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...and the Padres blow it on an unearned run.

I'm glad I gave up and went to bed after 18.

But RACK Jake anyway. I don't think I've ever seen a pitcher that's more enjoyable to watch. Too bad he has to throw a shutout every time to even have a chance to win.

Well OK...I did see Juan Marichal pitch a few times. And Vida Blue. But I'm talking about the past two decades or so...

Wow, those are the painful ones. 2-1 final score. If you had time (and didn't need sleep) that would be a fun one to watch (unless you don't like to watch great pitching duels).

Mikey wrote:I don't think I've ever seen a pitcher that's more enjoyable to watch.

Well OK...I did see Juan Marichal pitch a few times.

Absolutely.

That's all that most people know about the "Dominican Dandy".

But he was a great pitcher with a flambouyant style. Won more games in the 1960s (191) than any other pitcher in the majors.

Career W/L of 243-142 and ERA of 2.89.

The same year (1968) that Bob Gibson won the MVP and Cy Young at 22-9 and 1.12, Marichal was 26-9 and 2.43. The next year he was 21-11 and 2.10.



Try that high kick once and see if you can still walk afterwards.

Oh, I’m quite familiar with Marichal. I was a Giants fan as a youngster. I used to try and mimic Marichal's mechanics. It was a lot easier 40 or so years ago. I remember the teams with Mays, McCovey, the good Bonds, Jim Ray Hart, the Alous, Marichal, Gaylord Perry, Tom Haller behind the plate. Some of my favorite baseball memories. Now I could give two shits about major league baseball.

Same teams I grew up with. Used to go to "bat day" at Candlestick for my birthday every year. Back then it was the only promotional give-away day except for fan appreciation day at the end of the season. Every kid got a real Louisville Slugger bat. If they gave away bats these days you'd prolly have dead people in the stands by the third inning.

You forgot Orlando Cepeca, BTW. Hal Lanier, Chris Speier, Tito Fuentes. Manager Herman Franks.

Mikey wrote: You forgot Orlando Cepeca, BTW.

Never heard of the guy.

Goober McTuber wrote:

Mikey wrote: You forgot Orlando Cepeca, BTW.

Never heard of the guy.

Hahahah.

You remind me of my 15 y.o.

Cepeda, you dork. You know who I was talking about.

So your 15-year-old is bright, witty and entertaining?

I got back to the States in mid-1964 after 6 years overseas. Probably really got into baseball that fall. That was The Baby Bull’s last decent year with the Giants, with McCovey playing left field. Next year McCovey was at first, and a year later Cepeca Cepeda was in St. Louis. I just rattled some names off the top of my head, I wasn’t trying to list the whole roster.

Goober McTuber wrote:So your 15-year-old is bright, witty and entertaining?

Yeah, but he's also a dork. That's where the similarity ends.

Mikey wrote:

Goober McTuber wrote:So your 15-year-old is bright, witty and entertaining?

Yeah, but he's also a dork. That's where the similarity ends.

That’s too bad. Well, give my best to your ugly, short-dicked kid, Mikey.

Goober McTuber wrote:So your 15-year-old is bright, witty and entertaining?

More like dumber than a box of rocks like his old man, and yourself, obviously.

AP's Self of Steam wrote:

Goober McTuber wrote:So your 15-year-old is bright, witty and entertaining?

More like dumber than a box of rocks like his old man, and yourself, obviously.

Still hiding behind your shit troll. Satisfying to know that I had the opportunity to beat the fuck out of you at some point.

Mikey wrote:Tito Fuentes

Y'know, one day, Tito Fuentes will be dead, and you'll say, "Oh, I've been listening to him for years, and I think he's fabulous."

Mikey wrote:Same teams I grew up with. Used to go to "bat day" at Candlestick for my birthday every year. Back then it was the only promotional give-away day except for fan appreciation day at the end of the season. Every kid got a real Louisville Slugger bat. If they gave away bats these days you'd prolly have dead people in the stands by the third inning.

You forgot Orlando Cepeca, BTW. Hal Lanier, Chris Speier, Tito Fuentes. Manager Herman Franks.

You forgot Johnnie Lemaster. You can't omit the worst hitter in the history of MLB (or so I've heard. I wasn't a fan until '86).

Looks like the 22 innings about killed the Padres.

Dinsdale wrote:Y'know, one day, Tito Fuentes will be dead, and you'll say, "Oh, I've been listening to him for years, and I think he's fabulous."

Chicks dig me, because I rarely wear underwear and when I do it's usually something unusual. But now I know why I have always lost women to guys like you. I mean, it's not just the uniform. It's the stories that you tell....

battery chucka' one wrote:

Mikey wrote:Same teams I grew up with. Used to go to "bat day" at Candlestick for my birthday every year. Back then it was the only promotional give-away day except for fan appreciation day at the end of the season. Every kid got a real Louisville Slugger bat. If they gave away bats these days you'd prolly have dead people in the stands by the third inning.

You forgot Orlando Cepeca, BTW. Hal Lanier, Chris Speier, Tito Fuentes. Manager Herman Franks.

You forgot Johnnie Lemaster. You can't omit the worst hitter in the history of MLB (or so I've heard. I wasn't a fan until '86).

Johnnie LeMaster didn’t make it to the bigs until 1975. At which point none of the Giant players mentioned in this thread were playing with the Giants. Moron.

Dinsdale wrote:

Mikey wrote:Tito Fuentes

Y'know, one day, Tito Fuentes will be dead, and you'll say, "Oh, I've been listening to him for years, and I think he's fabulous."

RACK El Rey

Goober McTuber wrote:

AP's Self of Steam wrote:

Goober McTuber wrote:So your 15-year-old is bright, witty and entertaining?

More like dumber than a box of rocks like his old man, and yourself, obviously.

Still hiding behind your shit troll. Satisfying to know that I had the opportunity to beat the fuck out of you at some point.

I'd out that shit troll, but that is not how I roll. If you only knew who that pathetic shit was, you would understand why they hide behind shit trolls.

IndyFrisco wrote:If you only knew who that pathetic shit was, you would understand why they hide behind shit trolls.

Don't go... all the plants will die.

Dinsdale wrote:

IndyFrisco wrote:If you only knew who that pathetic shit was, you would understand why they hide behind shit trolls.

Don't go... all the plants will die.

I willn't. There's plenty of watching it grow green left to come.

IndyFrisco wrote: I'd out that shit troll, but that is not how I roll.

Do it. Learn to roll differently.

Seriously.

War Wagon wrote:

IndyFrisco wrote: I'd out that shit troll, but that is not how I roll.

Do it. Learn to roll differently.

Seriously.

Sorry mang, but that's how you lose the keys to finding shit trolls and their shit owners. A small perk, but one nonetheless.

If you can't trust your admin, who can you trust?

IndyFrisco wrote:A small perk

There's another kind?

Sin,
Cinder