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Wobbie

oh great...now the "brain trust" is getting us ready for aubrey huff in LF.....have they ever seen aubrey play LF? :shock: :x

Johnny Abruzzo

imalive wrote:

oh great...now the "brain trust" is getting us ready for aubrey huff in LF.....have they ever seen aubrey play LF? :shock: :x

Those guys are awesome.

Wobbie

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

imalive wrote:

oh great...now the "brain trust" is getting us ready for aubrey huff in LF.....have they ever seen aubrey play LF? :shock: :x

Those guys are awesome.

"let's just surround this stellar pitching staff with shit" :evil:

FearTheBeard

Oh FUCK, its true!

www.baycityball.com

Traded Torres and Ramirez for Angel Pagan? :? :?

Wobbie

FearTheBeard wrote:

Oh FUCK, its true!

http://www.baycityball.com

Traded Torres and Ramirez for Angel Pagan? :? :?

that's the brain trust that just got another year :roll:

I wish andres well......losing ramon is not good. :x

Wobbie

beltran and ross are gone.

by monday, probably 11 of the 25 man roster of 2010 will be gone.

and, really, that's OK.....because non of these guys are superstars. just shows how magical 2010 was.

Wobbie

I should rename this the "talking to myself thread" :x

anyway, if this signing doesn't get you excited, I don't know what will :roll:

Johnny Abruzzo

imalive wrote:

I should rename this the "talking to myself thread" :x

Sorry - your team has had an exceptionally boring offseason.

Wobbie

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

imalive wrote:

I should rename this the "talking to myself thread" :x

Sorry - your team has had an exceptionally boring offseason.

yours hasn't exactly set the world on fire

Johnny Abruzzo

imalive wrote:

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

imalive wrote:

I should rename this the "talking to myself thread" :x

Sorry - your team has had an exceptionally boring offseason.

yours hasn't exactly set the world on fire

No, not at all, but it certainly hasn't been boring.

Wobbie

Bonds sentencing in the morning.

I really hope I don't have to break out my "Free Barry Bonds" t-shirt. Yep, I've got one... :geek:

FearTheBeard

imalive wrote:

I should rename this the "talking to myself thread" :x

anyway, if this signing doesn't get you excited, I don't know what will :roll:

Classic!

Just bought my brother a World Series Matt Cain Home Jersey for Christmas. Good Shit!

Wobbie

Appeal?? I dunno, Barry....maybe you should quit while you're ahead (even if the whole fucking thing was a personal vendetta and an opportunistic political gambit :x )

Wobbie

if you can't find any faithfull ale :roll: , you should at least track this down:



and I don't drink wine

81

imalive wrote:

if you can't find any faithfull ale :roll: , you should at least track this down:



and I don't drink wine

that's actually kind of cool...assuming it's decent wine.

Wobbie

81 wrote:

imalive wrote:

if you can't find any faithfull ale :roll: , you should at least track this down:



and I don't drink wine

that's actually kind of cool...assuming it's decent wine.

I think it might actually be called "decoy"...duckhorn wine co., st. helena, CA

14.5% ABV. I'll crack it when they win their next WS....or maybe when zito's contract is up

81

better go with the end of zito's contract. :?

Wobbie

81 wrote:

better go with the end of zito's contract. :?

hey, now....we got melky!

Given to...

Save the wine!

I think we have some Faithful!

Wobbie

Given to... wrote:

Save the wine!

I think we have some Faithful!

fingers crossed!

Wobbie

Buster Olney has the G's with the 4th best rotation and 3rd best bullpen in all of baseball. Thankfully, he didn't rate our offense.

Wobbie

apparently, aubrey huff looked in the mirror and pronounced his body as "ripped."

let's hope so....last season's cigarette smoking doughboy didn't cut it.

FearTheBeard

imalive wrote:

Buster Olney has the G's with the 4th best rotation and 3rd best bullpen in all of baseball. Thankfully, he didn't rate our offense.

Sorry I have not been around much to converse about the upcoming season. I am in the process of a move to Santa Barbara, woo hoo!

I just ordered two bottles of that wine! Hopefully it tastes good.

Cliffy6745

Going to be out in San Fran in April and going to catch a game, against the Phillies actually :wtf: What's teh best place to sit in the stadium. I was looking at up a ways behind home plate for the views. Any advice or thoughts?

RYEzupSF

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Going to be out in San Fran in April and going to catch a game, against the Phillies actually :wtf: What's teh best place to sit in the stadium. I was looking at up a ways behind home plate for the views. Any advice or thoughts?

All seats are great. You will get great views there. My favorite spot is field level, right at third base. It is a great spot. Lots of foul balls. and the bathroom, the best beer and food is right at the top of the stairs.

Cliffy6745

RYEzupSF wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Going to be out in San Fran in April and going to catch a game, against the Phillies actually :wtf: What's teh best place to sit in the stadium. I was looking at up a ways behind home plate for the views. Any advice or thoughts?

All seats are great. You will get great views there. My favorite spot is field level, right at third base. It is a great spot. Lots of foul balls. and the bathroom, the best beer and food is right at the top of the stairs.

Haha, nice. Thanks. Yeah, I was looking at the first row or two behind home plate on the upper level, can see the water and all and a great view of the game. I can't wait. Looks like an awesome stadium.

Wobbie

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Going to be out in San Fran in April and going to catch a game, against the Phillies actually :wtf: What's teh best place to sit in the stadium. I was looking at up a ways behind home plate for the views. Any advice or thoughts?

I had seats in View Box 310, row 4 for 7 years. I loved those seats and so did everyone else who ever sat there. Great view of the game and everything else. Excellent beer access to an uncrowded stand.

I liked how you referred to the phillies as those guys' "queer team"

Cliffy6745

imalive wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Going to be out in San Fran in April and going to catch a game, against the Phillies actually :wtf: What's teh best place to sit in the stadium. I was looking at up a ways behind home plate for the views. Any advice or thoughts?

I had seats in View Box 310, row 4 for 7 years. I loved those seats and so did everyone else who ever sat there. Great view of the game and everything else. Excellent beer access to an uncrowded stand.

I liked how you referred to the phillies as those guys' "queer team"

Thanks, dude. Yeah, I was thinking the view box was the way to go. Seems like there's a great view from up there, of the field and water and all. Really looking forward to getting to a game there. Beer stand access is key.

haha, it's the truth, right?

Wobbie

it's not zito money, but it's still probably too much. I hope I'm wrong...

Late-bloomer Vogelsong gets deal

John Shea, Chronicle Staff Writer

Ryan Vogelsong finally has some security, and he earned it.

The Giants' pitcher, who made a storybook comeback in 2011 and went 13-7 with a 2.71 ERA, has the first multiyear contract of his career: two years and $8.3 million. The deal includes a club option for 2014.

"Nice. It's good to know where I'm going to be for two years," Vogelsong said in a phone interview Wednesday night from Philadelphia after taking a physical in San Francisco and flying cross country. "I enjoy playing for the Giants. It's where I want to be. I feel I connected with the fan base. We have a team that can be in contention.

"Obviously, with the way my career was going, I never thought financial status like this would ever happen, so it is life-changing. Will it change me as a player? No."

Vogelsong, 34, was out of the majors for four seasons before returning to the Giants and becoming one of baseball's best feel-good stories, earning an All-Star berth and winning the Willie Mac Award as the team's most inspirational player.

The Giants' fifth-round pick in 1998, he was traded to Pittsburgh in 2001, played his final game with the Pirates in 2006 and spent three of the next four years in Japan.

Will Giants fans see a similar Vogelsong in 2012? "Performance-wise, I certainly hope so," he said. Asked if he could top or equal his 2011 performance, Vogelsong said, "The best way to top or equal it is to not try to do it. The only thing I can control is how I prepare myself."

Both Vogelsong and the Giants - convinced the right-hander wasn't a one-year wonder - were open to a multiyear deal. Vogelsong will accompany Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain and Madison Bumgarner in one of the majors' premier rotations.

Vogelsong's signing leaves the Giants with seven arbitration-eligible players, including Lincecum and Pablo Sandoval.

Wobbie

The Giants and Tim Lincecum’s people have exchanged arbitration figures. According to Jon Heyman at CBSSports.com, Lincecum is seeking $21.5 million and the Giants have offered $17 million, which break the records for the most money sought and offered in arbitration for a player not yet eligible for free agency.

In 2001, Derek Jeter asked for $18.5 million from the Yankees, who offered $14.25 million. They never went to a hearing, but rather settled on a 10-year, $189 million contract.

We just got off the phone with vice president of baseball operations Bobby Evans, who said, “I’m overall optimistic we can find common ground without a hearing room.” And given the numbers that they exchanged, there is reason for optimism. that spread is even smaller than in 2010, when Lincecum and the Giants were $5 million apart.

When I asked about the enormousness of the numbers we’re talking about, and how he feels when he jots those numbers down, Evans said, “I usually leave off the final three zeroes because it’s easier to calculate on an Excel spreadsheet.”

There is still plenty of time for the Giants and Lincecum to work out a deal, long term or short term. Hearings will be held in Florida starting Feb. 1. Two years ago, they agreed to a two-year deal while sitting in the hearing room waiting for the arbitrators to arrive.

In the past two days, the Giants reached agreement with arbitration-eligible players Angel Pagan ($4.85 million), Melky Cabrera ($6 million) and Santiago Casilla ($2.2 million). They almost certainly will reach deals with three other arb guys, Sergio Romo, Nate Schierholtz and Pablo Sandoval, some as early as today.

Evans also reiterated that the Giants are probably done signing players to big-league contracts. Any starters or outfielders they bring in would be on minor-league contracts with spring invites, a la Ryan Vogelsong last year. He mentioned former Atlanta Brave Gregor Blanco, a minor-league invitee, as a possible outfield candidate.