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[Heathbar012]

That was the most reasonable, respectful, informative and, at times, funny discussion "about" "religion" that I have ever read on a message board. I would rep all around, if I could.

 

[jingo]

Repped for making me laugh. On the evening of Nov. 1, 2010, I questioned my atheist beliefs for a few moments but then decided that karma was finally paying me back for all my years of suffering.

I understand that Brooks Conrad is a "good guy". Probably never did anything to warrant "bad karma". Therefore, if it wasn't karma.....(He works in mysterious ways - great move on His part to cause Brooks to short-arm the grounder.)

I remember as if it was yesterday.......
ATLANTA -- There were no excuses, Braves second baseman Brooks Conrad said on Sunday night. The sun didn't blind him on a missed pop fly. The critical ninth-inning grounder that lost the game didn't take a bad hop.

Conrad made three errors to set a Division Series single-game record in the Braves' 3-2 loss to the Giants in Game 3 of the National League Division Series at Turner Field on Sunday. The last miscue was on a grounder that went through the wickets much like the one that scooted through Bill Buckner's legs to decide Game 6 of the 1986 World Series, when the Mets beat the Red Sox.

During the ninth inning, Freddy Sanchez ended up scoring the winning run on what seemed like a routine two-out grounder hit by Buster Posey up the middle. The error was Conrad's fourth of the series, setting a Division Series record. Conrad's three on Sunday tied the overall single-game postseason record shared by 11 other players.

 

[gp956]

I understand that Brooks Conrad is a "good guy". Probably never did anything to warrant "bad karma". Therefore, if it wasn't karma.....(He works in mysterious ways - great move on His part to cause Brooks to short-arm the grounder.)

I remember as if it was yesterday.......
ATLANTA -- There were no excuses, Braves second baseman Brooks Conrad said on Sunday night. The sun didn't blind him on a missed pop fly. The critical ninth-inning grounder that lost the game didn't take a bad hop.

Conrad made three errors to set a Division Series single-game record in the Braves' 3-2 loss to the Giants in Game 3 of the National League Division Series at Turner Field on Sunday. The last miscue was on a grounder that went through the wickets much like the one that scooted through Bill Buckner's legs to decide Game 6 of the 1986 World Series, when the Mets beat the Red Sox.

During the ninth inning, Freddy Sanchez ended up scoring the winning run on what seemed like a routine two-out grounder hit by Buster Posey up the middle. The error was Conrad's fourth of the series, setting a Division Series record. Conrad's three on Sunday tied the overall single-game postseason record shared by 11 other players.

Conrad was a pawn in Bobby Cox's karmic payback. All those foot outside called strikes had to be balanced.

 

[jingo]

Conrad was a pawn in Bobby Cox's karmic payback. All those foot outside called strikes had to be balanced.

I thought Bobby Cox's payback was that guy rocking back and forth next to him on the bench (tick, tock, tick, tock,...). I wonder how many people learned to play the piano to Mazzone's trademark rocking.

A really good pitching coach and a human metronome all in one package (never needs winding).

 

[ColinCoby]

Conrad was a pawn in Bobby Cox's karmic payback. All those foot outside called strikes had to be balanced.

Man that was annoying, especially with Glavine on the mound.

Of course, I don't remember being quite as pissed when Rueter got that call.

 

[antone112]

No

 

[ColinCoby]

No

Who invited their kid brother into the man cave?

 

[sfsportsfan]

lol. almost 3 years later...


my names Ronnie(named after Ronnie Lott...okay not really). im 21. lived in san ramon all my life. i work at a sports bar and go to csu east bay. been a big giants/9er fan all my life. got into a lot of fights cuz of it, since i live to close to oakland. all through school there were tons of oakland fans.

earliest baseball memory was at a giants vs A's game at the stick. my dads family was all there and we had almost an entire section in right field. my cousin's ex had me and a friend flicking peanuts at ellis burks. then on the ride home my uncle offered me 5 bucks to not talk the whole ride, so i fell asleep. good times.

 

[filosofy29]

Been a fan of the Giants as long as I can remember as my Grandfather and my mom are huge Giants fans. I wasn't a huge Giants fan until about 1995 because I also followed Ken Griffey Jr. as well. When I was a kid, I was more about the individual players. Remember going to a playoff game against the Cardinals at Candlestick park in 1987. Don't even remember if the Giants won or lost (I was 7), I just remember it being colder than feck and my dad and I drinking hot spiced cider out of a thermos. Been to a handful of games at the Phone Booth. Love it there. Also remember being up in the upper deck on warm days and eating chocolate malts and pretending I was Jeffrey Leonard (my buddy was a huge Chili Davis fan). My buddy's dad was a professional NL Umpire so I got treated to a lot of field and locker room visits that was amazing. Met Dale Murphy, Pete Rose, Ken Caminiti, Jeff Bagwell, Craig Biggio and a handful of other stars. Will Clark hates my face. I miss Candlestick for the nostalgia, but not much else. Bought my latest Giants hat there in 2006 when Noah Lowry beat the Reds and got to watch Griffey Jr. play. Noah was my favorite Giant at the time. Also got to drink some Anchor Steam's in a plastic bottle.....which was interesting, lol. Went to game 162 against the pAAAdres and watched Mat Latos lose to Durty.
I've only ever really posted on the Disney board before this one. Sometimes I'd peruse the Runboard and McCovey Cove, but never posted on either of them. I used to enjoy reading Frisco_Short_Stop (play in his Stanley Cup pool occassionally), balzac, jobuneedsarefill, Doyle, BruteSentiment, GoldenBears and a couple others. Didn't really care for a lot of the other regulars.
I started posting in 2001 very sparingly and didn't start really being an active participant until after the migration of the past regulars to the RunBoard. Met a lot of the fine folks on this forum from the Disney board. 2010 was amazing in many ways.....this board made it all the better.
Converted my wife from a Dodger fan to a Giants fan too.

 

[calsnowskier]

Been a fan of the Giants as long as I can remember as my Grandfather and my mom are huge Giants fans. I wasn't a huge Giants fan until about 1995 because I also followed Ken Griffey Jr. as well. When I was a kid, I was more about the individual players. Remember going to a playoff game against the Cardinals at Candlestick park in 1987. Don't even remember if the Giants won or lost (I was 7), I just remember it being colder than feck and my dad and I drinking hot spiced cider out of a thermos. Been to a handful of games at the Phone Booth. Love it there. I miss Candlestick for the nostalgia, but not much else. Bought my latest Giants hat there in 2006 when Noah Lowry beat the Reds and got to watch Griffey Jr. play. Noah was my favorite Giant at the time. Also got to drink some Anchor Steam's in a plastic bottle.....which was interesting, lol. Went to game 162 against the pAAAdres and watched Mat Latos lose to Durty.
I've only ever really posted on the Disney board before this one. Sometimes I'd peruse the Runboard and McCovey Cove, but never posted on either of them. I used to enjoy reading Frisco_Short_Stop (play in his Stanley Cup pool occassionally), balzac, jobuneedsarefill, Doyle, BruteSentiment, GoldenBears and a couple others. Didn't really care for a lot of the other regulars.
I started posting in 2001 very sparingly and didn't start really being an active participant until after the migration of the past regulars to the RunBoard. Met a lot of the fine folks on this forum from the Disney board. 2010 was amazing in many ways.....this board made it all the better.
Converted my wife from a Dodger fan to a Giants fan too.

Converted the mrs from a doggy to a Giant?


NICE!!

REP

 

[Heathbar012]

Been a fan of the Giants as long as I can remember as my Grandfather and my mom are huge Giants fans. I wasn't a huge Giants fan until about 1995 because I also followed Ken Griffey Jr. as well. When I was a kid, I was more about the individual players. Remember going to a playoff game against the Cardinals at Candlestick park in 1987. Don't even remember if the Giants won or lost (I was 7), I just remember it being colder than feck and my dad and I drinking hot spiced cider out of a thermos. Been to a handful of games at the Phone Booth. Love it there. I miss Candlestick for the nostalgia, but not much else. Bought my latest Giants hat there in 2006 when Noah Lowry beat the Reds and got to watch Griffey Jr. play. Noah was my favorite Giant at the time. Also got to drink some Anchor Steam's in a plastic bottle.....which was interesting, lol. Went to game 162 against the pAAAdres and watched Mat Latos lose to Durty.
I've only ever really posted on the Disney board before this one. Sometimes I'd peruse the Runboard and McCovey Cove, but never posted on either of them. I used to enjoy reading Frisco_Short_Stop (play in his Stanley Cup pool occassionally), balzac, jobuneedsarefill, Doyle, BruteSentiment, GoldenBears and a couple others. Didn't really care for a lot of the other regulars.
I started posting in 2001 very sparingly and didn't start really being an active participant until after the migration of the past regulars to the RunBoard. Met a lot of the fine folks on this forum from the Disney board. 2010 was amazing in many ways.....this board made it all the better.
Converted my wife from a Dodger fan to a Giants fan too.

Me, too! It was even easier than I thought it would be.

 

[calsnowskier]

Me, too! It was even easier than I thought it would be.

Rep to you too, sir!

 

[Giantsmojo]

I've been a fan from day 1.

My father was originally a Dodger fan when they were in NY, but when they moved out west he switched allegiances because he couldn't root for an LA team.

Favorite player as a kid: Matt Williams.

I've been to several parks: Of Course AT&T/Candlestick/Oakland Coliseum

Petco - Had horrible seats, 15 rows up down the 3rd base line and couldn't see left field, it was the parks opening weekend. Giants won 6-3 scoring 5 runs in the 8th and 1 in the 9th in a comeback.

Shae - Ugly stadium didn't see the game it got rained out and we had to leave that night.

Yankees Stadium - Sat behind the LF Foul Pole, blah seats, for a blah game. Giants lost 2-4, Roger the Dodger Clemens, hit Bonds and walked him 3 times, proving once and for all his cowardliness.

Wrigley Field - Didn't see the Giants play, the Cubs played Rays in 2003, don't remember the score, I do remember a fan heckling me about Dusty Baker saying what are the Giants going to do without Dusty and replied we would do better.

US Cellular - Giants won 8-4, top of the 9th the Giants were down 2-4 with a runner 1st, Bonds who had struck out 3 times vs Colon already came up, they decided to pitch to Bonds who homered to tie the game. Giants preceded to load the bases and Aurilia hit a Grand Slam.

Miller Park - Saw the Red Sox win 11-10.

Citizens Bank Park - Giants lost 10-6 on an Utley grand slam in the bottom of the 8th. Stupid Phillie Phanatic tried to run me over with an ATV going back to my seat carrying my food.

Angels Stadium - A total dump, we left in the 5th inning because we had yet to see an inning as everyone was more interested in seeing where everyone they knew was sitting standing and waiving talking on their phones.

 

[Robotech]

Been a Giants fan since I started watching sports in 1987 when I was 7 years old. Was living in San Francisco then, so I naturally followed the other teams in the area as well, except for the A's since I already had the Giants. Needless to say, it was a great time to follow the Giants and the Niners. Warriors weren't great, but I also rooted for the Celtics back then because my dad was a Celtics fan and Larry Bird was very easy to fall in love with. I've been hooked on sports ever since.

Anyway, going back to the Giants, those Humm Baby Days will always bring back fond memories. I can vividly remember listening to the games on the radio waiting for Will Clark to do something great, waiting for Uribe, Thompson and Clark to turn the double play. So many great memories from those early days, such as Jeffrey Leonard seemingly homering every time he came up against the Cards, Dave Dravecky's courageous comeback, Kevin Mitchell barehanded catch. Almost had my heart broken in 1992, but thankfully Peter MacGowan put together a group to keep the Giants here. Despite all the pain from being a Giants fan, it's all been worth it.

 

[Slimpikins]

I am a fair weather Giants fan. I really only started watching baseball because it is less awkward to talk ball with the father in law than about me nailing his daughter.

I like to drink and sports is something to pass the time while I wait for the scotch to kick in. I couldn't name half the roster and I will watch less than ten games from start to finish this year.

Now, I first chose the Giants as my team when I was younger and I asked my dad who his favorite football team was, he replied "who ever is playing against the 49ers". I asked him who his favorite sports team overall was, being from SoCal he said the Dodgers. I've been a Giants fan out of spite ever since.

 

[Stokes1931]

I am a fair weather Giants fan. I really only started watching baseball because it is less awkward to talk ball with the father in law than about me nailing his daughter.

I like to drink and sports is something to pass the time while I wait for the scotch to kick in. I couldn't name half the roster and I will watch less than ten games from start to finish this year.

Now, I first chose the Giants as my team when I was younger and I asked my dad who his favorite football team was, he replied "who ever is playing against the 49ers". I asked him who his favorite sports team overall was, being from SoCal he said the Dodgers. I've been a Giants fan out of spite ever since.

Huge rep!

But you are invited to come to the light side, and do it not out of spite, but because of the love.

 

[sfsportsfan]

I am a fair weather Giants fan. I really only started watching baseball because it is less awkward to talk ball with the father in law than about me nailing his daughter.

I like to drink and sports is something to pass the time while I wait for the scotch to kick in. I couldn't name half the roster and I will watch less than ten games from start to finish this year.

Now, I first chose the Giants as my team when I was younger and I asked my dad who his favorite football team was, he replied "who ever is playing against the 49ers". I asked him who his favorite sports team overall was, being from SoCal he said the Dodgers. I've been a Giants fan out of spite ever since.

 

[SFGRTB]

I'm gonna say this. In our childhoods, my grandpa got to see "King" Carl Hubbell and Hal Schumacher, my Dad got to see Juan Marichal and Gaylord Perry, I got to see Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain.

We've had our share of debates over who wins the battle. My grandpa always uses the wins and age of pitching (facing guys like Ruth, Gehrig and DiMaggio) and also King Carl holding the franchise record for straight scoreless innings. My Dad uses the HOF argument/Wins argument. I use the World Series argument

I've started winning more since 2010

 

[tallglassofwater007]

Giants fan now living in Los Angeles. Post regularly on the Niner board, but mostly lurk over here.

My family is all from SF and I grew up near Lake Tahoe. I'm a huge Niner/Giants fan. Born into it. My great grandfather, Frank Lucia, was pretty big in the city back in his day. He grew up playing in a sandlot league with the DiMaggio's. And his wife was best friends with Joe DiMaggio's sister. He was drafted by the Royals, but turned it down because his mother said he wouldn't make enough money. Later on he actually started baseball for teens in the city. Not little league, but some sort of teen league. But he kept playing semi pro ball (at Seal Stadium) and at 41 years old he actually batted .751. He did a lot for the community and youth baseball and when he died in the 80's they actually closed down city hall for the day and the funeral procession was nearly 1000 cars long. My father ended up being a prospect out of high school (pitcher and 3rd base) but stopped playing because of opening a restaurant with my aunt. So when I was young he was really throwing me heat, but I got pretty good myself, only to stop playing because I loved football and focused on that. I am not trying to brag or anything about my family... just stating my SF and baseball roots. And I'd be a liar if I didn't say I am also very proud of my family.

It is tough to live down in Southern California because all the Dodger/Angel love. Not sure I will ever get over that game 6..... I still wish bad things on the rally monkey. But the best thing was that I got to celebrate the World Series win with a couple strangers (Giants fans) in front of a bar packed with Dodger fans. Would have been much better full of Giants fans, but very sweet still. I go to many Dodgers games and always root for the other team, regardless who it is. I have my, "Go Other Team" shirt that I made, and so far I haven't been attacked for wearing it. A lot of threats, but nothing more. I also don't sit in the left field section anymore .... terrible terrible place to watch a game. It was also fun to live the McCourt ordeal down here.

I don't get to follow the Giants as closely as I would like being down here, so I appreciate all the knowledge you guys are dropping on the boards. Especially with the prospects.

 

[CameronFrye]

Giants fan now living in Los Angeles. Post regularly on the Niner board, but mostly lurk over here.

My family is all from SF and I grew up near Lake Tahoe. I'm a huge Niner/Giants fan. Born into it. My great grandfather, Frank Lucia, was pretty big in the city back in his day. He grew up playing in a sandlot league with the DiMaggio's. And his wife was best friends with Joe DiMaggio's sister. He was drafted by the Royals, but turned it down because his mother said he wouldn't make enough money. Later on he actually started baseball for teens in the city. Not little league, but some sort of teen league. But he kept playing semi pro ball (at Seal Stadium) and at 41 years old he actually batted .751. He did a lot for the community and youth baseball and when he died in the 80's they actually closed down city hall for the day and the funeral procession was nearly 1000 cars long. My father ended up being a prospect out of high school (pitcher and 3rd base) but stopped playing because of opening a restaurant with my aunt. So when I was young he was really throwing me heat, but I got pretty good myself, only to stop playing because I loved football and focused on that. I am not trying to brag or anything about my family... just stating my SF and baseball roots. And I'd be a liar if I didn't say I am also very proud of my family.

It is tough to live down in Southern California because all the Dodger/Angel love. Not sure I will ever get over that game 6..... I still wish bad things on the rally monkey. But the best thing was that I got to celebrate the World Series win with a couple strangers (Giants fans) in front of a bar packed with Dodger fans. Would have been much better full of Giants fans, but very sweet still. I go to many Dodgers games and always root for the other team, regardless who it is. I have my, "Go Other Team" shirt that I made, and so far I haven't been attacked for wearing it. A lot of threats, but nothing more. I also don't sit in the left field section anymore .... terrible terrible place to watch a game. It was also fun to live the McCourt ordeal down here.

I don't get to follow the Giants as closely as I would like being down here, so I appreciate all the knowledge you guys are dropping on the boards. Especially with the prospects.

Welcome. Great family info. I didn't take it as bragging. It's never bragging if it's the truth.

Post here as often as you'd like. You deserve hazard pay for having to live in SoCal.