Tim McG

Um. Luck, perhaps...?

Living in a dairy intensive area of the country, I can unequivocally say milk is made pretty much the same way it always has. Seriously, though, for years I was lactose intolerant. Now, by sheer happenstance, I can tolerate milk products again. Maybe they quit shooting up the cows with so many hormones? I dunno.

I have acid re-flux. Does that count?

Yup.

Exactly. Good point. It is also why I live where I do. The cost of living...I can actually afford house here. The downside is it's a four hour drive to San Francisco.

I hear you. But $50 bucks for the top of the stadium is crazy nuts. Field Level is $200-250 or more....for ONE game? Geez. This isn't Levi's Stadium and 49ers football. It's baseball. I mean, 81 games at home vs 8 home games at the 49ers ballpark. The "cheap" seats there are going for $65 bucks a toss. That isn't much more than the "cheap" seats in ATT. The Giants are threatening to price me out!

Hope so. What's cool is we can take the BART under the Bay to Oakland and the CalTrain to San Francisco. No driving hassles at all. Which is great because it is a four hour drive to get to the Bay Area. Luckily, his family owns a house on the Peninsula and we can park and ride the various surface transit. He recently moved here from Orange County, Angels land. I spent a lot of time in that ballpark myself as a young lad. But you know what's funny [not "Ha Ha" funny, odd funny], for the same money per ticket, we got Field Level seats in Oakland, but nose bleeds in San Francisco. Go Figure.

Well, now that I'm past the worst with this cancer crap maybe I'll have fewer bad days. The Giants winning three WS rings in five years helps, I'll say that for sure! BTW...my neighbor and I just purchased game tickets for an A's game and a Giants game on consecutive days in June! It will be his 1st time in either ballpark. Looking forward to it!

Awww...David's OK. Some folks will tell you the same about me, too. They're wrong, of course. I'm just a sweetheart. Right, Scott?

The guy who would know the answer to that is David Jones from the old JazzCorner BBS. He was a font of historical baseball information and wrote a couple books on the topic, too. They are available on Amazon if you are so inclined.

Well, OK then. Well put, John.

Well, I respectfully disagree. I said what I did because the sporting media is just full of A-Rod news. That's all they seem to talk or write about every time the guy picks up a bat. Just pointing out the inequities is all. As to Babe Ruth, he never saw the best pitchers in that time period because they were all in the Negro Leagues. Satchel Page, as an example, would have had him for lunch. No Latino players ever pitched to him, either. In those days, the only truly good players played for a handful of teams. Most were on the Yankees. With his alcoholism and obesity, he wouldn't hold a candle to modern day players of equal or greater talent. Just my opinion of the matter is all. And the media was full of Barry news when he was over-taking Ruth, and when he was over-taking Aaron too. Maybe your problem is that he is leaving another famous Giant in the dust but there just isn't enough mention of his use of PEDs? And as to Ruth what you are really saying is that every single legendary player of the era - who hardly only played for the Yankees, BTW - are in fact all frauds because they didn't face black pitchers. Utterly ludicrous and appallingly ignorant. Bonds was breaking the all-time HR record. A-Rod has been in the news 24-7 since way before last year's suspension, mostly for gossip purposes, and only now tied for 4th all-time. Besides, it's only the Yankees. I'm not that tied into it. No big, Dan. Just a game. Cheers! Hahahahaha!!! I wasn't around back then either, but if the highlight reels are any indication, that plus the fact pitching is far and away better now than back just 30 years ago, I think it's a fair bet. He still didn't see a circle change, two seamer [was the knuckler thrown back then?] or a any number of pitch variations like the slurve or a four seam splitter. And some of the best pitchers of that time period weren't allowed in MLB. I just don't see the Babe as much to shout about compared to modern day players. Just my two cents. How many modern day players can match his record as a pitcher and hitter? If you say one, that's one too many. He was one of the best pitchers in the majors until he turned to everyday playing. Good point, Paul. Pitchers don't hit very well at all and nobody since Ruth. However, he faced-off against the same mild pitching as a pitcher, too. I'm just not impressed. Thanks, Scott.

Hahahahaha!!! I wasn't around back then either, but if the highlight reels are any indication, that plus the fact pitching is far and away better now than back just 30 years ago, I think it's a fair bet. Besides he broke in during the 1914 season and played until 1935. That would mean he faced a lot of fairly mild pitching. He still didn't see a circle change, screwball, two seamer [was the knuckler thrown back then?] or any number of pitch variations like the slurve or a four seam splitter. And some of the best pitchers of that time period weren't allowed in MLB. Then there's the short porch in the old Yankee Stadium. That had to help more than a few HRs over the fence in RF. I just don't see the Babe as much to shout about compared to modern day players. Just my two cents.

Well, I respectfully disagree. I said what I did because the sporting media is just full of A-Rod news. That's all they seem to talk or write about every time the guy picks up a bat. Just pointing out the inequities is all. As to Babe Ruth, he never saw the best pitchers in that time period because they were all in the Negro Leagues. Satchel Page, as an example, would have had him for lunch. No Latino players ever pitched to him, either. In those days, the only truly good players played for a handful of teams. Most were on the Yankees. With his alcoholism and obesity, he wouldn't hold a candle to modern day players of equal or greater talent. Just my opinion of the matter is all. I agree. However, the slider you see today has far more movement on it. Those three stud relievers your guys have on the Royals and the Giants Romo and Casilla are sheer testament to that fact. Anyhow, my Giants just whacked back-to-back HRs and a triple, in the 1st inning. Game on! Gotta go!

I disagree. They all get in or nobody gets in....including A-Rod. Good-who? And you're welcome, Aggie.

OK. RANT ALERT! A-Rod hits #660. And oh how the Yankees fans cheer, you know, for that steroids user A-Rod who was suspended for an entire year. These are the very SAME Yankees fans who booed Barry Bonds calling him Barroid and other even racist slurs, saying Babe Ruth [an obese drunkard and a womanizer who never saw a wicked slider, forkball, slurve, circle change or a two seamer in his entire life and would ride the pine in today's game] hit his HRs on hot dogs and beer. Yeah, a bathtub full. Bonds was never suspended, never tested positive and used a substance called the "Clear" when it was still legal to do so. Yet he is vilified and A-Roid is all the rage. The darling of the NY controlled sporting media. Pssh. I sincerely hope he breaks the all-time HR record. Then we see what those hypocrites in the Hall of Fame do with Pete Rose, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemons after he gets on the ballot for the HOF. http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/mike-shuster--fan-who-caught-a-rod-s-660th-homer--says-he-won-t-give-it-back-025433644.html I now return you to your scrolling and Jazz reading pleasure.

There is nothing in this world or the next I would plunk down that much change to drink. Yike!

BTW....I took in the Giants vs Dodgers get away game on Thursday afternoon. One word: SWEEEEEP! http://m.mlb.com/news/article/120120240/giants-sweep-dodgers-with-back-to-back-walk-off-wins Could be. He seriously needs to be doing something else.

I read about that this morning. What is the wisdom behind this?

Meanwhile, in Forty-Niners land...the litany of horror: WR Michael Crabtree, gone. RB Frank Gore, gone. LB Patrick Willis, gone. LG Mike Iupati, gone. LB Chris Borland, gone. CB Chris Culiver, gone. CB Perrish Cox, gone. DL Justin Smith, gone. Coach Jim Harbaugh, gone. RB Reggie Bush, here. Why? GM Trenk Baalke, sadly...still here. CEO Jed York, like a giant albatross tied around the necks of the 49er Faithful...still here. All is lost.

Happiest of Happys!

This was just too cool for words: Brian Stow, the Giants fan nearly beaten to death four years ago at Dodgers Stadium, throws out the first pitch. https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/bryan-stow-takes-big-step-in-recovery--throws-out-first-pitch-153825811.html Having been confined to a wheelchair and then a walker for the better part of last year, I can definitely relate.

Really?! 8 games in? That's 4.94% of the MLB season. If it were the NFL, it would be the first few minutes of the fourth quarter of the first game of the season. So if the 49ers were down 21-17 at that point, would you be worried about the season? Of course not. This is a marathon, stop thinking like a sprinter. Thanks for talking me down, Scott. Here's hoping for some actual run production. Doing my RBI dance even as I type.

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Ugh. Giants have now lost four in a row. I know it's early and I know i shouldn't worry. Yet.....