Leferd Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 Switched the channel to Fox. Hmm...I guess the only leg I have to stand on as an A's fan is that Oakland has 4 WS titles to San Francisco's three. Congrats Giants. "Things are funny...are comedic, because they mix the real with the absurd." - Buzz Aldrin."P-O-T-A-T-O-E" - Dan Quayle
Hurlshort Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 3 in 5 years, whoa. Time to go buy some shirts. 1
kgambit Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 3 in 5 years, whoa. Time to go buy some shirts. Great series. Congrats Giants. Bumgarner ...... words fail me.
Guard Dog Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 Great end to a great World Series. Can't say enough about Bumgarner's pitching tonight on short rest. It was a down year for my two teams and they do seem to be heading in opposite directions. The Marlins are certainly on the way up if the can seal the deal with Stanton. /as for the Rays, well, the Hot Stove season can only get better from here. I hope. Well, time to focus on football, Basketball & the NHL now but fear not.... Pitchers & Catchers report in 127 days! "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Volourn Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 "to stand on as an A's fan" BEST TEAM IN BASEBALL! Anyways, congrats to the real 'best' team in baseball (though them taking 7 games to take out the trash is embarassing) for winning another championship! DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250.
Leferd Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 Yeah. The A's are a mess now. Self destructed to end the season despite going all in for this year. They'll lose key players to free agency and traded away their best prospects. I expect them to be out of contention next year. Hell...even the Giants just stole the A's AAA farm team affiliate in Sacramento starting next season. Good news for the other 28 teams outside the Bay Area though...it'll be an odd number year next season. "Things are funny...are comedic, because they mix the real with the absurd." - Buzz Aldrin."P-O-T-A-T-O-E" - Dan Quayle
Hurlshort Posted October 31, 2014 Posted October 31, 2014 It's pretty crazy to think how young some of these guys on the Giants are. The entire infield is pretty set, although I figure there is only a 50/50 chance of bringing back Sandoval. If they do, they look great and even have a young prospect in Duffy. Outfield is a bit more concerning, with Pence being the only lock and both Blanco and Perez being better as 4th outfielders. I'm pretty worried that Pagan will not be able to return to form, so they probably need a better lead off hitter and outfielder. Starting rotation will be the biggest concern, which is different since that was their strength in both the 2010 and 2012 campaigns. Hopefully Matt Cain makes a full recovery, but even if he does, they need at least one more solid guy. Eh, I'm sure they'll find it, they always do.
Guard Dog Posted November 1, 2014 Posted November 1, 2014 The Cubs fired Rick Renteria after just one (reasonably successful) year last night. As if that surprise with Maddon on deck. Still, it's a bummer for Renteria. It's like your wife kicking you out with her new beau moving on before you've boxed up all your stuff. "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Leferd Posted November 5, 2014 Posted November 5, 2014 Exodus starting again for the A's. Billy Beane's #2, Farhan Zaidi, to the Dodgers for their GM job. http://blog.sfgate.com/athletics/2014/11/04/farhan-zaidi-to-be-named-dodgers-general-manager/ "Things are funny...are comedic, because they mix the real with the absurd." - Buzz Aldrin."P-O-T-A-T-O-E" - Dan Quayle
Guard Dog Posted November 7, 2014 Posted November 7, 2014 The Rays traded a reliable LHP Cesar Ramos to the Angels for AA prospect Mark Sappington. I'd never heard of him but from what I read on MiLB.com it sounds like a good deal for the Rays. "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Agiel Posted November 9, 2014 Posted November 9, 2014 (edited) Today I was at the store and I was in line behind a gentlemen idly chatting to the manager and I couldn't help but feel that he looked and, more importantly, sounded familiar. Finally when he finished checking out the cashier said to him: "Thank you for shopping with us, Mr. Scully." It was then that I almost shouted "HOLY S***! You're Vin Scully!" Fortunately I restrained myself when pointing that out, but I did get a big handshake from the encounter. Edited November 9, 2014 by Agiel 3 Quote “Political philosophers have often pointed out that in wartime, the citizen, the male citizen at least, loses one of his most basic rights, his right to life; and this has been true ever since the French Revolution and the invention of conscription, now an almost universally accepted principle. But these same philosophers have rarely noted that the citizen in question simultaneously loses another right, one just as basic and perhaps even more vital for his conception of himself as a civilized human being: the right not to kill.” -Jonathan Littell <<Les Bienveillantes>> Quote "The chancellor, the late chancellor, was only partly correct. He was obsolete. But so is the State, the entity he worshipped. Any state, entity, or ideology becomes obsolete when it stockpiles the wrong weapons: when it captures territories, but not minds; when it enslaves millions, but convinces nobody. When it is naked, yet puts on armor and calls it faith, while in the Eyes of God it has no faith at all. Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of Man...that state is obsolete." -Rod Serling
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