Tim McG

They may want to tattoo the NFL rule book to his retina, too.

Better avoid baseball, then

I agree - worst call EVER!! It's not even close to as bad as The Tuck Rule. That one was legit

Who's Melky...?

On the other side of The Bay...Alex Smith continues to be Alex Smith. Ugh.

Melky...who? Giants can clinch the NL West with a win tonight.

I feel for you, Aggie. Been there.

Magic Number is now 3

Screw the fines. This is all about the Bay Area and the success both teams have enjoyed.

Join FaceBook. Resistance is futile.

Strangely enough...so am I

I don't think Cable will be let go by the Seahawks anytime soon. The offense looked pretty sharp yesterday vs the 'Boys.

Magic Number is 9

There's a Rangers blog called Lone Star Ball that has members who create them and post them. It's certainly not a skill set that I possess, that's for sure! I just link to them here, since they're image formats which the board supports. The Darvish things, though, were done (or at least posted by) Jeff Sullivan @ Lookout Landing, a Mariners blog that's part of the whole SB Nation family/company/not sure what of sports blogs. Your Giants blog is called McCovey Chronicles. Thanks, Jim. I'll check it out.

My guess is that when you see yourself sliding into insignificance, you can get a little unhinged, particularly when the cause is shooting your own foot. Repeatedly. Makes me wonder who is running the place.

Hey Jim! Where do you find all those cool jif animations and jpegs?

The NCAA is trying to enforce its new "rogue prep school" policy in hindsight and kids are being denied eligibility for college ball. What is going on with the NCAA? NCAA foolishness

Happy belateds, Dan! Hope it was a great B-Day

Dude - I'm old enough to recall when there were no playoffs - you either won your league and went to the WS, or else you didn't. I was more than ok with that, and viewed the whole division/playoff thing with a raised eyebrow. But ok, expansion had made the need for some sort of league-al bifurcation understandable enough. Same thing with the three-division/wildcard split, although..not so much. Give the best-record team a first round bye or some such. The whole "crapshoot" thing bugs me as a guy who likes thrills and all that, but who also believes that bringing too much "chance" into the mix of a championship series changes the meaning of the word "championship". It's like, you can play fairly crappily most of the year and then "get hot" in time to squeak in, and then"stay hot" long enough to "matter", and really, how much arbitrariness is there going to be? Expand the regular season or something...but no $$$ to be had there, at least not as much. And now, two wild card teams playing one game to see which one will be THE wild card team? I'm kinda like really not into that, not at all. Too much spectacle, and no real; justification for it other than cheap (and cheapening) profit. TBH, I get the sense that Selig is moving toward a NHL/NBA style playoff system wherein EVERYBODY makes into the playoffs. Bad for baseball. Bad for purists. Bad for the competition inherent in a 162 game season. In short [and with my apologies to Steve Winwood and Traffic]: Bug Selig must die.

Ha! They're nothing compared to Yuni Beatencourt. Apparently, you guys have never heard of Jeff Francouer. These guys think plate discipline only applies to all you can eat buffets!

I'm surprised you left off the Niners Kicker David Akers who hit a 63 yarder on the road in Lambeau Field on Sunday. NFL record-tying FG

Ha! They're nothing compared to Yuni Beatencourt. Apparently, you guys have never heard of Jeff Francouer. Misery loves company, I guess. Point(s) well taken.

I was thinking the same thing. Monty Python and The Holy Grail is far funnier, IMHO. I'm with you.