Hurlshort Posted September 14, 2016 Author Share Posted September 14, 2016 That's great, I'm really happy for the kid. Now I'm going to go jump off a bridge because the Giants bullpen has blown leads in 6 out of the last 10 games. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted September 20, 2016 Author Share Posted September 20, 2016 The Giants continue to blow 9th inning leads. Losing would be one thing. I can handle them just not winning games. But going into the 9th inning with a lead, and then blowing it over and over is like some horrible version of groundhog's day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 They are leading the league in blown saves and are perilously close to ending the even year streak by missing the playoffs altogether. Don't look now but the Marlins are only 4 games back and with Stanton back in the lineup they are on a winning streak. "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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted September 20, 2016 Author Share Posted September 20, 2016 It's like they used up all their good karma for those 3 titles, and now they are paying the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volourn Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Perhaps if they wouldn't **** on the players that got them there they would win more. Not that 3 isn't eneough. L0L DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 Oh man this really sucks! Very sad. http://m.mlb.com/news/article/203268704/jose-fernandez-killed-in-boating-accident/ "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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leferd Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Oh man this really sucks! Very sad. http://m.mlb.com/news/article/203268704/jose-fernandez-killed-in-boating-accident/ Yeah, that terrible. Jose Fernandez could very well have been the next Pedro. Here's a nice write up by one of my favorite baseball writers. https://theringer.com/jos%C3%A9-fern%C3%A1ndez-was-a-singular-superstar-2c4625084eb6#.ky9z4skl6 "Things are funny...are comedic, because they mix the real with the absurd." - Buzz Aldrin."P-O-T-A-T-O-E" - Dan Quayle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 https://www.facebook.com/Marlins/videos/10154422816362349/ "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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 And it's over. The Giants managed to get in so the even year thing is still going. The Giants, Red Sox, and Cubs all have ex-Rays players on them so that's who I'm rooting for to win it all. For the Marlins the year began with high expectations and ended in overwhelming tragedy. Losing Jose Fernandez was devastating not just to his family and teammates but to Marlins fans everywhere. I saw it on Facebook and couldn't believe it. As bad as the loss was for the people it was as big for the team. He was their biggest draw after the perennially under performing Stanton. Now a weak pitching staff is really weak. For the Rays it was an up and down year but a lot more down than up. A lot of injuries. So many that in July we were joking it was the Durham Bulls in Rays uniforms. That wasn't that far off. Couple that with under performing pitching and you get a losing recipe. They did turn it around but by that time they were so far under .500 there was nothing to do. So for my teams it's so long. But as Papa Hemingway wrote there will always be a spring. "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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted October 3, 2016 Author Share Posted October 3, 2016 I'm excited that the Giants swept the Dodgers, and I know Madbum can win any game, but I still don't think you are in the playoffs until you get past the single elimination WC game. Bring on the Mets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted October 6, 2016 Author Share Posted October 6, 2016 Watching two stud pitchers mow through batters. This game is off to a sweet start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted October 6, 2016 Author Share Posted October 6, 2016 Am I the only one that watched the Wild Card game? Madbum was Madbum. He continues to be the best pitcher in playoff history. Unreal. Syndergard was fantastic too, I question pulling him after the 7th. He was dominant and could have gone at least another inning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 I saw it all from the 3rd inning. Great game, real pitchers duel. I love games like that that can break on a singe hitter. "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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leferd Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 The single most important piece of baseball-related journalism this year. http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/17668845/korean-bat-flip 1 "Things are funny...are comedic, because they mix the real with the absurd." - Buzz Aldrin."P-O-T-A-T-O-E" - Dan Quayle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadySands Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Thanks for that It was a good read 1 Free games updated 3/4/21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leferd Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Make Bat Flips Great Again! 1 "Things are funny...are comedic, because they mix the real with the absurd." - Buzz Aldrin."P-O-T-A-T-O-E" - Dan Quayle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 The Blue Jays came to play. "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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 The games today have been most excellent! I've had them on the radio all day "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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 (edited) Whoa. I'd started to kind of compose a eulogy for the Giants season, but I should have known better. They ain't dead yet. edit: Bleh. Bullpen woes. Edited October 11, 2016 by Hurlshot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agiel Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 Something relevant from the Funny Stuff thread: http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/89194-the-funny-things-thread/?p=1851049 1 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 Montaro hits a grand slam in the 8th. Wow what a game for the Cubs. And what the heck has happened to Toronto? All of the sudden they can't score runs. "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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted October 16, 2016 Author Share Posted October 16, 2016 Montaro hits a grand slam in the 8th. Wow what a game for the Cubs. And what the heck has happened to Toronto? All of the sudden they can't score runs. Live by the HR, die by the HR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Kershaw was a monster last night "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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted October 17, 2016 Author Share Posted October 17, 2016 Kershaw was a monster last night I'm a bit cranky about the treatment he is getting. I mean, sure, I'm a Giants fan and it is in my nature to hate the Dodgers, but the guy has a lot left to do before he sheds his playoff history. So far he's had a great game and a great relief appearance, but he is still sporting a 3.72 ERA for this postseason, and a much worse over his career. He ain't MadBum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Bautista is leading off tonight for the Jays. With Trevor Bauer vs Marcus Stroman I'd give the pitching edge to Cleveland tonight. "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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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