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In sports, pessimism is your friend
Posted by Bay Area Sports Guy in Ben Sheets, Don Nelson, Golden State Warriors, John Wall, Mike Singletary, Oakland A's, Oakland Raiders, Pablo Sandoval, San Francisco 49ers, San Francisco Giants, San Jose Sharks, Taylor Mays, Tim Lincecum, Tim Tebow on 03 11th, 2010 | No Comments
In sports, pessimism is your friend...
One of my main philosophies in life is “don’t get your hopes up.” And I am absolutely maniacal in my attempts to keep my hopes at subpar levels. For instance, I’ll never jinx my favorite team, even if they have the most insurmountable lead in the history of insurmountable leads....
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Giants get the band back together…again
Posted by Bay Area Sports Guy in Adam LaRoche, Bengie Molina, Brian Sabean, Pablo Sandoval, Randy Johnson, San Francisco Giants on 01 20th, 2010 | 4 Comments
Giants get the band back together…...
Bengie Molina is back. At first I was shocked, and it was a mixture of “Uggh, I thought we were rid of him” and “Wow, the Giants have a lot more guys capable of hitting 20 homers in a season than they have in a while.” We’ve all gotten so caught up in the allure of 1-year...
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Giants sign Aubrey Huff…3 years too late
Posted by Bay Area Sports Guy in Aubrey Huff, Barry Zito, Bengie Molina, Brian Sabean, Dave Roberts, Jermaine Dye, Pablo Sandoval, San Francisco Giants, eric byrnes on 01 11th, 2010 | No Comments
Giants sign Aubrey Huff…3 years to...
If I had a blog back then, I would have written about it. If I had a Twitter account, I would have (groan) tweeted about it. Three hot stove leagues ago, Aubrey Huff was a free agent who fell through the cracks for weeks after a solid career with the Tampa Bay D-Rays and Houston Astros, and the Giants...
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LaRoche would actually make the Giants halfway decent
Posted by Bay Area Sports Guy in Adam LaRoche, Angel Villalona, Buster Posey, Corey Maggette, Dan Runzler, Edgar Renteria, Eugenio Velez, Freddy Sanchez, Jeremy Affeldt, Juan Uribe, Madison Bumgarner, Mark DeRosa, Pablo Sandoval, Ryan Garko, San Francisco Giants, Sergio Romo, Tim Lincecum, Travis Ishikawa, Waldis Joaquin on 01 5th, 2010 | No Comments
LaRoche would actually make the Giants h...
It looks like Adam LaRoche will be in the orange and black. Of course, whether it’s the Giants or the Orioles is anyone’s guess. Reports are that LaRoche turned down an offer of 2 years/$17 million from the Giants, and no other team besides those two odd bedfellows are even halfway interested...
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Let’s hope for different talking points in 2010
Posted by Bay Area Sports Guy in Al Davis, Alex Smith, Andris Biedrins, Chris Cohan, Golden State Warriors, JaMarcus Russell, Mark DeRosa, Monta Ellis, Oakland A's, Oakland Raiders, Pablo Sandoval, San Francisco 49ers, San Francisco Giants, Stephen Curry on 12 28th, 2009 | No Comments
Let’s hope for different talking p...
Got the NFL RedZone channel yesterday in a fit of fantasy football paranoia, and I couldn’t be happier. $5 a month on Comcast, who knew?!?! I probably would have paid about $50 to avoid the pair of football games we non-DirecTV NFL Package people had forced upon us yesterday. Raiders/Browns, followed...
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10 Things I’m thankful for
Posted by Bay Area Sports Guy in Al Davis, Anthony Morrow, Brian Wilson, Candlestick Park, Jim Harbaugh, Oakland A's, Oakland Raiders, Pablo Sandoval, Patrick Willis, San Francisco 49ers, San Francisco Giants, San Jose Sharks, Tim Lincecum on 11 25th, 2009 | No Comments
10 Things I’m thankful for...
It’s the time of year when you’re supposed to forget your problems. Don’t have a job? At least you have your health. Don’t have much money in your bank account? At least you have a roof over your head. Don’t have a good team to root for in your Greater Metro Area? At least...
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Pablo Sandoval “was a little poopy-pants”
Posted by Bay Area Sports Guy in Allen Iverson, Brandon Jennings, Golden State Warriors, Lamar Odom, Los Angeles Lakers, Pablo Sandoval, Pau Gasol, Ron Artest on 11 16th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Pablo Sandoval “was a little poopy...
Lots of stuff on the Internets worth linking to today, and I promise that none of the following links consist of mathematical formulas backing up Bill Belichick’s decision to go for it on 4th-and-2 last night in their own territory. I don’t even care what the numbers say — I’m...
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Giants set Carney Lansford free
Posted by Bay Area Sports Guy in Brian Sabean, Carney Lansford, Frank Thomas, Hensley Meulens, Michael Jordan, Pablo Sandoval, Rich Aurilia, San Francisco Giants, Will Clark on 10 14th, 2009 | No Comments
Giants set Carney Lansford free...
Carney Lansford didn’t walk a whole lot during his playing career. He walked about as much as Pablo Sandoval. Now he isn’t the Giants’ hitting coach anymore, and while it’s hard to shed too many tears, it’s hard not to feel like Lansford is probably relieved tonight. Sandoval’s...
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A new type of dominance…for the 49ers, anyway
Posted by Bay Area Sports Guy in Al Davis, Anthony Randolph, Bill Walsh, Brett Favre, Dashon Goldson, Jay-Z, Joe Montana, Justin Smith, Manny Lawson, Mike Singletary, Nate Clements, Pablo Sandoval, Patrick Willis, San Francisco 49ers, San Francisco Giants, Steve Young, Takeo Spikes, Tim Lincecum on 10 4th, 2009 | 1 Comment
A new type of dominance…for the 49...
The first step is to realize that we are no longer rooting and hoping for our idealized version of football — that being the 1980’s 49ers. No, my friends, we are rooting for the 1980’s Bears. And really, isn’t that almost better in a sense?
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Angel Villalona suspected of murder
Posted by Bay Area Sports Guy in Angel Villalona, Juan Uribe, Kobe Bryant, Pablo Sandoval, San Francisco Giants, Waldis Joaquin on 09 20th, 2009 | 4 Comments
Angel Villalona suspected of murder...
It’s like a Sunday several years ago, when this news ran across the ESPN crawler: “Kobe Bryant arrested on felony sexual assault charges in Eagle, Colorado.” I just got this text from my buddy Carp. Instead of a celebratory comment about Frank Gore, I got this:
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