors have his Bird Rights and that doesn’t impact all this other stuff.
Please, what are these Bird Rights? Never heard of.
The Larry Bird exception allows teams to exceed the salary cap to re-sign their own free agents, at an amount up to the maximum salary. To qualify as a Bird free agent, a player must have played three seasons without being waived or changing teams as a free agent.
Thank you KIR.
Sigh.
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/0e/9e/e4/0e9ee4330be300c795ae5cf4a9cd7ae2.jpg
bear humor, that’s great. And it is now only 10 days to camp! With another picture from Crawnik due tomorrow morning, who will it be?
Matt Williams!
Hmm. I was thinking more like Brent Mayne or Manny Trillo.
It is entirely up to you. Surprise us! I dug the Carl Hubbell.
Adrian Wojnarowski @WojVerticalNBA 2m2 minutes ago
Sources on @TheVertical: Golden State waiving veteran Anderson Varejao, signing D-League’s Briante Weber.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources-warriors-to-waive-veteran-anderson-varejao-194201756.html
That’s good because it scares my dog when I’m yelling at the TV about him.
😂 LOL
That can only be positive (as in, what took so long?).
Here’s the kid’s stats. He’s supposed to be a good “D” guy too.
http://stats.nbadleague.com/player/#!/1627362/
I’ve watched him play. He has a chance to stick beyond the 10 day period or earn another 10 day trial. A lot of similarities to McCaw.
Aubrey Huff trying to backpedal from his Twitter fiasco:
http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/02/03/aubrey-huffs-twisted-tale-from-giants-world-series-to-rock-bottom-to-one-horribly-wrong-turn-on-twitter/
Of course he is…
Somewhere Andrew Baggarly is saying “Yes” (fist pump)
Hoping the only books he sells are the ones he buys.
In the words of the great philosopher, “Who is care?”
I love that guy whoever he is.
His name is Snorkel. He is a legend on GE/TWG. Awesome cat he was.
Where’s paul?
Still in France?
Well, I meant virtually.
Terrific.
http://www.csnbayarea.com/ncaa/what-theyre-saying-stanfords-vanderveer-approaching-1000th-career-win
Good post Early. My neighbor back home has their tickets ready for the possible 1000. Tara is and has been used in the same sentence for quite awhile as Coach K, John Thompson, In fact Coach Pop and Coach Kerr often say Tara is in the top 5 men/womans coaches regardless of what level. Here below are some nuggets about Tara from her friends-former coaches and players.
* Azzi: “Tara said, ‘What happens in title games is one team realizes it’s not going to win, and we’re not going to be that team.’ I just felt a lot of confidence from her. That was a special experience. We were on a mission from my first year to win a national championship.”
* Kate Paye, who played for VanDerveer in the ‘90s and now is an assistant on her coaching staff: “When big games are coming up, Tara is extremely intense and focused. People say she seems so calm on the sideline, but she’s pretty fired up. You have to censor a few things that come out of her mouth. She’s all in.”
*Nneka Ogwumike, former Stanford forward who was named WNBA MVP for the 2016 champion L.A. Sparks: “ All I remember about that UConn game is (my sister) Chiney was assigned to Maya Moore, and Tara prepared us so well that Chiney knew when Maya would tie her shoe.”
* Rosalyn Gold-Onwude, who played at Stanford from 2005 to ’10, sparred with VanDerveer at times but grew to appreciate her coaching acumen and the connection she develops with players. VanDerveer routinely texts Gold-Onwude to praise her work (or offer suggestions) on Warriors telecasts.
* During her travels, Gold-Onwude also has come to realize VanDerveer’s wide-ranging impact. One example: Gold-Onwude was shooting baskets at the New York Liberty’s practice facility two or three years ago, killing time, when Knicks President Phil Jackson wandered onto the court. They started talking, and Jackson perked up when he learned Gold-Onwude played at Stanford.
* Gold-Onwude: “He said, ‘Oh, you played for Tara. She ran the triangle out there.’ I told him I could run it in my sleep. For the next 20 to 30 minutes, we’re talking about different elements of the triangle offense. It was just really cool.”
* Gottlieb: “When she ran the triangle, they were like a machine. Then they changed to a high pick-and-roll offense, and they were just as efficient with a whole new identity.” Gottlieb also saw first-hand how VanDerveer gracefully handles defeat. Stanford was a No. 1 seed in the 2013 NCAA Tournament, and Cal was No. 2 in the same regional. They would have met in the regional final, except Stanford lost to Georgia in the semifinals. The first call Gottlieb received after Cal beat LSU in its semifinal game was from VanDerveer, offering her scouting report of Georgia. Gottlieb was impressed VanDerveer would do that in her own moment of disappointment.
*** Jayne Appel-Marinelli, former Stanford center: “One of my favorite Tara memories is when we played 2-on-2 full-court, me and Tara against Kate Paye and whomever she wanted to choose. Tara and I were undefeated. We’d talk trash the whole time.”
It’s been awhile since she’s won a big game against a top team in a close game in the final minutes. But she has won it all (been awhile since she’s done that too. Something about a team back east), and consistently puts out top 10 teams. So props to her.
I was non-committal on Cuban for way too long because I would watch his antics near his Dallas Mavericks bench – but I have come around to the fact that MC is a brilliant mind who cares deeply about his team and those businesses that he operates. Cuban is more or less “Giving DT The Business”.
See here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eslz06J9hFw
http://www.businessinsider.com/cuban-slams-trump-day-5-2017-2
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/basketball/ct-nba-mavericks-mark-cuban-donald-trump-spt-20170201-story.html
http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/news/mark-cuban-donald-trump-travel-ban-immigration-policy-half-baked-executive-order/c80dlrq2tbds1po1e72a3h5r5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBdS6Ug77lc
Something I’ve had pinned to my bulletin board for about 20 years:
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/89ed72f11fea347fdb0e39b1f905ab1ce3b15e4803781297af96fc94f7959af5.jpg
I’m going to politically insidious, Trump is a fan of the DH. How many NL fanbases supported him?
Make it 21.
THIS had built in problems attached to it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqrllYoiK90
My favorite was at a night time Giants game they showed the couple and the woman covered her face and made a dash for the exit. Opps busted on the big screen.
The dissenter https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/8676b3c91f2aca94d4416580910c85b3a89b63a36d35603811ab79d2cacfbf46.jpg
Houston, we have a problem https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/1ceaee04a36d6c9ae07726a59f36f3699220a018683b0750ad34d80c847e2951.jpg
The Indians – Zach Britton demonstrates big throwing shoulder extension & late pronation which creates this power sinker.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqMzSQ3dmq4
And controlled, repeatable finger pressure.
Warriors waive Varejao; will sign guard Weber – The Warriors have waived center Anderson Varejao, the team said Friday. Golden State will fill the open roster spot by signing D-League point guard Briante Weber to a 10-day deal. What? Briante? The Dubs signed a female guard? 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W54uOMpXkhs
(* Lefty called Bob Meyers*) :-/
WHY we love baseball and can’t wait for Spring Training https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8olTfKZnFiM
The Fanfest attendance list is out. No Bum, no Cueto, no Cain. However, the four guys who want Cain’s spot will all be there (Blach, Blackburn, Stratton, Albert Suarez). The entire bullpen is coming, though.
All the position players are coming except for Span and Kelby Tomlinson. I know Span just got married (saw the photos on Twitter a few days ago), and KT and his wife have a new(ish) baby.
It feels weird not to be commenting that this is the __ year in a row that Angel Pagan has blown it off. I think he came maybe his first year as a Giant, and that was it. End of an era. 🙂
https://twitter.com/alexpavlovic/status/827622965034364928
EDIT: Will Smith and Conor Gillaspie are not coming.
I can’t wait to stand in line for 4 hours to get my jersey signed by Jose Alguacil!
Go for the gulls!
Cain is playing golf. Way to get the fans behind your efforts to be a #5.
you really think that matters at all? He’s a crusty vet, screw if fans think he deserves the #5 or not. He has to pitch for the spot.
Yes I do…and I lose sleep worrying about it. SMH
I heard Pagan isn’t making it…again. (Bad KIR)
No
No what ?
I was going to say Conor, but noticed She mentioned him not coming below .
OK
Somebody brace Okert and Osich and demand an answer to the shit together question.
No fish anymore for our grandchildren.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/climate-change-may-boost-toxic-mercury-levels-sea-life
I noticed a post below by Bapah, saying Posey hits better when he does not pull the ball, Facts say otherwise, in 2014 he pulled 21 of his 22, and in late August of that year to the end of regular Season, he hit over .400 with 9 HRs and carried the Giants to playoffs .
My man PJ!
PJ, to be clear:
Buster hits more home runs when he pulls. Buster hits for a much higher average when he uses the whole field.
Extra base hits when he pulls, bloop hits are fly outs to right or right center when he goes the other way, I have watched most of his MLB at bats, AT&T is where fly balls go to die for Right handed hitters that go the other way .
I just don’t bother anymore.
Fan fest reminds me of the yogism…Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.
Then it would not be crowded, if nobody went .
I forgot you don’t have a sense of humor.
You don’t because that was a joke, MR sensitive ..
I think his sense of humor lacks nuance, subtlety and a touch of the absurd.
Peter’s joke made me laugh out loud.
It wasn’t a joke it was a literal truism.
And if Yogi had done the same thing, his wouldn’t have been a joke either.
I was trying to be cute, and sarcastic, but it was over your head , I guess !
I guess.
Talking of obscure, Bap, do you like Leiber’s novels? https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/8def4c0dea9d2922231843b447862c88ca905311e14f411feb6e93b02804053c.jpg
Remember….”Always go to other people’s funerals. Otherwise, they won’t come to yours.”
WOW, !!!
You forgot the signature https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/68533b795ec3d41f6f21caa6bf3f484882251a123d98c0b72ddf99de28e8144e.jpg
You’re going to love The Discovery with Robert Redford.
Now Peter that’s pretty funny!
Uh
Don’t ever change, PJ!
rTake your Make America Great hat, people will give you space, but avoid people in black.
Take a..
But no. I’d be wearing one of these…
https://tinyurl.com/hnt4a6u
Oh no, Mr. Bill. Who sells those.
They’re imported, it’s a Chinese conspiracy.
If you want to keep baiting people into a response at some point they will fire back. I’m close to saying screw have all to yourself. I’m tired of the baiting tactic.
You have no sense of humor. Do what you gotta do.
Your not trying to induce laughter your trying induce a fight. Big difference. And you know it.
Nonsense, I’m in mourning. Hell, I even laughed at a joke from PJ this afternoon. Of all the things you might choose to do, evaluating my motivations is probably the most chancy for you. I’d add, the link was hilarious, no matter what your politics, IMO. Why don’t we not argue, and just avoid further interpersonal comment. Truce? Sorry, my mistake for stepping in AC lane.
https://youtu.be/oFmGOhFQToU
https://youtu.be/LUpBSvN1a50
I’ll say gnight with this…sweet moment.
https://tinyurl.com/j8xfbnb
According to Pavlovic, Romo has a deal with the Dodgers. I think his act will play differently in blue.
He and Posey will be interesting combat.
I wonder the first time he comes out of the pen for the southern trash at AT$T, if they play that crazy song?
Who’s this Oracle imposter posting about baseball? That’s a dead giveaway that someone hacked his account.
I just prefer that discussion not be limited to baseball.
You don’t think they’ll like him down there?
Romo has been declining for several years and had his first major arm injury last season. He’ll always be a Giants hero because of 2012, but this seems like the Jason Schmidt and Brian Wilson signings–the Dodgers are getting Romo after he’s mostly washed up.
He still pretty tough on RHBs, but I’m talking about his antics on the mound. I think Giants fans might feel differently about how he’d celebrate a big strikeout of Posey.
As long as he doesn’t badmouth the Giants in the press and confront Larry Baer in front of 41,000 fans at AT & T, I think Giants fans will give Romo a lifetime pass.
I’m not getting that signing.
Why not just resign Blanton?
I think Blanton was better for the Dodgers than Romo was for the Giants last year, and healthier, too.
I think they’re looking for that ‘been there’ touch. Blanton had a rough post season too.
Romo had a pretty brutal couple games against the Cubs in the NLDS. 2012 was five years ago.
True, but LA has had real problem in making the setup guys do the job in post season. As for time, as good as he once was, they got Headly for that same reason, and ran him out there when he was still a drag. He’s been there before ought to have been his battle cry.
Utley?
Yeah, Utley… my bad.
I wish you all the best. I’m done with the baiting on both sides. I come here for baseball not to listen to a bunch personalized pick fight crap. I’m done and sent off a nice thank you email to GG. Once again peace be with all of you and see you at the ballpark.
I agree, I’m tired of being baited into the slappy hitter vs. HR hitter debate.
Good. Let’s start a debate “Pot au feu” vs. “Bœuf à la Bourguignonne”.
Good. Let’s start a debate “Pot au feu” vs. “Bœuf à la Bourguignonne”.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/4c328d93eb6913f9836386b126b7f049e72a88b5dd93574c1cc014c74bb4bec8.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/43c5c1181683156831e58fa645b324748edd9b0ac273b21215be782fee277c8d.jpg
I’m a Pot au feu guy. I like Pho and Cioppino and Sopa de Albondigas, too.I’m a soupy kind of man.
Well, finally we found something to agree with. I’m a soup guy too, but given my origin you’ll understand my preference for FISH-soup. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/0761d7cb8191c040e6f8c8f12956bc2422ec70466fe0b96c3e185435e5eedbbe.jpg
When folks talk about park factors and HRs, that’s a numbers game. But, when you look at HR distance alone you get a somewhat different impression, but Coors dominates. The runners up are kind of a different kettle of fish.
https://i.imgur.com/Agpi1jc.png
Manfred, MLB commissioner, seems a real fan of the pitch clock to speed up games.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2017/02/03/commissioner-rob-manfred-pace-game/97446196/
Draymond Green took off after Barkley, dismissing his opinions because Barkley never won a championship. That was completely a function of the teams Barkley played on and against. No matter what you think about the things Barkley says or does, he was a truly great player, and as amazing an athlete as Lebron James. He wasn’t even 6’5″, but was able to absolutely dominate inside. If he were matched up with Barkley in his prime, Green, just like everybody else, wouldn’t have had much luck.
http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/02/03/draymond-green-cheers-lebron-james-charles-barkley-rant/
I agree. Across all sports it seems like we’ve become way to obsessed with championships and what that means for the ‘legacy’ of great players while disregarding how much good timing and straight up luck have to do with winning it all.
Current case in point: Mike Trout. And, much as I hate to admit it, Clayton Kershaw.
mr banks comes to mind
Absolutely
Billy Williams.
Juan Antonio Marichal Sanchez.
Mic drop
Great point on Trout. If he was a Cub, Yankee, RedSox, he’d be a demigod by now.
He’s the best player of his generation. He’s historically good. And he’s buried on a chronically bad team. At least Kershaw’s gotten into the playoffs many times.
As a player, Charles Barkley was perhaps the greatest anomaly in basketball history. Listed at 6-6 but actually closer to 6-4, he played power forward as well as anyone in the history of the NBA, often dominating players half a foot taller. The numbers back him up.
Bwahahahahahaha. This article was published two days ago, and it argued that Briante Weber, who’s been tearing up the D-League, is exactly the missing piece that LeBron has been crying for and the Cavaliers need.
Briante Weber was signed by the Warriors today.
http://www.ridiculousupside.com/2017/2/1/14474456/briante-weber-dleague-lebron-james-nba-sioux-falls-skyforce-point-guard
I watched the clips. Great hands.
Saw some tweets from Weber. He’s ecstatic. Imagine not only getting your first NBA call-up but it’s on the coolest team in the league.
How do call-ups work? Any team can do it? Is there a roster limit? Does someone have to go for him to have a spot? Can any team call up any player? etc.
Yes, they waived Anderson Varejao to make a spot for him. All NBA teams have 15 roster spots. They can send guys to the D-League to develop and/or injury rehab, but if they’re on the team’s roster, no other team can sign them.
However, other guys are just free agents in the D-League, and they can sign anywhere. For example, the Warriors own a D-League team (the Santa Cruz team), but another team could sign any of those players unless they’re on the Warriors’ 15-man roster.
Also: they didn’t technically “call him up” like baseball teams call up one of their minor leaguers. They signed him to a 10-day contract. At the end of ten days, they’ll either sign him to a new one or let him go.
um, he has played for the Heat and the Grizzlies prior to this season.
OK, oops. I stand corrected. How about “your first call-up THIS SEASON”? 🙂
that works! We’ll see if he sticks, I was surprised to see the guard heavy Dubs actually were thin with Livingston out. I forgot about Barbosa, who was a big part of the PG rotation last year. Clark, while he seems to have a nice shot, does not appear to have earned Kerr’s trust, with MacCaw getting more time lately.
All this will be dictated by need of course as the season develops. Any long term injuries to a big and it will necessitate bringing in another big body.
It wouldn’t surprise me to see Verajao again. He can easily pass waivers unclaimed and go to Santa Cruz.
They had six guys who can play center, and that’s not even counting Draymond (Zaza, West, McGee, Looney, Varejao, and Jones). My guess is that, after letting Bogut and Ezeli go, Bob Myers just grabbed every possibility to see what would stick. But they were clearly heavy at the five and light at guard.
The trio of Zaza, JaVale, and DWest have done a great job, and of course Draymond plays the 5 in the “death” lineup. And Jones is their C of the future, they hope.
It may hopefully be enough IF health is on their side. We saw what happened last year in the finals when Bogut and Festus where not fully functional. No matter what the team feels about the likes of Looney and Jones, do you really trust them if need be? Plus Looney is only a C in name only, more of a PF with long arms and liked to shoot from the outside at UCLA, not what you call a banger, which is the type of player the Dubs can utilize in the PO when the play gets more rough.
I really see Looney as a four, but Kerr did start him at C earlier in the season when Zaza was out for a couple of games. I agree that they need the old big guys to stay healthy. But Varejao just wasn’t very good (or a good fit), so letting him go is not a big loss.
True, that is why I think it’s a wait and see situation. The roster could have a couple of changes before the POs start.
Yep, but they’re coming together better than I thought and quicker than I thought. Great mix of the four All-Stars, the veterans (Iguodala, Livingston, West, Zaza) and newbie/youngsters.
MacaDoo.
Have they ever played Mac at the 5? I think of him as a 4.
They play him mostly at 5 . he played at 5 the last 2 weeks .
With West out, yeah. I think he’s done a great job, too. Last night he had 10 points and nine boards in 17 minutes. I like Mac.
He plays hard, hustles .
KD can be used as a 5 as well. he’s been blocking almost 2 shots a game, and he’s led the team to the league lead in blocks/game.
Only three Giants left now from that 2010 team. Wow, time flies.
Buster, Bum, Cain. Yep.
Remaining from the 2012 team: Buster, Bum, Cain, Kontos, Belt, Crawford, Pence. (And OK, technically Gillaspie. He has a 2012 ring.)
From the 2014 team: All of the 2012 guys plus Panik and Strickland. I think that’s it, though, unless Morse makes the 2017 team.
KONTOS!!!!!! My. Guy.
Who’da thunk he’d become the senior member of the bullpen? He’s sure had staying power, for a guy they grabbed the day before Opening Day in 2012.
Inexplicably George has been disparaged by many in his time here. He’s a very solid middle reliever who will take the ball every day if need be.29 teams would be happy to have him.
He should fit in beautifully with the current configuration–Melancon for the ninth, some combo of Law/Strick/Smith for the 8th, and Kontos, Gearrin and a five-letter word beginning with “O” for the 6th-7th.
The starters are innings-eaters and should go deep into games on a regular basis, so Kontos shouldn’t get overworked, either.
30, actually.
Did you add one from Korea?
He’s correct. Look at the sentence he was correcting.
I never let sentence structure get in the way of a quip.
I’ve always suspected that literacy was not your primary focus in life.
Those first two are still pretty, pretty, pretty good. The third one…not so much.
He sure was good in 2010, though. Total stud in his postseason starts. IIRC, he gave up no earned runs.
The whole staff in 2010 was amazing. Cain was excellent both in 2010 and 2012. In 2012 he had one of the best year’s a pitcher can have outside of winning the Cy Young, but he’d take his 2012 year in lieu of the Cy Young every single time.
In 2012 not that good, Lost vs Reds, and Cardinals, and did not go deep in many starts, gave up 6 or 7 HRs, I remember it was the same as Strickland in 2014 gave up .
Yep, he got it done, mostly, but he was shaky. I think he was running on fumes. Honestly, he was never quite the same after that perfect game in June, IMO.
Well, he was the winning pitcher in all three series winning games that postseason. The WS start was stellar, IMHO.
Cain went 7 IP, 3 R, 2 HRs in Game 4 of the 2012 World Series. I’d call that somewhere between “terrible” and “stellar.” I remember him giving up the tying HR just a couple minutes after Posey’s dramatic 2-run HR to give the Giants the lead. 🙁
IMHO, his best start of those three clinchers was Game 7 of the NLCS (the game with Fryer the Magic Bat and the Scutaro Downpour Pose in the top of the ninth). Anyway, Cain went 5.2 innings in that one, giving up no runs, and he also gave Matt Holliday a bit of payback for what he did to Scutaro earlier in the series.
Dr. Memory, I barely recall it was raining, let alone….
(Even if you looked it up, you remembered where to look.)
I couldn’t even remember which year it was.
I had forgotten the name of the bat, but certainly remember Scoots in the rain. I’m still PO’d that Holliday kept us from enjoying Scutaro a bit longer.
Holiday is a dick.
I’m sorry, should it have been two Ls?
Yes, two L’s. I just looked at the wiki page for Scoots, the very last reference was in 2015 about his still rehabbing with Giants’ medical staff. I’m a little surprised that he disappeared, as he seems like he’d be a pretty good coach. It’d be cool if the Giants had him come around in spring training like Willie and the other retired players.
I think he played a critical role in making BCraw a better hitter. When Craw channeled Scoots at the plate his contact rate got much better.
Dickll?
Exactly
I did look up the box scores of both games to make sure I got the innings right. But I do clearly remember those games. Honestly, I think I remember almost every playoff game from 2010-16 like it happened last week. I was just so dialed in.
It was pouring in the top of the 9th of Game 7, the field was pretty much flooded, but because the score was 9 to 0, the umpires let them get the last 3 outs ,instead of stopping the game. I was worried at the time they would stop the game, and when Bochy took out Lopez and put in Romo, I was sure they would stop the game. I love to watch a video of that 9th inning of that game on YouTube, it is titled , I love a Rainy Night with the San Francisco Giants, with the famous song , I love a Rainy Night.
‘Specially in that Game 2 we attended, huh?
I swear, the singing of Lights (with NO stupid lyric prompts on the Jumbotron) gave me chills…
That was huge, maybe the turning point of the Series (until Bum’s ridiculous Game 4 start and Timmy’s transcendent Game 5 start). And it was scoreless until the fifth inning and 1-0 until the seventh. So the final score (9-0) is misleading. It was a nail-biter for most of the night.
I was transfixed watching poor Holland have his Ankiel moment, and Washington sat on his hands until it was nothing but Titanic flotation devices……
I remember their bullpen walked like 4-5 guys in a row in the eighth inning.
His 1st start vs Braves in 2010, must gave up unearned runs, unless got early hook, Giants blew big lead after Burrell 3 run HR in 1st, bullpen was bad late, but came in early, I will have to look it up I guess .
6.2 IP, 1 run, unearned. My main memory of the game, besides Burrell’s early HR and the bullpen blowing it, is Sandoval, who was HUGE then, running into Posey on a foul pop-up and them both lying on the ground. Shudderrrr….
You already did.
Nope, I did not, memory !
That’s impressive, Peter. But I should have known – you really study the game. I often disagree with you, but you know your stuff.
Memory is my strength, and Sports besides Family is my life, pretty boring I guess, never got into Music and other hobbies .
Passion for one’s family and a love of baseball is a good way to go- not boring at all.
I follow all Sports, even many niche Sports like Racing, use to ride Motorcycles for fun , but before my oldest son was born sold my last one in 2001, they got me in a lot of trouble, tickets, carpoll tunnel, being very reckless, so sold it for Money, and safety .
Cain? well, he’s on payroll. Ouch.
I’m not giving up on him yet.
Me niether. Love that guy. And, have a feeling he’s got more Mojo.
He’s also the best rep this team has had in a long, long time, maybe ever.
Who was predecessor? JTSnow? Just guessing.
I, not being a football fan, have no real sense of Patriot popularity. I was looking at a recent PPP poll, and boy do people in general dislike the Patriots.
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2017/01/americans-come-together-on-hating-the-patriots.html
Brady and Belichick- probably the most unpopular coach/player dynasty combo ever- and that was long before current events. I mean people were sick of watching the Yankees win it all, but it was hard to hate Jeter/Torre, or Pops/Duncan, Kerr/Steph, Montana/Walsh- the list goes on.
Of course, i’m sure Patriots fans don’t care. I doubt I would either- but that’s fandom i suppose.
You’re right I’m sure, but it’s ~2/1 Falcons over Patriots. That’s seemed to me a big gap. You hardly ever see that huge a gap. Surprises a football ignoramus like me. The NFL has really changed.
Yeah, my football watching has gone down drastically over the last 3-4 years, and this year, i watched zero games. I’ll only be watching the Super Bowl because i’ll be at party.
For me anyway, the NBA has gotten really fun to watch during that same time span.
After what I’ve read here, and some of the fascinating analytical stuff on the changes that the Warriors have forced on the NBA, I’ll reverse course and give the NBA another shot. Detroit-Lakers in 2004 was my last try, before life got in the way. Football is dead to me.
I’m sure the NBA is breathing a huge sigh of relief.
What, that football is dead to him, or that he’s giving their sport a try?
That they have another chance at the CC business.
It’s a relief to all of us.
Interesting how that coencides with the rise of the Dubs and the fall of the 9ers. Maybe just a frontrunner
Not necessarily a frontrunner, the games need to have some entertainment value, otherwise why watch? I’m with cabbie, the 49ers have gotten progressively worse the past few years to the point of being practically uwatchable this past season. I only saw about one combined games worth, half Gabbert half Kaep, ugh, how awful, why would anyone want to watch that? The Warriors on the other hand are stunningly entertaining, almost always a fun game to watch.
And, to be honest, I wasn’t exactly buying League Pass in 2009 or 2011 to watch the Warriors, either.
Really the only team I’ve stuck with through thick and thin all these years is the Giants. Maybe I didn’t watch pretty much every game like I have since 2009, but I still stayed tuned in and always went to at least a couple games a year no matter how desultory they were.
Not a Dubs or Niners fan. But ok.
I had no issue hating Jeter/Torre….of course that pales in comparison to Every/Dodger
Poll is for non sports fans by a non sport source so take it with a grain of salt. Also there are plenty of Pats fans in the East so not a real surprise not many fans in the west feel any link to them.
And then there’s the fact Brady won least AND most favorite QB. All that shows is that the “fans” polled had name recognition.
So we’re off to Sacramento tonight to see the Dubs play the Kings and check out the new Golden 1 Center. Really looking forward to seeing it, as we’ve heard great things.
Still in debate in our household about whether we’re sampling the in-arena concessions or eating dinner at Sauced, a well regarded new BBQ place right next to the arena.
One cool thing is you can reserve and pay for your parking in advance at one of 10-12 different downtown parking garages in the neighborhood. Very convenient.
My son-in-law did a similar thing at a Giants game last season. I’m not sure if you knew that 🙂
I haven’t really looked into it at AT & T, but good to know. We usually park in either the UCSF garage across the street or one of the ballpark lots. We’re going to Opening Day, and my recollection is that parking is bad for that (and on a weekday, so no UCSF garage), so I’ll have to scout it out.
i wish you didn’t have to use that verb in your last sentence. i miss my pal 🙁
Make sure to give a full report! I thought the long piece that ESPN did on Cousins and the Kings a week ago was fascinating. Those fans certainly deserve better than Divac and Ranadive. But it sounds like the arena is amazing.
Hope the mighty trek over the unforgiving tundra of the causeway goes well!
I read that ESPN piece, too, and agree–very interesting and well reported.
It’s funny–we used to make that “mighty trek” everyday–me for 17 years commuting from Davis to Sac State, him for his job at a state agency downtown for 20–and now that neither one of us works in Sac anymore, it feels like “a thing” to go there. But we gotta get back in shape before the River Cats season starts, anyway.
So speaking of travel, I’ve been invited to speak at the University of Delaware in April. I’m trying to figure out the least stressful way to get there, considering flights + Amtrak to Wilmington.
The only nonstop route from SMF is to BWI. Not sure how challenging it is to get to Wilmington from there. There are no nonstops to Dulles, Philly, or Newark from Sacramento.
Another alternative is to fly SFO-EWR on Virgin America and take Amtrak to Wilmington (I think there may actually be an Amtrak station at/near EWR). Going to SFO is a hassle, but I don’t want two flights plus a train ride each way.
Any thoughts? I know you travel a lot.
EDIT: I just looked up the Amtrak routes, and there are stations at both BWI and EWR. It’s about a one-hour trip from BWI to Wilmington and 90-min from EWR. Looks like there are trains all day long, just like the Capitol Corridor here.
I am a walking billboard for Virgin America ( and Alaska). Besides the SFO terminal being fantastic, I just find their service and schedules reliable. I did SFO-EWR last February…Newark was horrible. Cramped, bad, dirty, but it still might be the preferred method if I were to go again
Yes, I now have VA and Alaska linked, and I’m always eager to amass Alaska miles because that’s the only nonstop from SMF to Maui. Just got an Alaska Visa with an annual companion ticket as a perk. Of course, I love VA, too, and I agree about the SFO terminal. It’s just soooooo easy for me to fly out of SMF…wish VA would open up there.
I’m right there with you on your Alaska miles and Visa…with the same exact plan. Planning on the 4 of us bailing on family Xmas and doing it on the island….
We may run into you, then. This last Christmas was so stressful on the family dynamics level (and it wasn’t ALL about politics, just “family”), that Lefty Jr. and I were both in the “Never Again” camp and pining for Maui next year.
I used to commute to DC every week from SAN Going to Wilm from BWI should be a snap. Will you rent a car? That would be the easiest. Just up 95 POC.
BTW, going to Dulles would be way worse than going to BWI.
Philly is an option I didn’t think of. Haven’t flown in there. Ever.
It’s icky. Awful pit of an airport.
Agreed, having been to both in recent years.
Isn’t this the train trip that Joe Biden famously took every week, from Washington to Wilmington? (not that I know where U.Del. actually is)
Yes. In fact the Amtrak station in Wilmington is named for him!
On a baseball note – I wish Sergio Romo well. He was a good Giant, an indispensable part of Championship teams.
Me too. It’s too bad it had to be the Dodgers, but the Giants clearly didn’t want him back, and the guy’s entitled to get a job where he can find one. I just hope he’s not a jerk about it like Brian Wilson was under similar circumstances. It would be sad to have icky feelings about both the 2010 and the 2012 World Series closers (not to mention the 2012 World Series MVP). 🙁
Don’t think he will go bitter on it. Look how he handled getting demoted when Cadillac star was rising. Put his head down and kept pitching. Doubt Wilson ever could’ve, always had to be Cocko’ the walk. Plus he always had an over abundance of Weird.
I know some folks find it trite to excuse adults like Wilson who live through experiences in childhood ….I always found his hyper intelligence , and early loss of his probably too-tough military father as contributors to all things B Weezy.
He fought through injuries and doubts to be a big star for our first WS championship team…yup, things went wacko. It always felt to me like there were dangerous levels of over analysis screaming through that guy’s brain. I hope he’s finding peace.
Piece?
I hope so…but he was definitely flashing some attitude at Bochy late last season, he’s mixed it up with beat writers (Baggarly in particular), and he had that airport incident a couple years ago. Romo can be prickly and thin-skinned, too.
…. and then balls to the walls when he shook Posey – who had called a slider for Cabrera and instead threw a FB for a called strike three.
Correcto a mundo, Lon-o.
Yeah, you right on that. And a hushed up incident after hours in San Francisco. Only the Police really knew.
Wilson was a poor example of a person that was all about himself. Sergio Romo never spoke that way. He was always forgiving and deferential. I hope Sergio comes back and makes a fool out of Posey and Pence swinging at those curves
Why did you have to add that last sentence?
You have a snazzy new avatar, 610nm!
He hasn’t adjusted from his 108 year anti-social hibernation quite yet.
you have to ask?
He was more disrespectful of his boss than Casilla ever was. But he gets a pass because some seem to think that Bochy deserved it. No, an adult takes it up in private if he has a beef with his boss.He had been a good Giant but in the end he came up small in performance and class.
One of the cool things of Super Bowl weekend is rare and random Ray Scott clips that get played during build up coverage. He was pure class and professionalism.
Thanks.
casilla disrespected his boss equally, or worse, as i’m sure we all recall. as far as your take on romo goes….nail on the head..
It was completely different. Casilla was just thinking about bochy disrespecting him. Romo was saying he was overmanaging and it was hurting the team, which was absolutely correct.
It is only over managing after the fact….had a few moves that he made – had players executed, we would not be having this convo.
The manager is responsible for doing the best he can with the material he has. If the players aren’t executing then the manager needs to change his strategy rather than continue with his failing strategy and blame the players for not being good enough.
Once Bochy’s moves do not work we the expert fans always have our own methods and choices of other players who we seem to guarantee would have done better. That method is flawed because 99% of MLB team cultures says that the Skipper who is no more than a manager of the egos of men – sticks with those that “he took to the dance”
In the particular case we’re talking about (9th inning of game 4 of the nlds), Bochy started the 9th with Derek Law, a rookie who had pitched 2 innings the night before and had been on the disabled list much of the second half of the season. I wouldn’t call that sticking with someone he took to the dance.
It was just a dumb choice.
True, but we all have knives and forks. Gotta cut somethin’.
True, but the effort involved in not having a visible reaction to Bochy’s performance last season tested the boundaries of human performance.
It was definitely beyond MY boundaries.
Intestinal fortitude
I was 100% on romo’s side for what he did. Bochy had lost control of the ship and someone had to say it.
That’s bullshit. He takes it up in private or not at all. That goes in any field of work.
Besides , Sergio would have zero rings if not for Bochy. Bruce is a man, Romo turned out to be a bratty juvenile .
Sliders. They’re sliders.
one mans slider is another mans curve.
His Whip was one of the lowest in the modern Baseball, and his walk to strikeout ratio as well, on MLB Now they had a quiz on the lowest Whip, and he was in the top 5 .
Wherever you are Ryan, winter slammed back here this week. A winter snowstorm blew in earlier this week with new snowfall for several days, then we had a few days reprieve when we didn’t have to shovel or sweep snow. With the reprieve, came colder and colder temps. This morning brought more snow: 3 to 4 inches. Our neighbors are outside shoveling now. I wanted the temp to get above 10° at least before going outside. The sun is shining brightly, so that helps.
That’s the report from Montana. Hope things are going well for you and your family down on the farm.
Pretty remarkable tenure that Romo had with the G’s. And consistent throughout. I can’t think of another reliever who lasted 9 seasons with the team?
Someday there should be something at AT&T Park to honor the Core 4.
I just put down a kilo in Vegas that there will be a Sergio Romo Tribute posted by GG within the weekend…as it should be. Sergio’s body of work was stellar. Plus, Beauty’s hand slap with him at the 2012 parade was one of our very best memories
We all know you can’t lift a kilo. Nice try.
Perhaps I embellished a tad
He might be “comin into Los Angelees, bringinin in a couple of keys, don’t touch my bags..”
Was a great Giant. A Champion.
To 610nm
If Your Favorite Color is Orange
-With orange as your favorite color, you are warm, optimistic, extroverted and often flamboyant.You are friendly, good-natured and a generally agreeable person.
-You are assertive and determined rather than aggressive – having a personality color orange means you are more light-hearted and less intense than those who love red.
-You thrive on human social contact and social gatherings, bringing all types together.
-As a personality color orange you enjoy partying and socializing and planning all types of social events – orange people are the life of the party, the uninhibited performer! You are often the loud talker in a group.
While you are charming and sociable you do tend to be a show-off.
-You get great satisfaction from helping others and they find you inspiring with your vitality and positive energy.
-You are tolerant and accepting of others just the way they are.
-You are a people person, motivated by what others may or may not think and always trying to keep up with the Jones’. You need people around you – being alone for too long makes you depressed and you then allow negativity to engulf you.
-You are a free spirit who doesn’t like to be tied down – you are not always loyal in your relationships and find it difficult to commit.
-You live your life based on your ‘gut reactions’.
-You are an adventurer – you love the outdoor life, camping, climbing mountains and indulging in adventurous sports such as sky diving and hang gliding. You are the daredevil, always looking towards your next challenge, your next great adventure.
-You enjoy being physically active, particularly in the outdoors, whether it’s simply going for a walk, or competing in high level sporting competitions.
-You are full of life, always on the go, determined and competitive, always looking for new challenges – and this can lead to restlessness and impatience with others who do not have this need.
-Lovers of orange like to take risks in many areas of their life, particularly in the physical areas. They prefer to explore their outer world rather than their inner world.
-You may be lousy at housekeeping as it is not that important to you – you love having fun too much and don’t like the mundane – a little dust on the mantelpiece is not that important to you. However you love to cook.You move on easily from life’s setbacks.
-Patience is not one of your virtues and you can be quite forceful and domineering over others when under stress.
-You can be indecisive, inconsistent and unpredictable.
-You may be an unkind practical joker.
-When operating from a negative perspective, a personality color orange can become aloof, egotistical, self-centered and uncaring.
-When feeling fearful, orange lovers feel it in their abdomen, as though it is tied in knots.
Yes, there are Oranges here
(Hair doesn’t count)
Cologne?
OK, hmmm…
An awful lot of that misses me completely. I almost never cook, am introverted, and was DFA’d from Little League after a year. But I like the tolerance and accepting bit.
The updated avatar is because you mentioned a square recently, where this is meant to be a prism. Now it shows my project, to somehow construct an OORP. The Optical to Orange Resolving Prism does ordinary refraction of white light on entrance into all its colors, but immediately absorbs the blue. The refraction of the outgoing colors turns them all into orange. I’m still trying to dream of what material that would do the wavelength conversions, then it’s straight down to the patent office….
Alas, the square they give us is very tiny indeed.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/fc74efd8bf781563124f30bb649607ef2cf0f1ddadc53ad4ddd7dbf151a3d997.png
That’s hilarious. OORP ought to be the G’s primary logo.
I’d ask GG to make it the official TWG logo, but I don’t know how to contact him.
you just did
Really?
sure..he’s the moderator, and reads each post. big brother GG sees and knows all
WOW, 1984…
Bravo (on many counts)
Not a prism, but… http://midopt.com/filters/bp590/
Very cool!!!!
Fun to ‘play’ with as well.
There’s a reference to a nice orange dye, as well as one of my favorite topics to hear a seminar about, the quantum dots.
I don’t know where you are, but Berkley was sort of ground central for a lot of QD work in the late 90’s, early 2000s. I see the group still exists. Alivisatos Group.
http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/pagrp/
Alivisatos is a huge name in QD, and his students and postdocs have filled up many positions after passing through Berkeley. QD are now found in TV sets that we can actually buy, as I understand it, and no doubt other things. The link you provided implies, at least to me, that the QD are the filter itself. I do intend to read more about this, when I get back from the library (a fiction run). Thanks for the feedback!
There is a lady, Kate Nichols, who does art with them, a TED member too, so maybe they’re some TED talks online. Her stuff is beautiful.
http://www.katenicholsstudio.com/ted.php
Here is one of avwh’s former posts:
avwh – Byodo Temple, from the Valley of the Temples (a Buddhist temple modeled after a 900-year-old temple in Japan) Allen said: “I’ve never seen so many carp before, nor a black swan.”
http://allenh.zenfolio.com/p82187307
Allen would have chuckled at these below.
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Baggs says – Looks like Madison Bumgarner is skipping Fan Fest for the second consecutive year.
The Astros have made a huge jump in quality, thanks to the Cardinal’s dishonesty.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2017/02/02/astros-revival/97431050/
Falcons frenzy grips the ATL as the Super Bowl approaches. Falcons are a very good team that can go toe to toe with the Patriots, especially offensively. But I don’t think their young defense–especially the DBs–can stop Brady from finding his WRs for key first downs or TDs. Hope I’m wrong, but my prediction: 27-21 Patriots.
Pitchers and catchers report in 9 days! https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/fd55d25062988fffbeeee2a3cf151b180183bc5c2956cfa35fff979f38a72785.jpg
I like this #9. All respect to Matt Williams, but he never hit a postseason HR as important as this one:
http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/11493214/v36752823/must-c-clutch-belt-cranks-tiebreaking-shot-in-18th
However, credit where it’s due: Williams WAS partially responsible for the Giants winning that game because of pulling Jordan Zimmermann in the ninth. #GreatGiant
Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal 2h2 hours ago
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Source: #Dodgers remain most likely destination for Romo, but no decision yet. Another team remains in mix, as @JonHeyman said.
Would being easy traveling distance from Mexico be a part of his decision?
Brawley
199 miles south-east of L.A.
I thought he had close relatives in Mexico?
Joaquin Guzman ?
Brawley’s about 20 miles from Mexico. I used haul carrots out of there. To Campbells Soup in Sacto.
There’s blues lyrics in there somewhere….
Well, once I took the east side of Salton Sea on a beautiful day on the way down there. Just to see it. That’s hiway 111. And I did write a couple verses around the line ” I’m trucking from heaven on South 111..”, or some variation thereof. Don’t think it really stuck as a song. But I’ve got a scrap of it around here. Maybe I should dig it out and try again, now 35 years later. Haha.
Lon met Russ down there a few times for an adult beverage or four…
He’s lived his whole life in the u.s.
I know that, but he still has lots of relationships in Mexico. He’s in the last stage of his career. Are those important for him to maintain? He is a human being.
BTW, I read, I think, he’s pitching for Mexico in the WBC.
Romo may have to settle for whatever he is offered, assuming he is sure he doesn’t want to walk away in 2017.
I only wondered out loud, does proximity to Mexico or far SoCal near Mexico inform his decision about other ML teams who might seem as attractive as an ultimate destination. He obviously loves the country, as suggested by his rumored play for them in the WBC. If I were in my last turn of the wheel, being near friends would be important for me.
Yes, what I was trying to say is maybe he pitches one more year if he gets the right opportunity, but otherwise is content to walk away with his rings. Just a guess. Location and a chance to perform regularly are surely two key factors, as is a chance to win, probably not that all much the $$$’s. I’d rather see him go to the Halos, quite frankly, as blue does not become ex-Giants.
Part of me feels that way, and part of me is just really curious what kind of battle he and Posey would have. I guy with an A grade slider who also has the juiciest hanging slider in baseball, against his former catcher who sometimes seems he can’t hit a good slider with a tennis racket but turns a hanger into a moon rock..
you do know that Romo and his family are from Brawley right? He is not an immigrant, but an American born in the US.
To think he needs to be on a team because it is close to Mexico without any detiails to back it up is plain ignorant and you know it.
Of course I do. My point was, since has family connections near the border, would that influence the choice of the team rumored to be in competition with the Dodgers. When ballplayers near the end of their career, those kinds of issues can be important. His choice to play for the Mexican team in the WBC this year suggests to me he probably does enjoy that region of the country and feels at home their and in Mexico. Don’t transfer your prejudices to me Efrain. it was an honest question with no racial overtones beyond his pride in his cultural heritage being a component of his potential desire to end his career near his home.
First of all not all Mexican Americans feel the need to live near the border. And the Dodgers are a great choice for 1) a guy from Brawley and as I said most likely grew up a Dodgers fan or at least around Dodger fans 2) has pitched his entire career in the division and must feel comfortable knowing the teams and 3) guess who has won the Division title the past 4 seasons!??!?!!??! ( clue: NOT the Giants).
So why is it such a mystery as to why a guy from the LA region would want to play near home on a team that gives him a great chance to win? All of you are letting you personal feelings get in the way of logic.
Plus Channel, for anyone of Mexican dissent with some expendable $$$ as Romo has earned, LA is perfect as it is cheap to fly from there to anywhere in Mexico so makes perfect sense. Even Mexicans who don’t have that kind of money jump in a car and drive to Mexico instead of fly.
So yes, while Romo has chosen to play for the Mexican team in the World Classic, it does not necessarily ( as you nor I know him) mean he wants to move there. Remember, he was born in the US and raised as an American, so why would you assume he “wants to go back”. All in all your choice of words and your logic just seem a bit odd.
I didn’t say they did. It’s not a mystery, but the desire for him to stay near SoCal might suggest the mystery team still in the running is the Padres, Angels, maybe even the Snakes. I get the geography and air travel. My question is who else might be interested in him. He might fit in Toronto, or Miami hypothetically, but maybe geography is a dominant issue.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwnnpKcP0Gw
The more things change …. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0TdGGpOpVE
Wow, romo pitching for someone other than the giants. This is going to look really bizarre.
Pavarotti singing is “God-like” – joined by the Godfather himself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb-B3lsgEfA
“Give me one reason to Stay here” (USA)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIXh0JNvuHs
Whoever needs help thinking of a reason should probably leave.
Bill Withers would be proud https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjPE5W4TGSg
A good dish for the Semi-Big Game party is a Black Bean and Yam Chili. I’ll presume that you make a mean chili yourself so make that without meat,and use black beans instead of pintos. Make enough as you need, the yams are for about 6 servings. Add more as needed. As the chili is simmering on the stove, peel about 2 pounds of yams and cut into cubes and toss them with some olive oil and some chili powder. Line a baking sheet with foil and add the yams and bake for about 25-30 minutes until they are tender but still firm. When the chili is ready, add the yams and cook another 10 minutes or so. It’s nice to have some garnishes like scallions, cilantro, sour cream, and whatever you like. Guacamole and corn tortilla chips, of course.Good beer and if you have a Mexican market nearby, they should have some Mexican sodas.
Got all that? Enjoy the game unless you are a NE fan. In that case have a miserable day tomorrow and everyday other day in your shitty life. CHEERS!!!!
What’s your favorite Mexican beer?
Well, I haven’t had a beer in about 20 years. I don’t recall many- Tecate and Dos Equis, Corona…I was more of a Mickey’s Big Mouth kind of guy.
What’s your favourite red wine, Cabernet Sauvignon or Pinot Noir or Barolo or Brunello di Montalcino?
I no longer drink alcohol. There’s a lifetime limit, you know. I reached mine in 1977.
But it did result in a very good wine recommendation to me. A Pinot from a vineyard in or around Los Gatos, as I recall.
It was from David Bruce in Los Gatos- good memory. I still had some until the fire. At Thanksgiving in 2014, it was still good after 45 years.
How could I forget. That was some good vino. I’m going to go buy a bottle of today’s vintage, and cry about your loss.
I’m a Tecate, or Bohemia fan myself.
Recently tried Modelo (amber). Very tasty.
I like Modelo Negro, but less of a fan of Modelo Supreme (?).
Hay-zoos I love Mickeys. There’s a dive in SEA that still serves them for 4 bucks.
Alvice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9HOBQVcmmg
“You don’t go out with a girl – You go out with the whole family”
Separated at Birth? Discuss https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/cbfa572e60ec6cbd0c95437bb9a753122a0ef70518239d58b76ab9434491a0cc.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/84a2d19920f7fefaf53e132c55b274221845067b7e44a1d7c3c6f613979859f1.jpg
Kudos to Matthew for bringing up Ray Scott. A greater VOICE there was not!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UeheksW6uM
Also the NFL of today does not have Refs like Ben Dreith – back in the day – who when he faced the crowd to orate what had happened – he said – “he was giving him the business” – during a New York Jets-Bills game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=eslz06J9hFw
I know you’re bored but why not talk sports and give the lame videos a rest? If not nothing wrong with not posting for the sake of posting. Add to the conversation.
Not bored. Check out my posts per day – the window opens at 11am and closes at 5pm – Ottawa Canada time. You on the other hand….occasionally have a clue and other times not.
Inspector Clue So So
Jump in, say something interesting. I think everyone must be in super bowl mode, not baseball.
I was cooking all afternoon. I finally unboxed the Instant Pot™ that I got for Christmas and taught myself how to use it. Chili for the Super Bowl, done in 25 minutes!
Spaget for me tonight. You fix traditional, or Mike’s anti Pats concoction.
Buffalo Chicken Chili
http://confessionsofafitfoodie.com/2017/01/21-day-fix-instant-pot-buffalo-chicken-chili/
I hear there are at least two varieties.
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There you go! Our Insta-Pot gets constant usage. Our most favorite appliance. Mrs. TF makes an awesome vegan chili with it. 15 minutes prep time, six minutes cooking, five minutes to de-pressure…YUM!
He was talking about my Dad. But you do have the option to “Hide Media”.
Just block him.
Nah he’s good for a laugh at times and knows ball
Reading your post it seems to me that the NE Patriots are very hated by all. Since I can’t figure it out, would some of you be so kind to explain it to me? Thank you.
I asked a guy that, he said it’s simple, they lie, steal, and cheat. Who really knows.
Bugiardi, ladri ed imbroglioni. Accidenti!
The QB and the coach are buddies of Donald Trump.
GO FALCONS !!! GO GO GO GO GO !!!!!!!!!!!!
Where?
Where they want, but after having destroyed those lousy Pats.
Don’t forget the owner, and his pastry chef.
And everybody in their bottom feeding low life yellow belly families.
Among *sports* fans, it’s far less political. It’s like the Yankees in baseball. They win so often–and their fans are so arrogant–that they’re easy to hate. Has little if anything to do with Trump.
What’s with the sports in quotation marks thing? As far as my pointing out that are “Trumpians”in the clan, that’s just one of the reasons to “hate” them. But in truth, I’m not one to actually hate a frigging sports team. Always a pleasure talking to you.
A good rule to live by is always hate people who think differently than you.
I don’t hate anyone because they think differently than I do.
Mmmmm.
Do you need clarification or are you liking your french toast?
It was more a dubious Mmmmm.
What’s dubious? That I don’t hate anyone because they think differently than I do? I don’t. Even with The Donald I don’t hate what he thinks, I hate what he is doing. But a good case for hating him can be found in his own words.
Those who can focus only on the team’s performance tend to dislike a team that always wins and whose fans gloat about it. Politics has nothing to do with it.
From the totality of my comments it should have been obvious that I was mocking those who really do hate a sports team. I only want NE to lose because I have a couple bets on Atlanta. Other than that, I don’t give shit about the Patriots.
“Should” have been obvious, yes of course, correct conditional tense, but only from an “ex post facto” POV. But I read and reply to one post at a time. I’m sorry, but my understanding is limited. I know not to know.
I have never thought that you were into hating a sports team. You are above that nonsense. Now- hating a poorly prepared Osso Buco alla Milanese, absolutely.
I agree, I just can’t stand that excellent raw food material is ruined by incompetent cooking.
Yeah.. That’s why everyone hates the Patriots.
I didn’t list the obvious ones. It was informational for those who want a couple more . But as I have commented before,to actually hate a sports team is pathetic.
Here ya go:
http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/bill-maher-hey-tom-brady-f–k-you-w465015?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=daily&utm_campaign=020517_10
(WARNING! F-bombs and political opinions embedded.)
SB Menù: Lasagne with pork sausage and radicchio Trevisano. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/62c76d1214022f7117de6322bbebd3819f0142fb0bebec5b4aad27cbb0a3244c.jpg
Or
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And that.
Now I will have to have to give her some saltpeter…
Gotta have that!
Mrs. Esposa is moaning here…
This goes out for DrLefty.
Breaking News – Italy – Letter from 600 academics to the government:”Students write bad, you have to take action”.
http://firenze.repubblica.it/cronaca/2017/02/04/news/firenze_la_lettera_dei_600_docenti_universitari_al_governo_molti_studenti_scrivono_male_intervenite_-157581214/?ref=HRER3-1
I have a problem with the idiots that wrote the translation algorithms.
I learned your language (so and so), you could learn a little italian…Nah, skip it. Useless.
In line to get into the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento. Conservatively, I’d say 80% are wearing Warriors gear. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/486972be3a6bed33763516519b674845b802493542255ab61bd35b8be4c0cb09.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/53ce61851c2a6fb91e220c0f68874b260559bde3a9d226ac69b06bdb685fcc58.jpg
How apropos. This weak-a** franchise infringes on the Warriors territory, the NBA owners do the big money grab (greed) and take the Indian dude’s money vs. moving this team to Seattle–where it belongs–and they’re about to watch the Dubs literally steal their home crowd advantage. Serves them right.
Oh yeah, and Sacramento foots the bill for a new arena to house the most dysfunctional team in the NBA.
How they avoided another referendum eludes me.
Yes, but you’re still defending Bochy’s performance in 2016, so you’ve been eluded before.
Bored, huh. Or are you locked in the closet, again.
Just asking- how many games do you think that Bochy lost because of his performance ?
5.23
I remember the .23 one very well. He made it rain.
And it includes the final game of the season.
I’m blaming that one Preston Riley. the Bay Area default whipping guy since 1972. Even today, school children boo when they hear his name.
https://media.tenor.co/images/32adfd5c74f8f79ebb60f74fe38a1e10/raw
It’s hard to give a number but it’s pretty clear his managing lost the last game of the nlds.
Well, he shared in the responsibility for that loss but I still want to hear some numbers to see who has a clue about these things. I have tried in vain to find a reliable way to show how many losses are solely attributed to the manager, probably because there is no loss or win that can be pinned on any one player or manager. Yes, even the last game of the NLDS .Maybe the closest than one can come to evaluating a manager’s performance is the Pythagorean W-L, though that than be just luck or bad luck. In 2016, the Giant’s Pythagorean W-L was 90-72 so some could say that Bochy was responsible for 3 regular season losses. But my Blogticulator Pro 2016 calculated that the comments here showed that without Bochy’s incompetence , we would have won 114 games.
There’s just no way to do this accurately. Pythagorean WL really isn’t very useful in this respect. I mentioned NLDS game 4 because it was a particularly clear case, in two ways (1) In the regular season, it’s much harder to fault a manager for pulling a pitcher who’s thrown 120 pitches because you have the rest of the season to worry about and he’ll normally have only 4 days’ rest before his next start, whereas in game 4 of the NLDS it was a do-or-die game so the rest of the season wasn’t really a consideration and Moore was going to have at least 6 days off before his next start, and (2) even assuming that he was going to pull Moore, it made no sense to have the first 3 pitchers in the 9th be Law and Romo–each of whom had thrown 2 innings the day before AND had had significant arm problems during the year, and Lopez, who’d had serious control issues the whole year and was going to pitch to Rizzo, who had shown in previous at bats that day that he wasn’t going to chase low and away pitches like he had been in games 1-3, as opposed to Smith and Strickland (and for that matter Gearrin, who never should have been off the postseason roster in the first place).
Bottom line, however- it’s NEVER possible to put a loss on just one individual.
True but that game was one of the most extreme cases I’m seen.
Tough to watch, that’s for sure.
It sure is a nice arena, though.
“Infringes on the Warriors territory”? Yeah, that 3 hour drive is killing the Warrior ticket sales…
I was living in the area before the Kings came to town. Because of them I can’t watch my team, the team I’ve followed since 1970, on the cable channel I pay for. I have to pay double (for League Pass) to see the Warriors play. So yeah, I feel infringed upon–I was here first.
OK.. But I would have been ecstatic to have my local town awarded an NBA franchise. Heck.. I was ready to welcome the San Jose A’s when I lived there. I still don’t buy that the Kings are stealing Warrior attendance or fans…
No, they’re not stealing fans, for sure. Maybe back when the Kings were regular playoff participants and the Warriors sucked, but not now.
I grew up in the Bay Area and was a Warriors fan from a young age and attended playoffs/Finals games in 1975. I wasn’t going to drop them for another team just because they moved close by. I might have embraced the Kings as a second team if it weren’t for the Chris Webber thing. I was so bitter about how he (and Nelson) had wrecked my team that I could never warm to the Kings as long as he played there.
But I certainly rooted for them against the Lakers in ’02 because ew, Lakers.
Lefty’s comments below explain what I meant. I grew up in Stockton as a Warriors fan. If another team came in and limited my access, I would be highly agitated.
One of my fears about the A’s to Sacramento rumors over the years was that they’d come here and black out the Giants. (We’d have to move!)
Just like the Raiders fans in San Diego. That was awesome.
I just saw this post.. I was there too! I would have bought you a beer..
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We’ll have to go to a River Cats game, for sure! Can’t wait for the season.
How many days until the fans report to Duke’s Sports Bar.
The Pink Pony closed.
Over/Under Prop bets at the Scott house
How many minutes before Merna asks if it’s over yet 5.2
How long do Jack and I stare at Kim’s chest until Kim and Merna tell us to JUST STOP! 2.5 ( 2 and a 1/2 minutes is a LONG time to stare anyone’s body parts )
How many guys do you know who can sing the National Anthem better than Luke Bryan 38.5
( I have the over )
GNight.
I can’t believe the Dubs lost to the garbage sac kings. That makes me sick.
First tough night I’ve seen for KD….no sweat. 43-8 is outta this world.
but AGAIN….the Dubs show that they are vulnerable to big athletic big men when they are not firing on all cylinders which to me is the biggest concern for this year moving into the playoffs. Cousins and Cauley-Stein are too big and too fast for the likes of West, Looney, McCadoo, with no Zaza and healthy Green in there.
A formula for any team in the playoffs will be to get Green out of the game, whether it is to bait him into fighting or foul trouble. Once he is out the Dubs are defensively challenged by teams that can get in the paint fast. Happened in the finals last year and can happen just as easily again.
I warned last year mid season the interior D was an issue and it happened. This team, for how talented and pretty it is, has to play a certain way for it to be successful. Take out a key piece defensively like Green and it goes to shit.
They lost in OT on the road when Durant went two for ten. Warriors fans can live with that, it’s a big So What.
sure it’s a game in early February.
But I’m sure you never sweated it when they were up 3-1 to the Cavs.
Last I checked last night they lost to the Kings 30mi from home, no excuse if they are the team they and the fans claim to be, none.
Relax. It was one game in which KD struggled.
Every other NBA team has a much longer list of vulnerabilities.
that’s not the argument, the point is for how great they are and for all the records they will break on wins in a season, wins in 2 seasons, wins over 3 seasons, to possibly have only one rings is a failure. The lack of being able to handle big men in the paint has been an issue since they one the one ring they have.
They can score all the points in the world and win all their games, unless they fix that issue, they are vulnerable and it’s a shame.
Cousins, Lawson and Colleson are good. New coach is good.
Geez, Lefty.
We really had an awful time at the game tonight, and I think I’d say that even if Steph had hit that layup and the Warriors had salvaged it.
As many of you know, my husband and I have often traveled to watch the Giants at other teams’ parks. We have never had such a bad experience as road fans anywhere.
The first thing that happened was when a drunken Kings fan–I’d say 50-something–in our row started booing loudly when they showed a video montage for Black History Month that included a clip of President Obama (you know, the first black president?). A young woman confronted him about being disrespectful and he got three inches from her face and screamed at and insulted her. Then he vented at our daughter’s boyfriend, who hadn’t done anything except wear a Warriors shirt. Security finally came and ejected him.
An older couple two rows ahead of us had cowbells and shook them every time the Kings made a defensive stop or scored. Every. Single. Time. Now, I know the history of the cowbell thing, and I’m actually amused that the Kings embrace it, but (a) that was the Lakers, not us and (b) it got very, very annoying for 2 1/2 hours. They’d also turn around and shake the bells at Warriors fans, gloating at us.
The worst part, though, was the Kings’ PA announcer. They did a video thing where they put Warriors fans on the video board, called them bandwagon fans, and made fun of them. Then late in the game, he yelled, “Let’s show Dub Nation that we’ve been loud since 1985, not just the last three years!” That “bandwagon” thing is dishonest and rude. Everyone knows the Warriors have great fans who stuck by them for decades of bad teams. But it made us feel unwelcome and uncomfortable. I have never been to a sporting event, home or road, where the PA announcer was egging on the home fans to mock the visiting teams’ fans. We paid good money for our tickets just like everyone else did, and we deserved to be treated respectfully as legitimate, paying customers.
The whole vibe was ugly, and when things got heated around Kerr’s ejection, both sets of fans were fired up and it felt like fights could break out. I blame the Kings and their rudeness to visitors.
The arena is gorgeous and beautifully designed, and you couldn’t pay me to go back there for another NBA game.
Wow that’s crazy! I was upstairs and none of that was going on… I was neutral in a sea of Kings/Warriors and everyone was civil…
I went to Dodger Stadium several years ago and the punk selling licorice screamed into my face “Giants Suck!!!
We’ve never gone back since…
I haven’t been to Dodger Stadium since the 80s, and at the time the Dodgers were serene in their smug success and the Giants’ franchise was mostly struggling. They didn’t care enough about us to hassle us. I’m sure it’s different now.
I went to Dodger stadium when I lived there and wore Giants gear and never had an issue other than a few “Giants suck” but who cares really. It was during a dry period for the Gmen so not much to be upset with.
I can tell you I’ve been to ATT and don’t think all Giants fans are civil to opposing fans after a few beers. I all depends on where you sit really, the cheaper seats and the bleachers in the OF tend to be a bit rowdier and more blue collar in nature, which is the nature of the beast no? I mean no one should expect to be welcomed at an opposing arena no matter where they are. Growing up and sitting in the bleachers at Candlestick there were fights with Dodger fans ALL THE TIME! it was expected.
Nothing compared to being in England at Premier League game. Try going to an Arsenal game in a Man United jersey, see how far that gets you.
Try going anywhere but Manchester in a Man United jersey.
Oh, I think any fan base has its people that will behave rudely after a few beers; I’m not kidding myself that Giants fans are different (although hubbs and I try really hard to be pleasant and friendly to Dodger fans at AT & T, especially since Bryan Stow). And you’re also right that things were rugged at Candlestick back in the day.
I was really more taken aback with the team-sponsored trolling and inciting from the video board and the PA guy. It was a close, intense game with some upsetting moments (like when Kerr was ejected), and tensions were a bit high. It seems irresponsible to be trying to set fans on each other–KIR is right (I asked my husband) that if someone got injured in a fight after that, the team could be held liable.
Ditto. Similar experience. No bueno.
Please take this recap to a higher level of publication. The NBA should be made aware, and the Sacramento media should chastise fans who behave in this manner. As you said, you paid good money to enjoy a game in which your favorite team is playing. It is NOT acceptable for any fan to mistreat any other fan in this manner.
Definitely should be contacting management.
I tweeted the Kings account from the game, and assuming I get one of those postgame feedback emails, I’ll certainly speak my mind.
Also, check it out: When we arrived at our seats, there was an envelope with my name on it. It was an invitation for a “free drink” if I’d attend a ticket sales pitch during halftime. I’d bought the game tickets directly from the Kings, not on the secondary market, and got a member discount during a Golden 1 presale opportunity. I’ve been a Golden 1 member since 1991 and we do all our banking through them.
Bottom line: This region has a lot of Warriors fans, and some of us might buy tickets to games and other events at this expensive new arena. It’s not like I flew out from Cleveland to watch the game–I drove 20 minutes from my house. Treating your customers badly is bad business.
I wouldn’t wait. They need to know. They might not want to know, but they should.
The drunken disorderly Kings fan should have been ejected earlier than he was. The Kings’ PA announcer and the video board are management’s responsibility. They should be held accountable for the hostility toward Warriors’ fans. What are your thoughts about reporting what happened, Lefty?
I probably will do/say something, just so they get the feedback.
That’s pretty shocking, and very sad. Sorry to hear all of that. Other than the racist idiot, the rest sounds like rampant insecurity that is encouraged by Kings management.
I hope you do get the chance to give feedback, but I doubt this horrendous franchise takes it seriously. They seem to revel in their unprofessionalism in many ways.
Hi Lefty.
Pretty shocking…yet doesn’t surprise me from an inferior franchise.
3 suggestions if you’re up for it. 1: Contact the Warriors. Let them know what happened (big screen antics; especially) and how it generated adversarial environment. They would then contact the NBA. 2: Contact the Kings. 3. Contact Golden 1 and let them know how you will never go to “their” arena again. In all cases, I would make it known that if the Giants did that at a Dodgers game (and you could check this with Mr. Lefty), they would more than likely be responsible for anything that occurs by raising anger level.
BTW…I did tweet Damon Bruce about this and used the Giants/Dodgers comparison…so perhaps he would get a Kings person on the phone. Not only is his station now the “Home of the Warriors”.. this stuff floats his boat. We’ll see.
I’m really sorryyou guys had to deal with this. I had so much hope for this arena.
No. 1 is a REALLY good idea!
The others are good , too!
Great suggestions, KIR. Thanks! And that is an excellent point about the Giants/Dodgers. I have been to many, many Giants/Dodgers games over the years, and you’re right: I can’t imagine the Giants trying to troll Dodgers fans or incite Giants fans, especially after what happened to poor Bryan Stow.
The Kings/Warriors is hardly at that level, and I wouldn’t even really call it a rivalry, but there really was a nasty edge to it all, and the vibe was borderline scary. I had to warn my daughter, who was furious about her boyfriend getting screamed at (and had a few beers) not to get into with anyone on the way out.
Oh, one more “troll” moment I forgot in my recap: Late in the game on the giant video board, they showed a grinning Kings fan holding up a big sign saying “Blew 3-1 lead.” Well, yeah–but not to the Kings. Again, going out of their way to bait.
I agree with KIR, you should email the Kings, the Warriors and Adam Silver. It’s a liability issue if somebody were to get injured. I can’t imagine any other team in any sport showing those types of videos and making those kind of announcements on the PA system. Did the Kings even think about running those ideas through their lawyers? And once the NBA offices are put on notice of this it wouldn’t be surprising if the Kings were told to stop this, again because of the potential liability. They can’t claim they were unaware of the hostile and threatening environment that they were creating.
Did Freddie Douglass do an amazing job last night?
He sang the National Anthem. Dude’s got pipes!
Sorry you had an awful time. Myself and Mrs. Crawnik went to Friday night’s game against Phoenix; which, along with the Warriors, are my two favorite teams. Been following the Dubs since mid-70’s, Suns since late 80’s. You’re right, this isn’t the Lakers, and the new arena doesn’t have the same intimate setting, if you will, that Arco Arena had.
Better Seattle’s problem. That fan was trained at the tractor pulls that are often center stage at the BB stadiums here in Sac.
Sounds like a chump rally. ‘Throw them out!’ The fact that the PA flacks were provoking hatred is really disturbing. Imagine that at a Little League game – it’s uncivilized.
There you are.
OK, that’s the last time I go to bed early. Woke up at 2:30 absolutely wide awake and fully rested. I’m not doing that again.
Baseball season is officially here for me. I went to my grandson’s practice yesterday. I need him for about a week so we can work on his swing. Actually, I need a week with his coaches to teach them how to teach hitting.
I honestly would like to see you do that and tell us how it goes. I am in the same boat of coaching soon but I assumed YouTube was all over this and most coaches would use it? Depending on the age of the coaches that might be a first step. My 30-something son always tells me when we hit a snag on anything, “Dad, that is what the internet is for.”
What age is your grandson?
Here’s the thing… there are people at all levels of baseball that do things wrong as far as technique, but they’re still very successful. Although Clutch and I agree on nearly everything, we still disagree on a few. There are lots of things on hitting on the web, but even some of these guys get it wrong on some things, or the videos haven’t caught up with new knowledge. As an example, some videos don’t deal with the orientation of the hands in relation to each other on the bat. Some folks don’t discuss it at all.
I saw a video that Wotus did on infield practice and I felt so pleased about how he was instructing young infielders to handle ground balls. He was using a round glove with no fingers and no pocket. It was used to make sure infielders HAD to use both hands on EVERY ball. I used to (and still do) have my kids warm up their arms by playing catch and using the back of their gloves to catch the ball, not the pocket. I’ve also used a ping-pong paddle glued to a batting glove to train infielders. (Thanks Matty) (Funny thing is yesterday my oldest son and I played catch during practice and without one word we both switched to using the backs of our gloves as we warmed up.)
Sorry for the delay because I really appreciated your explanations. Being able to do well and to teach it are Two Different things. I like the ape = baseball player connection too.
I like barehand drills for the 6-9 kids but even older it is good. Whitey Herzog’s book on coaching gave me lots of tools before the internet 25 years ago.
Catching with the back of your glove? I am trying to picture that. Be soft and use your second hand to trap it? Fun story of your son’s playing catch that way with you.
I coached him for several years so he knows all the drills. Also, the apes in our colony were very smart. I’ve gotten more grief from parents of my players than any of the monkeys. Officially apes and not monkeys. Monkeys (new world monkeys) are not as smart as apes (old world monkeys). We’re closer to old world than new world.
Yes, when you use the back of your glove you HAVE TO use both hands.
One other thing. Most infielders deflect the ball into the throwing hand rather than plucking it out of the glove.
You ought to give some thought to that wooden axe handle bat. They don’t seem to break.
I’m a believer in using real balls and real bats. They have to learn with real tools. Aluminum bats are pretty sturdy too.
Yeah, but I think they (aluminum) sabotage kids with talent. They create a learned dependency aluminum contact parameters that just aren’t there with wood bats.
That’s what they play with until much later and then it’s BBCOR
That’s what LL uses.
Always good to get good, tested ideas. Can’t wait to try this one.
Any benefit in making them catch with their weak hand?
not really
Bummer
I have had to switch to my non-dominant hand these past years due to nerve damage and I was hoping it had some benefits. It does have left/right brain advantages that I hope keeps Alzheimer’s away .
I guess my point below is, just because you played ball and were successful at it, doesn’t mean you know how to teach it.
Oh, forgot. He’s 10
Breakout the ‘old saw horse’ to teach a level swing?
In addition to playing, having worked in the study of PD and teaching apes complicated motor programs, taught me how to teach baseball players more than anything else I’ve ever done. Sometimes simple things (and repetition) work wonders.
The saw horse drill is a great tool for keeping ones eyes on the ball and swinging level. Oh those stinging hands when you miss.
here’s my pick for the big game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTz8g8yh8GY
Everything about this game smells like a Pats win. My only hope lies with Dan Quinn and his defensive acumen. Quinn has been a defensive line coach/coordinator his entire NFL career. I think Quinn appreciates the necessity to make TB have to pick himself up off the ground. Atlanta doesn’t have to sack him but they have to touch him up. My hope is that Atlanta wins 29-24.
Great offense in Atlanta. Julio Jones is unstoppable
Mack playing center with a broken leg…Belichick will attack him with a vengeance
Like flies on stink. God bless you Alex Mack.
The team with the best QB will win this. This year Ryan is the best QB, regular and postseason. Falcons by 10.
I hope you’re right…the best QB’s can be brought to earth immediately when their line gets beaten. When the center is playing on a broken leg, every play’s timing can be compromised….
yep
Oh my, that’s good stuff.
Happy Super Sunday. Pitchers and catchers report in 8 days. YES! YES! YES! https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/b539d382a3c73fec5250d605b247028a6f849ce97a00a8d1296772d38e32ecf5.jpg
He’s my choice for the NL’s comeback player in 2017. But he’s such a great team player that he’ll probably decide to split it with #18. Yes, I’m optimistic, because spring is in the air. Not really, if I go outside it is kinda winterish here, but i know the Giants’ equipment truck has already departed for Arizona.
Sounds like a great pick.
If Cain does win it, the Giants win it all.
And here goes out for the gourmets of this blog, as wisely suggested by Chef, a glory of the Italian regional cuisine, the risotto alla Milanese con ossobuco. Bon appétit.
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Wow, that looks delicious! Almost as delicious as the picture from this site:
http://mambokitchen.blogspot.com/2015/10/risotto-alla-milanese-con-ossobuco.html
I don’t think he was claiming that he made this dish, just posting a picture of some vomit with yellow rice.
Your Super Bowl buffet?
http://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/498886900_2f32c8fa14_z-630×420.jpg
Well, no, but I’m not much of a gourmet, Panda Express does the trick for me.
That was definitely the work of a Panda at full gallop.
I think PS35 was chasing it.
LOL. Hot panda pursuit.
I can’t eat at Panda anymore because I developed a sesame allergy in my mid-30s. But we ate often at the Panda Inn when we lived in Pasadena (that’s the mother ship that spawned Panda Express). It was upscale Chinese and they had this “sweet and pungent shrimp” dish that was just to die for (metaphorically–I might literally die if I tried to eat it now).
I go to our local one sometimes and buy bottled Orange Chicken sauce, which you can get at the cash register and doesn’t have sesame. Then I make an oven-baked version of the chicken (cut the chicken into chunks, dredge in flour/garlic salt, toss with the sauce and bake). Not quite the same, but better than nothing. And I tell Mr. L hands-off the leftovers, since HE can go to Panda any time he wants.
Do they serve Sea Cucumber?
In a Midori compote.
If a waiter says “you no like”, believe it.
You can always print the image and serve that for dinner.
Exactly. Notice that I wrote Milanese, not Venetian.
That looks amazing. I LOVE risotto.
A restaurant way to prepare risotto in advance without screwing it up is to cook it to the point of where it’s not quite creamy and then spread it out onto a baking sheet and cool quickly. When you are ready to finish it just return it to your saucepan, add the last of the broth and/or wine, stir, taste, and serve. That leaves you time to finish the other dishes without having to hover over the risotto for 45 minutes.
Supposedly my new toy (the Instant Pot electric pressure cooker) is fabulous at cooking risotto. Will report back.
Isn’t that a great gadget. We love it. It makes just unbelievable grits and sausage.
Just getting started. If you have a few minutes and want a chuckle: https://danatriespot.wordpress.com/
That could be called ‘Instapot adventures’. LOL.
My Facebook friends thought I meant I was, um, puffing the magic dragon for the first time! They were kind of disappointed when they realized it was just about cooking. 😉
LMAO.
BTW, dare you go there…
http://www.pressurecookermeals.com/dessert/instant-pot-cake-brownies/
I just checked out some reviews. Sounds great except for one model that will explode if you aren’t careful.
I hope I don’t have that one.
Just have your guests step outside when you fire it up, so to speak.
Sorry Chef, but you surely know not to cook risotto more than TWENTY minutes.
You cook it as long as it takes.
Rice Carnaroli, or even better Vialone nano, requires not more than Twenty minutes to cook “al dente”. Ask it to any italian cook.
Looks good, like ossobuco should.
PS35 thinks that you must like vomit with yellow rice
Well, context is everything. PS35 is an outspoken fan of fast Panda food. There’s that to consider.
Mi Esposa approves!
Someone asked me who I was rooting for and I said “well, my brother went to the same HS as Brady, Serra, I guess I’m pulling for New England.” Spoke to him (my brother, not Brady) the other night, he’s not watching and doesn’t care about the Brady HS connection so the heck with that, Go Falcons!
Go Falcons!
Ha! That reminds me, when I lived in Atlanta, they’d say, “Go Falcons! And take the Braves with you!” I think they made bumper stickers, too!
Atlanta does have great cheesy grits with garlic.
Bummer
I like the idea of a fanbase getting its first championship. I remember what that’s like.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wmN4EJjjly0/U_6D_ojoQ5I/AAAAAAAAFF4/lv5JYu2Pgys/s1600/Guinness%2BBlonde.jpg
I popped open my first one at 12:45. Go Falcons!
She just had Ossobucco and Rissoto before the game.
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Pirates McCutchen is moving to RF.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2017/02/05/pirates-star-andrew-mccutchen-moving-to-right-field/97525124/
I’ve been catching up on some crime shows that I missed the first time around. I’m now watching The Shield. Michael Chiklis stars as Vic Mackey, a corrupt cop who blows away other cops and anybody else who annoys him. Another cop strangled his cat for the hell of it.
These are the good guys.
Oracle?
Now that’s just mean 😉
ROTFL.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9EgOtbsKCI
Luke Bryan was so bad that it seemed like he was SAYING the Anthem.
It is Houston, my home town. People were still looking at the weather ball on top of the Gulf Building years after the took it down.
Sooooo slowwwwwwww. Zzzzzzzzz
Bring back the Schuyler sisters–they were awesome
LOL!!
Dana Ferris
@leftydana
Thinking of @hankschulman as I listen to Luke Bryan’s 5-hour version of the anthem. Dude, some of us have to work tomorrow!
Actually it was just 2 minutes & 4 seconds. It just seemed like 5 hours.
Whoever that “leftydana” person is, s/he has a great sense of humor. S/he and I think just alike.
I never saw the political aspect of her name before. Probably an oversight.
In Spain. Well, Sergio’s gone south too. Have I missed anything else?
Found a good bar in Seville.
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(sorry for the 90-degree problema)
Damn, Brady looking good.
Ain’t no Brady that ever looked better than Marcia Brady….
I was a Jan man.
Freeman , slolom skiing on grass.
Time to get greedy Atlanta.
Can’t watch – in Seville – where can I live-blog the game?
I think the NFL allows it if you’re outside the US.
Nope. Good try tho. (They charge 25 Euros.)
Never mind – got it on espn.nfl (streaming score). ;o)
Also, 538.com.
No kidding, that’s pretty cool.
538 has graphs….;-)
WaPo is also live-blogging!
Check out the discus live site. I think there is somebody running a live blog.
GREAT JOB, BRADY!!!!!
I’ll spare you what I actually said in my living room because it IS Sunday.
Hey Boss – should I get ready to be happy?
Too soon, but the Falcons are up 21-0 in the second quarter after the pick-6 off Brady.
Gracias Dr. If this were los Gigantes, I’d stay up all night. As it is, I’ll leave it in your hands.
(My Amigo Mr. Kelly brings home $2500 if los Falconés win!) :o)
Dislike?
I would love Tom Terrific to be a three time loser. 1 2 3 in misery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maI7ZGsnSJw
Thanks for posting, great song! Good ol’ gritty pub rock sound. Nick Lowe on bass and Brian Setzer on lead guitar.
I spotted 3 NE fans.
And they are leaving.
How deflating.
Touché!
Those 2 sacks and numerous touches have messed a little with TB’s passing calibration. Sometimes a little is enough. Our next head coach is looking pretty, pretty, good.
The Atlanta offense is very good and has both a great passing game and ground game. Freeman is one fast back that can get outside and his cuts are the best I have seen in a decade or 2.
He’s a shifty one that Freeman. Alex Mack still contributing.
hyperbole much, “a decade or two”? Must not watch a lot of the NFL.
Kid is really good but but really?
In Cub years?
1st half QB rating
Brady 65.3
Ryan 158.3
Bill B’s chest has sunken a bit.
MVP- Lady Gaga.
“This Land is Your Land, This Land was made for you and me.”
Lady Gaga knew what she was doing. As I said a few days ago, many people don’t realize This Land is Your Land is protest song, not a patriotic song. I knew she would find a way.
Just on the physicality of her show, it’s beyond what any football player could handle.There’s nobody like her,that’s for sure.
I love Pokerface, the song & video.
Good thing, too. Being very careful about who comes into the USA from nations that breed terrorists is an awful, illogical idea.
So then why weren’t they banned?
Not understanding your question.
Figures. All the countries that have bred terrorists that have made attacks in the USA are not on the list of countries we need to be careful about. Why? Seems like an “awful, illogical idea” not to include those countries, don’t you agree?
He didn’t answer your question.
He cannot, otherwise he’d show his intellectual dishonesty.
Maybe in attempt to keep things reasonable and reflect the current state of the world? But if you’re in favor of expanding the list of those receiving extra review, I don’t have a problem with it.
Millennials love glow sticks and skittles.
This Super Bowl is exactly what I was rooting for. So far.
I need more Julio and Ryan collaborations.
I finally took a look at the Bill Maher – Rolling Stone thing. Funny.
Fox rejected 84 Lumber Company’s journey commercial. Because of course Fox did. Here’s the rest of the journey.
http://journey84.com/#
It wouldn’t do anything
http://journey84.com
“this service is unavailable”
Then just google journey84.com.
Thank you.
I watched the commercial on YouTube. Those Fox people are really a bunch of dirty bast..ds.
thanks. sooner or later there must be enough of us to fix this.
84 Lumber Company’s website was down temporarily after the first part of the journey aired. I guess a lot of people wanted to see the full journey.
I wasn’t talking about the site. I was talking about the whole other mess.
Get first downs and keep Brady off the field.
27 !!! Go Falcons !!! One more, go ! 28 !
Madden on the Patriots.
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/02/super-bowl-51-new-england-patriots-atlanta-falcons-madden-ea-sports-trolling-tweet-twitter
I wonder how often they check ball pressure during the game?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb-yB4OxGBA
great song, and album as well,but only for those that are partial to rock n roll
So, who won?
That was incredible.
Give the Patriots credit for not quitting, but that was an all-time collapse. That was far worse than blowing a 3-1 lead in a best of 7.
You knew, as he always does, Belichick would make halftime adjustments. Sprinkle in a couple dumb plays, and viola.
Brady deserves a ton of credit.
voila. viola is a stringee instrument! 😉
yeah Atlanta should have ran the ball on the drive where they got down to the 20. A field goal would have just about sealed the game, Instead a holding penalty and a sack, clock stopped both times and out of field goal range. 2 runs and a field goal, the game would have been basically out of reach. The next drive they had would have been runs instead of a sack and fumble. Bad coaching decisions. That is the new 49r head coach?
Credit where credit’s due. That was an all-time comeback & collapse. Not sure what it was more of.
How about blowing a 3-0 lead lead in a best of 7?
It’s about equal to that.
This trophy handoff will be full of fun.
President Trump’s post game tweets will be respectful and classy.
Arthur Blank’s reversal of fortune was visceral.
Yay! It’s baseball season now!
This week’s MLB Network Top 10 Right Now episodes were on right fielders and relief pitchers. I was surprised that Pence made The Shredder’s list, but he did at #8. Mookie Betts was #1, knocking Bryce Harper off that perch.
Melancon was #6 on The Shredder’s list and #4 on Bill James’s list. Andrew Miller is #1, and I’m guessing he’s the first non-closer to get that spot. It’s rare for a non-closer to crack the top 10 at all.
They also do a fan vote for each position, and guess who’s #4 on the fan vote for ALL relievers?
…Derek Law! (Melancon was #8. Chapman was #10.)
Gotta love Giants fans. That’s kinda cute.