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Matthew

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  1. Where Josh Hamilton goes will be interesting, from all that I've read, the Rangers don't want him back, and I imagine any contract he does sign will have clauses galore in case of a relapse. It seem to me that there's too much milage on his body, and very heavy baggage he's carrying to any team that signs him. Tim Lincecum will be fascinating because he needs to change his approach after a disastrous regular season. There were indications toward the end of the season that the Giants coaches and front office were getting tired of him always going his own way in terms of weight, training, off day throwing, warm up routines -- no one wants to pay 22 million for a head case that's not any good. Brian Wilson will be making a comeback, and who knows about him, all I know about him is that his act of "look at me, I'm soooooo offbeat!" routine is getting very tiresome. Giants also have to figure out who they will re-sign in the infield as Theriot and Scutaro will be free agents, and I don't see both coming back. Huff will also go, and the have to make a decision of Freddy Sanchez. The Dodgers will be average next year, they don't have the players, and all these former Red Sox players are the very definition of useless. Edit for spelling
  2. The Doors: Live At The Bowl '68. Very good quality, digging it tremendously.
  3. What. The. Heck?????
  4. Those old San Diego Padres keep cropping up, and don't forget the third base coach, Tim Flannery (he's even a Deadhead). Not only do I love the Giants winning the Series, but that the National League seems to be ascendant over the Junior Circuit (does anyone use that phrase anymore for the American League?), thus proving Heywood Broun's point: Tradition carries a nasty wallop. Get rid of the DH. PS: This is really amazing thing about the Giants winning two pennants in three years: Over the past 90 years, only three other National League franchises have pulled that off -- the 1975-76 edition of the Big Red Machine, the 1963-65 Dodgers and the 1942-44 Cardinals.
  5. Never thought the Giants would sweep, but they did. Panda and Zito did nothing in the 2010 Series, and now they're heroes -- baseball is a funny game.
  6. Not yet.... Giants still trying to lose this game.
  7. Even though I'm listening to the Giants radio guys, I really dislike this interviewing players while the game is going on, it cheapens the game.
  8. I was doing a funeral once, and come the end, when the eulogies take place, the Aunt of the deceased came up, said a few words, then pulls out of hiding a six pack, snaps one off, cracks it open, chugs it down, and then places the other five in the casket.
  9. GOOD GOSH ALL MIGHTY!!!! The Steeler's "Throw Back" jerseys are the ugliest things in existence!
  10. Happy Birthday
  11. Many thanks for the birthday wishes! I've spent most of the day driving, as I'm making my way up to Mount Angel, OR. This is a great place with great people.
  12. #Rallycain
  13. I can see that, but Posey is a such good catcher, and those are hard to come by, though it is interesting that Posey now no longer catches Lincecum, and there have been rumblings about how he calls a game. OTOH, Cain loves pitching to Posey and says he rarely shakes him off. Plus, Brandon Belt is starting to come on as a player at First. So, what I'm saying is that your guess is as good as mine.
  14. + throwing those unhittable 70mph curve balls. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: He's kind of becoming the rich man's Bill Lee.... his daddy, torrie, was a bigtime, and very very good, conducter/ arranger. :party: :party: Are you sure about that? I never heard that mentioned, though that would be cool because the Giants already have a major music connection where Bruce Jenkins, a well know San Francisco sports writer, is the son of Gordon Jenkins. Zito pitched great last night. There are times when, completely out of the blue, Zito pitches a gem, and last night was one of those, he best game as a Giants. As Goody says, it one game at a time now.
  15. + throwing those unhittable 70mph curve balls. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: He's kind of becoming the rich man's Bill Lee....
  16. yankee fans on new york talk radio are near suicidal, blaming everyone in sight and wanting to get rid of them. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: Bunch of spoiled whiners. Win the WS or you're nothing to them. Wow. may i extend precondolences, goody? last evening, the gigantes looked nearly as inept as this years feeble incarnation of the legendary pinstripers. You won't get an argument from me. Go hard or go home time. Yeah, the Giants looked like a beat team last night, no spark at all. It will be interesting to see what Lincecum does in the off season, he is notorious for going his on way in terms of conditioning, his pitching mechanics, etc. It's clear he needs to bulk up, and get a new approach -- whether he does that or not might tell the tale of a athlete on the downside of a great career.
  17. I now know where the band "Death Cab For Cutie" got its name.
  18. Magical Mystery Tour. Tremendous trifle of a film
  19. Roger Angell has a good account of that 1968 series in The Summer Game
  20. No charge y'all, no charge. :g Seriously - all the good feelings I had for the Tigers last year but hey, sorry 'bout that, I can go ahead and have them this year. NEver mind that their record was the worst of all the AL post-season teams. They qualified by any measure and carpe-diemed once there. So, if St. Louis wins, the two play-off teams with the worst records will meet in the "World Series." I'm starting to think the last real World Series was 1968, everything afterwards is the World Series Tournament.
  21. Bill Withers: Complete Sussex & Columbia Masters for $26.89
  22. Hunter Pence, is the most useless outfielder for the Giants since Fred Lewis, he's killing SF. He needs to find out that being the head cheerleader means nothing if you don't get a clutch hit. Please just stop the bs pre-game yelling and screaming, you look stupid doing that. On another note: Who would have imagined that the series now rests on Timmy's shoulders? Maybe being demoted to the bullpen was just the kick in the rear end he need to wake up and pitch good again. Notice Bumgarner is now in the pen, and Zito (!!!!!!!!!!!) is schedule for game 5, What. The. Heck??? just start the game by giving the Cardinals three runs, that way, we don't have to suffer from another gutless Zito start.
  23. For some reason, I still miss Mnytime....
  24. Must be that philosophy degree you have, you create your own reality.
  25. The Shadow Over Santa Susana: Black Magic, Mind Control & The Manson Family by Adam Gorightly. Different and strange.
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