Giants vs A's

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-116045042012-02-12T00:05:27.725-08:00Giants vs A'sTwo Bay Area baseball teams. Two fans. At least one is horribly misguided.Giants vs A'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209900009275827292noreply@blogger.comBlogger191100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11604504.post-1112850625543646612005-04-06T22:02:00.000-07:002005-04-06T22:10:25.543-07:00Yep, that's right.

Nathan: John J. Perricone of Only Baseball Matters is expanding his site, and for some reason he's decided to bring us two clowns on board.Charlie: Near as we can figure, in between the thoughtful and considered pieces from one of the more insightful writers in baseball blogdom, we're a sort of comic relief.Nathan: It seems to me like he's putting Itchy and Scratchy cartoons in between Nightline

Giants vs A'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209900009275827292noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11604504.post-1112768205290705142005-04-05T22:55:00.000-07:002005-04-05T23:16:45.293-07:00The Winds of Change

Nathan: Well, while the comment folders aren't exactly getting massively overloaded, I know at least one person's been reading, and a suggestion he made is going to bring a pretty big change to Giants vs A's. Yes, I am being intentionally mysterious.Charlie: Speaking of fantasies, here's the current status of the Giants vs A's fantasy "league". No, we aren't actually going to be updating this

Giants vs A'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209900009275827292noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11604504.post-1112754000868592992005-04-05T18:57:00.000-07:002005-04-06T10:40:32.746-07:00Game Summary 4/05

Charlie: I'm magnanimous enough in victory to admit this wasn't the prettiest of wins. I may be the glass is half-empty portion of this blog (in contrast to my partner's glass is half-full, 52.354% full if you count walks) but it seems like we had a lot of things go our way. First, Barry or no Barry, Schmidt vs Lowe is a Sean May vs. anyone on Illinois' entire squad kind of mismatch. And we still

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Charlie: In the interest of keeping game recaps consistent with the theme of the blog.Nathan: Specifically, blunt mockery.C: We've figured out how to do them in a way that will continue to bring the funny.N: Or at least as much of the funny as we've been bringing so far.C: Game recaps for Giants games will be done by me when the Giants win, and by Nathan when the Giants lose. Vice-versa for the

Giants vs A'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209900009275827292noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11604504.post-1112595194199807582005-04-03T23:06:00.000-07:002005-04-03T23:13:14.200-07:00First steroid suspension

Nathan: Alex Sanchez? .364 slugging percentage Alex Sanchez? Alex "I had a .064 isolated power last year" Sanchez? Isn't Alex Sanchez taking steroids the very definition of a victimless crime?

Giants vs A'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209900009275827292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11604504.post-1112458238170947842005-04-02T07:59:00.000-08:002005-04-02T08:10:38.173-08:00At least I'm not the only one who doesn't know what to write about

Nathan: Bob Padecky of the Santa Rosa Press Democrat gives us a good idea why he's stuck in Sonoma county with this column.Some highlights:"In Greek mythology Sisyphus is the sinner condemned to an eternity of rolling a boulder uphill, only to have the boulder roll back down every time he reaches the top.Funny, but I don't see Lewis Wolff, the front man for the new Oakland A's ownership group,

Giants vs A'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209900009275827292noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11604504.post-1112373727534491022005-04-01T08:23:00.000-08:002005-04-01T08:42:07.536-08:00Beane signed through 2012.

Nathan: Assuming that the LA Times isn't attempting to pull an April Fool's joke, (and I assume not. This would be a really dull joke, and papers that indulge in that sort of humor tend not to aim the jokes at people who live five hundred miles outside their usual paper routes,) Billy Beane has had his contract extended, and is going to be given a share of ownership as well.Charlie: Billy Beane:

Giants vs A'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209900009275827292noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11604504.post-1112251294524172952005-03-30T22:28:00.000-08:002005-03-30T22:41:34.526-08:00The Worst of the Best

Nathan: I've entered my team in BPro's HACKING MASS contest. For those unfamiliar, you're trying to pick the player who will have the poorest OPS or ERA in the most number of PA/IP. Essentially, you want to find the worst hitter/pitcher who will somehow hold onto their job all year. After a lot of painstaking research and the less-than-surprising realization that I have a massive dislike for

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Charlie: So, as some of you might be aware, the season starts on April 4th.Nathan: Whereas, due to bad planning on somebody's part, it is currently still only March 29th.C: There's a very careful balance a new blog needs to maintain in order to expand and grow.N: Specifically the balance between posting so often that everyone gets bored of you and realizes you have nothing to say...C: ...and

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Nathan: Rangers reliever Frank Francisco was placed on the DL with a sore elbow. Throwing baseballs is apparently more stressful to the ol' arm than, say, chairs.

Giants vs A'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209900009275827292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11604504.post-1111770449423566412005-03-25T08:42:00.000-08:002005-03-25T09:42:18.270-08:00All Quiet on the Western Front

Charlie: Not much to post about right now. The Bonds situation is going to be much talked about, but I doubt anything will be resolved. Nathan and I are both at the "Alright, let's get to the games that count" stage of Spring. He's occupying himself with...I don't know. Spreadsheets, whatever the hell he gets off on. Me, I'm getting back in touch with a genre of PC game I haven't been into since

Giants vs A'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209900009275827292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11604504.post-1111695780838135102005-03-24T12:01:00.000-08:002005-03-24T12:24:46.886-08:00Taking Stock of Bonds

Charlie: I'm a Giants fan. I am a fan of the San Francisco Giants. The team is the thing. Because of this, I would not describe myself as a fan of Barry Bonds. Explanations are probably in order. There's a phrase Nathan parrots from another A's blogger about "rooting for the laundry". It means that you're rooting for a team, a logo. For jerseys, not the players who wear them.As an A's fan, he

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Charlie: Double thanks to John of Only Baseball Matters for GvA's first link back, as well as an independent and educated opinion that yes, the black background looks awful.Nathan: Okay first, never call us GvA again. It makes us look like a damned World of Warcraft clan or something. Second, your argument was "How many blogs do you read that have a black background?" And you had no answer for "

Giants vs A'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209900009275827292noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11604504.post-1111606637906126462005-03-23T11:31:00.000-08:002005-03-23T11:37:17.906-08:00Wow. Just. Wow.

All-Baseball.com has an AL West preview featuring several A-list bloggers. Peter White of USS Mariner does his entire preview of the Mariners season in limerick. One excerpt:What Oakland does is anyone’s guessThose Angels will win, but Seattle much lessOutsmart Billy BeaneAnd Arte Moreno’s greenBut there’s hope of third place ahead Texas

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Nathan: So it seems at least someone out there likes Charlie's team better. I can see why. I went through everyone's 2004 stats, and putting our teams together, this is how they compare:HittingCharlie's Browns: 759 R, 193 HR, 683 RBI, 65 SB, .289 AVGNathan's Hotdogs: 509 R, 112 HR, 451 RBI, 42 SB, 296 AVGPitchingBrowns: 63 W, 47 SV, 692 K, 3.72 ERA, 1.27 WHIPHotdogs: 44 W, 36 SV, 619 K, 3.93

Giants vs A'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209900009275827292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11604504.post-1111523024155855582005-03-22T12:15:00.000-08:002005-03-22T12:26:30.860-08:00Bonds out for season.

SI articleNathan: I'm waiting for the emailed screams of rage and sorrow. I'm trying not to take pleasure in other people's pain. I'm pretty well failing for the most part. This helps ease the guilt:"You wanted me to jump off a bridge, I finally did," Bonds said. "You finally brought me and my family down. ... So now go pick a different person.""My son and I are just going to enjoy our lives. You

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Charlie: So, I couldn't help but notice the fact that our "Introductory post" contained nothing in the way of an actual introduction, short of our names and which teams we are baseball fans of.Nathan: And the fact that I'm the smart one.C: Yes I do seem to recall the phrase "Nathan's Magical Fantasyland". Anyway, as our stated goal is to provide you with the highest quality baseball and snark,N:

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Nathan: No, we aren't actually going to be posting every two hours. My fingers would fall off. (I do the typing. Mr. Hunt-and-Peck over there just dictates his comments, which is why almost every world you'll read here is spelled correctly.)Charlie: THAT'S RIGHT! I DICTATE! NOW TYPE MY GREEN-AND-GOLD-MINION, TYPE FOR YOUR DICTATOR AND LOVE IT!N: I hope it stops raining soon. I need to let

Giants vs A'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209900009275827292noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11604504.post-1111439842695988242005-03-21T12:38:00.000-08:002005-03-21T13:17:22.703-08:00Introductory post.

Welcome to the Giants vs A's blog. This blog is the creation of two Bay Area baseball fans, at least one of which has horribly misplaced his fandom.Nathan: Well there's no question who has done so. Which team has won more games despite a lower payroll? Zero splash hits. Four World championships.Charlie: Please. Which team has been to the World Series in the last 15 years?N: 15 years. That's

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