Giants $$ In Coming Years

[Mays-Fan]

What was the purpose of this thread? A party pooper will I be?

Weren't you the one who wanted a question?

 

[calsnowskier]

Weren't you the one who wanted a question?

Why are you being confrontational?

 

[Mays-Fan]

Why are you being confrontational?

Moi? Confrontational? What gave you that idea?

 

[calsnowskier]

I don't know. Your calling him out, maybe?

 

[LHG]

I don't know. Your calling him out, maybe?

Can't we all just get along?

 

[Mays-Fan]

I don't know. Your calling him out, maybe?

Who taught you how to write?

Wasn't your original point to show our contractual commitments in the future?

 

[calsnowskier]

Who taught you how to write?

You don't think I used "your" correctly? Shouldn't you re-read what I wrote?

 

[calsnowskier]

Wasn't your original point to show our contractual commitments in the future?

Am I stuck in a loop in thread, and unable to escape?

 

[Mays-Fan]

You don't think I used "your" correctly? Shouldn't you re-read what I wrote?

Oh, so you're saying "calling" is a noun, not a verb?

If so, who could blame you for being miffed?

 

[Mays-Fan]

What if we did this?
Make us all write in haiku?
But only questions?

 

[MarcoPolo]

Oh, so you're saying "calling" is a noun, not a verb?

If so, who could blame you for being miffed?

He used 'your' correctly. In the phrase, "calling" is a gerund, which turns the verb into a noun. (A gerund is a noun made from a verb by adding "-ing." The gerund form of the verb "read" is "reading." You can use a gerund as the subject, the complement, or the object of a sentence.) A possessive can (and should) be used on a gerund. For example "Your running every morning is making you healthier" or "Your playing on computers is a waste of your time" or "Her writing is good".

The problem with what he posted wasn't 'your' - it was that what he wrote was not a sentence, though, as there is no verb in it - it is a phrase. He capitalized the first letter of the first word and ended it with a question mark, making it look like a sentence, even though it isn't.

But what's a little grammar mistake between friends? (Oblig. question )

 

[MarcoPolo]

Oh, BTW, here is the link to the Cot's salary spreadsheet for the Giants for the next few years (unless the site auto-loads it). It now contains Cueto's salary, and NO arb amounts (altho it is wrong that it doesn't list Gearrin as being arb-eligible, which he should be with 2 years and 136 days of service time).

 

[MarcoPolo]

Damn - it did load it. It should be :

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aB2pke7WsGjlRiEySz4lQfGlfd3a9TdMOAHONOWsgGA/pub

(obviously, you have to add https:// )

Or, you can go to Cot's Giants page:
San Francisco Giants | Cot's Baseball Contracts

and click on the "2016-21 payroll obligations" link just above the list of salaries for the last 15 years or so.

It lists 2017 salary at $123.044M and 2018 at $106.511M (Both years with Cueto, and no arb amounts counted).

 

[SFGRTB]

WHEN WILL IT END?!

 

[MarcoPolo]

WHEN WILL IT END?!

It to end, you want? Party-pooperish shall you be?

 

[LHG]

WHEN WILL IT END?!

I'd know. Give it two days.

















Maybe less?

 

[msgkings322]

Are you guys all retarded?

 

[MarcoPolo]

I think so. Well, at least all but me - I am apparently the only guy that stayed awake in 8th grade English and heard the lecture about gerunds.

 

[Mays-Fan]

I think so. Well, at least all but me - I am apparently the only guy that stayed awake in 8th grade English and heard the lecture about gerunds.

Dude, wasn't I over an hour ahead of you on this clarification?

 

[MarcoPolo]

Dude, wasn't I over an hour ahead of you on this clarification?

Aren't you the guy that wrote 'Oh, so you're saying "calling" is a noun, not a verb?' ??? (BTW, in that usage, it IS a noun, and not a verb.) So no, you weren't ahead of me, and you were wrong. If you don't believe me, pick up a grammar text and look up 'gerund'.