freaky franchise.: Archive

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Sep 1st

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May 6th

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Happy 80th, Willie Howard Mays Jr. ( →

I sure do love the way Posnanski writes. He writes like I wish I could write and I’m jealous. When I was a kid I used to lie in bed and pray to Willie Mays. When I think about it now, this is very strange for several reasons. Willie Mays is just a man. He was, and still is, very much alive. I’d never seen him play, obviously, nor met him. But I prayed to him, I think, because...

May 6th

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May 5th

51 notes

chickslikesportstoo asked: Dear FreakyFranchise,
Please comment on the recent incident involving Bryan Stow. I'd like to hear your thoughts before I write my blogpost on it. Thank you, sincerely, chickslikesportstoo :)
PS: Are you gonna do an NFL mock draft? My answer for you is yes, you will.

Apr 22nd

Apr 4th

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Exhibition 1

It’s a bit exciting to know that by the time I step into AT&T for opening night/the ring ceremony, I will already have been to five Giants games this year (3 in AZ, one exhibition at AT&T, another at the Coliseum). Last night we headed to the city to see the first of three Giants/As exhibitions they’ll play before heading to LA for Thursday evening’s opener. Lineup was...

Mar 29th

Mar 22nd

AZ II

OAK-PHX is a short flight; it seemed as though we were barely in the air. My Southwest flight was full of Giants fans heading to Spring Training; mainly 21-50 year old guys…a few families…and me. The crew called it the “Giants shuttle to Phoenix.” First impressions of Scottsdale were that it was quite ugly and full of strip malls. But, the nearby mountains are...

Mar 22nd

I agree with pretty much all of this →

Mar 22nd

see,it can be done →

Mar 21st

“I don’t put too much thought into it,” Huff said. “It’s...”

– http://www.mercurynews.com/giants/ci_17660968?nclick_check=1

Mar 21st

AZ I

Brian Murphy was just on my flight to Phoenix and put my bag in and out of the overhead for me. He asked if I was staying for a month so I told him I’d just needed to pack a lot of shoes and he laughed at me. I’m a winner.

Mar 17th

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Mar 16th

1 note

It's time for Rowand to go

Listening to Marty Lurie’s chat with Bochy yesterday, I couldn’t help but think that the player with whom Boch had to have a closed-door chat about his attitude was probably Rowand—who else, really, could be concerned about where/how much playing time he’s getting? (and have a bad attitude about it). Ishikawa is getting a decent amount of time, as is Nate. Plus, they know...

Mar 14th

dang.

MadBum didn’t throw a single damn ball in four innings today. 24 pitches total. 24 strikes. In 4 full innings. Dang.

Mar 11th

29 notes

we have a wonderful ballclub →

Mar 8th

rotation 2

Suppan looks good. Runzler looks good. I am well aware that a certain former fifth starter looked real good last spring…but I’m hopeful. Don’t freak out. Also: Brandon Belt. Yes. I think that mid-summer, when BB (can he be BB now please?)’s dingers are floating into the cove and Buster’s shots are smacking the glove in left, things will be mighty fine down at Third...

Mar 5th

chicks like sports too: Can't we all just get... →

Jenny—I agree with all of this. I know you’re not a Niners fan, but the possibility of a lockout is even scarier for those of us who are, since Harbaugh will have no time to get settled, and oh, that pesky quarterback situation too (PS- can I have your McNabb jersey if he comes our way?). On the injury front, you know my thoughts. I think it’s unconscionable the way the league...

Mar 4th

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2011 fantasy team name

Taking submissions…current placeholder: “The Machines”

Mar 4th

rotation

Don’t freak out. Yet. I think everyone is a little freaked about Cain’s elbow, and yes, it may well turn into something problematic later. But it’s barely March…no need to completely lose it over some tenderness yet. Vogelsong looked good…that’s good. Suppan looks good…that’s good. Sanchez is pitching really well. That’s definitely good....

Mar 3rd

My buddy Frankie (a huge Giants fan)'s great blog... →

Feb 25th

ahaha we hate you too, sucker →

freaking mat latos.

Feb 16th

I love pat burrell, times a million

hilarity, probably not far from truth, from MCC (http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2011/2/9/1982779/community-projection-pat-burrell)— “The offseason went something like this, then: Burrell’s agent: We’re opening up the bidding. Every AL Team: We are interested. Burrell: No DHing. I don’t like it. Every AL Team: We are absolutely not interested. ...

Feb 9th

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Feb 9th

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Feb 6th

chicks like sports too: How much should we care... →

Jenny’s good assessment of one of the problems facing the NFL right now…I think my real problem is any effort, past or present, on the part of the league to ignore or sweep the evidence under the rug. Option 3, a sort of full-disclosure-in-contracts effort, would certainly help that. I think some combination of that + better support (financial or otherwise) for older players feeling...

Jan 30th

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ha

for some reason I was sitting here at work thinking of the very first MLB game I ever attended in person…and I thought I should share that Deion Sanders. yes. Neon Deion. started in CF for the Giants. Prime Time, bitches. (Giants/Cubs, the ’Stick, 1995)

Jan 7th

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Dec 27th

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Dec 15th

11 notes

Dec 15th

40 notes

this is unbelievable

As a sobering observation, Giants fans could remind people that the Phillies were not even in the World Series this year. The Giants were a delightful surprise put together late in the season, and they deserved their championship, but that is ancient history now that the Phillies have parlayed attendance, cable and other income to snatch Lee from the Yankees and the Rangers. Dear New York...

Dec 14th

cool.

dear phillies, congratulations! you’ve now assembled perhaps the finest starting rotation of all time. conveniently, now all the pitchers we weren’t “supposed” to beat but very much did beat, multiple times, are all in the same place. see you in october, bitches. xoxo, the giants

Dec 14th

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see you at spring training, pattybat

findtheswagger: According to Ken Rosenthal, Pat Burrell’s hometown deal with the Giants is worth one million dollars, plus incentives. He really wanted to stay in San Francisco. And that, my friends, is why I love Pat Burrell.

Dec 3rd

19 notes

Watch

findtheswagger: Aubrey Huff talks about re-signing with the Giants

Dec 1st

get ready to laugh/cry/repeat

http://mediadownloads.mlb.com/mlbam/2010/11/10/mlbtv_12985051_1m.mp4

Nov 24th

WOOOHOOOO HUFFY →

Nov 23rd

ROTY

Buster is so totally havin’ it today.

Nov 15th

why I love the 2010 Giants so much

I consider it some sort of deep, dark secret that my father once, sort of, rooted for the Dodgers. In his childhood, my dad’s grandparents lived in LA, so he made trips to Dodger Stadium to see them play. My dad came to love Sandy Koufax so much that he sort of started rooting for the Dodgers along with the Giants (yes, this clearly makes no sense to my thinking—but maybe Koufax was...

Nov 12th

thoughts on actual baseball

Okay, coming down from the high a little bit…ready to discuss the important stuff, instead of my affection for Pat Burrell’s ass. 2011 Giants: C: B. Posey 1B: 2B: F. Sanchez SS: 3B: RF: C. Ross CF: A. Torres LF: So. Four position players done, obvious, locked-in, ready to go. Good. But now some question marks. DeRosa should be good to go at either 3B or left. I think...

Nov 9th

“The Rangers hit .190 against them. The Braves hit .175 against them. The...”

– Jayson Stark

Nov 5th

“Oh, absolutely, without question. I won a World Series here. I’ve been in last...”

– Aubrey Huff on whether he wants to come back to San Francisco next year (via findtheswagger)

Nov 4th

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“‘I feel awesome,’ he said. ‘I feel like I want to chug...”

– B-Weez

Nov 2nd

I will never tire of watching this as long as I...

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?c_id=sf&content_id=12948715&tcid=fb_video_12948715

Nov 2nd

“Wow. The Giants are flashing more leather tonight than ‘The...”

– (Baggs, via twitter) http://twitter.com/#!/extrabaggs

Nov 1st

“Speaking of the Rally Thong, Aubrey Huff wore only that and a T-shirt while...”

– (Baggs)

Oct 30th

“I’m just trying to fit in with these morons”

– (Aubs)

Oct 29th

“I’m bald now. (Eli) Whiteside has tons of gray hair. It’s tough....”

– Cody Ross. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/giants/index#ixzz13gru3aGe

Oct 29th

Confirmed: Pat Burrell is "The Machine." →

sfgiantsbay: imovermyhead: Disclaimer: What has been seen cannot be unseen. …Well, then. I KNEW IT! love. it.

Oct 28th

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“I shot a rapid-fire Tweet after Huff knocked in Pat Burrell to drive Lee from...”

– (Baggs) http://blogs.mercurynews.com/extrabaggs/2010/10/28/postgame-notes-giants-win-11-wait-what/

Oct 28th