TODAY
Reds in process of blowing lead hanging on totally imploding against Phils
Giants host Braves @ 6:37 PT
TOMORROW
Rays at Rangers @ 2:00 PT
Twins at Yankees @ 5:30 PT
SUNDAY
Giants at Braves @ 1:30 PT
Phillies at Reds @ 4:30 PT
Rays/Rangers and Twins/Yankees “if necessary”
At this point, I’m rooting for sweeps all the way ’round; let’s get all this non-A’s baseball over with.
- A’s outright Wolf and Kilby to Sacto — seems to mean they’re off the 40-man
- Rays decided it wasn’t such a great idea to go with Baldelli after all, DL him and activate Aybar
- I didn’t realize that players struck from the roster for the playoffs (e.g., Zito) were “reassigned to the minor leagues” — I’m curious as to how that interacts with the whole “options” dealio …
- Dan Meyer’s available again
1. Wow
2. [obligatory Lebowski quote]
3. Wonder if they’ve tried this on Chavez
wow, that was ugly. reminds me of the a’s fenway meltdown in game 3 of the 2003 alds. bad stuff just. kept. happening.
I’m voting for Kevin Drum for Senate Leader
Periodically awesome:
Ouch. I’m not sure that I tank, much less a Buster Posey, would survive a collision with Pablo Sandoval.
The uni tops on the field in this Giants-Braves game are an affront against God, and I expect him to strike someone down with his horrible wrath at any moment.
He already tried what with the Posey and the Panda.
Posey and the Panda is what they’ll call the new re-make of Freebie and the Bean.
I’m waiting for the version where you sneak down to the owners box and convince the GM to fight crime in Oakland with you: Free
bieSeat and the BeanePrediction: one of these four series will see a team blow their 2-0 series lead.
I’d take that bet. What percentage of teams down 0-2 have come back to win a five-game series?
Less than 25%, I’m sure. More wishful thinking on my part than analytical prediction. Hopefully we get at least one five game series.
Too fucking many.
You say Manny, I say maNY,
…
Texas is losing their series. I would stake (steak?) the farm on it. The smell of fear is thick on the Rangers. They melt down bigtime today, and the Rays crush them in game five.
Looking like a strong prediction at this point.
Indeed, the stench of death is all around the Rangers. Though at least they get to start
Gil HerediaMark MulderMark MulderBarry ZitoCliff Lee.This is what Brian Wilson gets for that awful beard.
And jersey.
See, and now God has struck down Billy Wagner for the blasphemous spring training jersey he’s wearing too.
Repent, sinners!
And now Farnsworth, acting at God’s behest, has struck down Freddy Sanchez for a variety of reasons.
It also appears he will strike down the Braves season.
He also hates the uniforms.
Posey’s about to become even more of a folk hero.
Agreed, and it bugs the crap out of me for some reason.
crap-out-bugging deferred.
What an incredibly dumb move by Glaus. It worked, but it was stupid.
Holy crap, risky FKin’ play…
Yeah, it was about the ballsiest possible choice. But then he did have a catcher running.
I think I’m in love with the woman at the end of the Juke commercial.
I hope Santiago Casilla comes into the game.
I predict that Rick Ankiel will get the save.
That’d be hilarious. We don’t need no stinkin’ double switch!
Wow. Exorcising demons of playoffs past.
Dammit that’s what I was about to suggest.
SPLASH HIT!!!
(I know technically not, but still)
Why technically not?
They don’t call them “Splash Hits” when hit by a visiting team.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCovey_Cove#Splash_hits
Isn’t that obnoxious?
That’s dumb.
So the counter is basically 99% Bonds?
35/55 ~ 64% Bonds (and 23 by non-Giants).
I was there when someone from the Cubs did it earlier this year. I thought them not counting the opposition was so so stupid.
Cody Ross is like two dogs’ names.
The Ankielosaurus helps stave off Atlanta’s extinction!
If this result holds, I might have to call KNBR tomorrow morning masquerading as a Giants fan, and insist that we have to trade Posey in the offseason because he can’t get it done in the postseason.
For Bengie Molina, who is gettin’ it done with the Rangers.
Two great games. This has been a great series.
And we’re guaranteed at least one series which lasts past Sunday, which is nice.
How did I not know that there is a “Law & Order: UK”? I caught a bit of one episode last night on BBC America. I didn’t catch the beginning, but they use the “chunk, chunk” sound and everything. The judges and lawyers wear those powdered wigs, though. Why do they wear those? It’s so goofy.
Oh to be heir to the Dick Wolf fortune.
FSU: I’ve been in NY for a week and am completely behind schedule on my Project Runway and Just Desserts, but once I catch up this weekend we must discuss. I’ve got at least two JD’s in my TIVO, but man, I’ve never seen anyone melt down like that one guy a few weeks ago. I’m sure that gal from Citizen Cake was like “I did not sign up for this.” These pastry chefs are “cray cray” as Valerie from PR would say.
Watch out, the pastry crazy appears to be contagious.
Dude, does pastry equate pure fuckin’ diva in the restaurant world or what? More catty than about three or four seasons worth of TC. Maybe there are enough genuine bad-asses in the kitchen that if you act like too much of a diva, they’ll just kick your ass. I don’t think Bourdain would necessarily kick your ass himself, but he might order the work-released dishwasher to do so.
1. The ultimate grover bait.
You’re gonna miss Wolf and Kilby that much?
Sorry… the picture was #1 in my attention span.
Although I am going to do a piece about the roster.
Heeeeeeere he comes to snuff the roster
Oh yeah…..
lol
God that Braves win last night was gratifying.
BJ has caused Johnson to score to tie up the game.
I’m not sure whether that sentence got more or less suggestive as it went on.
Double entendres aside, what’s with the suicidal running game this post season?
If Joyce hadn’t tried to go 1st to 3rd there, BJ would have driven 2 home and there would have been another out in the inning.
Agreed. It wasn’t clear that he was going for third, vs. just taking a big turn, but it’s not any less suicidal either way.
Alright, the “O’Day” song cracks me up. That’s pretty awesome.
I am utterly fucking speechless.
Also, here’s $100 that says he’s caught in a rest-stop men’s-room sting within 3 years of getting elected.
Is that good or bad for his odds in that district?
Well, Demjanjuk lived on the other side of the state …
Actually, which sentence were you asking relative odds on?
twins have lost 11 straight postseason games, eight to the yankees.
Ron Gerenhire’s shit doesn’t work in the playoffs.
It sucks. I had them in my MLB survivor thing. I thought Hughes would give up enough runs.
Only Yankee batting under .250? Choke-Rod, of course.
Well I jinxed that. Now it’s Gardner.
Doesn’t this throw ricochet off Cano’s helmet into Kelleher’s groin?
Kellehertz
Insane Coen Posse:
No one?
No one who has a
cluefifth grade education. ed not: fixedGah! Running into outs *again*.
Any slight Huddy-related softening to my Braves loathing was immediately ended by the sight of that punk Derek Lowe being interviewed in the Atlanta dugout. And the subsequent chorus of tomahawk-chopping Braves fans hammered home the truth that their franchise deserves naught but failure.
:: crotch chop ::
Agrd.
Heckuva game so far, tho.
Anti-Giants trumps in this series.
Gotta love Jon Miller
He mentioned 2003. I almost threw my laptop at my TV.
But I still love me some Huddy.
Willie Brown, da Mayor of snark:
With that Fontenot (!) K, Giants have 9 LOB through 7.5 innings. Their 1-run leads feels awfully flimsy.
And Sanchez has been up in the zone for the last few innings. Better pull him quick.
(and as I write this Braves Conrad fucks up the sca bunt for a popup. Nice gift)
And Bochy makes the change. Good move.
Eric Hinske disagrees with me.
Whoops.
Bochyng the 1st inning looks like it’s going to bite.
Wow. That was a helluva job by Huff, staying back on that slider and getting a big hit on a good pitch from Dunn. This has definitely been the best series thus far.
except for brooks conrad.
Nice game Brooks Conrad: 0-3 including a popped-up bunt, and 3 errors leading to two unearned runs. Ouch
{exercises Ellis’s option}
Heavy props to the sfgate.com headline writer who came up with “Brooks Conrad’s Start of Darkness.”
funny!
The horror!
Mistah Cox, he retired.
With Glaus replacing Conrad tonight, Deadspin chimes in: “Is this how it ends? Not with a bang, but with a .240 hitter?”
Happy meaning of life day everyone! It’s the only one there’ll be in most of our lifetimes.
I like both Bay Area football teams evenly, weird, I know, but is it wrong to openly root against the 9ers so that Mike Singletary is terminated of his coaching duties? Aside from being a rude bully, it’s pretty clear the guy cannot coach. For the betterment of the franchise, I am rooting for them to lose. So I ask, is that okay?
I still like him, and no either way.
I like the niners, and am rooting for 0-6 so Singletary will be gone.
We are too good to be 0-5. But whatever he said to Alex there…
I’m becoming increasingly alarmed that the Harbaugh/Luck show will be moving just slightly north next Fall.
I’m liking the idea more and more now that you mention that scenario.
It depends. Would you like the Niners to win games?
I’m an Oakland fan across the board. But while I’m ambivalent about the Giants, I loathe the 49ers. Accordingly, I hope Singletary lasts the whole season and brings the franchise to hitherto unimaginable levels of shame and despair. And also losses…many, many losses.
Which, of course, is something a Raiders fan knows painfully well.
Top of the 9th, 2 run lead, runner on 2nd and 1 out and you’re really going to let Hamels bat?
Exude confidence.
Yesterday, our stalwart laptop stopped booting. No images–nothing. Just a series of beeps when we tried to start it up. Turns out the beeps mean that the graphics card is bad–which, on a laptop, means that the whole freaking motherboard needs to be replaced.
So, after researching motherboards and the cost for parts (I’m confident enough to switch it myself), I decided that I’d rather buy a new computer. I was searching around about my computer model and found that the graphics “card” in it was defective, but that I’m too late to get in on the class action.
In my search, I found videos of people fixing the problem themselves with heat guns, so I went to the local hardware store to look for a heat gun. I asked a store clerk if they had any “hiito gan” and she gave me a blank stare. I explained what it was used for, and she told me that the must not have any, likely assuming that I had no idea what I was talking about. So, as she was presenting me glue guns and soldering irons, I saw a heat gun–with the exact words “hiito gan” in katakana right on the box–but it was 8000 yen. No thank you–a new motherboard wouldn’t cost much more than that.
Up above the heat gun was a little blow torch about twice the size of a cigarette lighter for about ten bucks. I bought it, dismantled my computer, and used a blow torch to “reflow” the GPU, whatever the heck that means.
I cleaned everything up, pieced it all back together, and somehow, I have a working laptop again. Don’t ask me how long this fix will last–it could be a day, 3 months, 5 years. But dern am I proud of myself for fixing a busted laptop with nothing more than a ten dollar torch.
Here I was thinking “Lappy” was your lap dog …
Nice work!
That’s very cool.
awesome diy story.
JediMacGuyver.
Just because…
I love you….shhhh, don’t tell mb.
I love you. Shhhhh…..don’t tell Mr. Poppy.
Stupid of the day
MWM seeking graphic designer.
….and that’s just off the top of his head!