Miscellaneous Stuff

[msgkings322]

Yeah. He done.

Giants Opening Day Lineup 2010:

Aaron Rowand CF Done
Edgar Renteria SS Done
Pablo Sandoval 3B Still money
Aubrey Huff 1B Done
Mark DeRosa LF Done
Bengie Molina C Done
John Bowker RF Done
Juan Uribe 2B Hanging on, but done.
Tim Lincecum P

And that team (with some major changes) won the freaking WS. So maybe I am a little hasty with my prognosticating.

 

[CameronFrye]

For all the Grammar Nazis

How to Write Good
The first set of rules was written by Frank L. Visco and originally published in the June 1986 issue of Writers' digest.
The second set of rules is derived from William Safire's Rules for Writers.
My several years in the word game have learnt me several rules:

My several years in the word game have learnt me several rules:
1. Avoid Alliteration. Always.
2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
3. Avoid cliches like the plague. (They’re old hat.)
4. Employ the vernacular.
5. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.
6. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary.
7. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
8. Contractions aren’t necessary.
9. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.
10. One should never generalize.
11. Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.”
12. Comparisons are as bad as cliches.
13. Don’t be redundant; don’t use more words than necessary; it’s highly superfluous.
14. Profanity sucks.
15. Be more or less specific.
16. Understatement is always best.
17. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.
18. One word sentences? Eliminate.
19. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.
20. The passive voice is to be avoided.
21. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.
22. Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.
23. Who needs rhetorical questions?

1. Parenthetical words however must be enclosed in commas.
2. It behooves you to avoid archaic expressions.
3. Avoid archaeic spellings too.
4. Don't repeat yourself, or say again what you have said before.
5. Don't use commas, that, are not, necessary.
6. Do not use hyperbole; not one in a million can do it effectively.
7. Never use a big word when a diminutive alternative would suffice.
8. Subject and verb always has to agree.
9. Placing a comma between subject and predicate, is not correct.
10. Use youre spell chekker to avoid mispeling and to catch typograhpical errers.
11. Don't repeat yourself, or say again what you have said before.
12. Use the apostrophe in it's proper place and omit it when its not needed.
13. Don't never use no double negatives.
14. Poofread carefully to see if you any words out.
15. Hopefully, you will use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them.
16. Eschew obfuscation.
17. No sentence fragments.
18. Don't indulge in sesquipedalian lexicological constructions.
19. A writer must not shift your point of view.
20. Don't overuse exclamation marks!!
21. Place pronouns as close as possible, especially in long sentences, as of 10 or more words, to their antecedents.
22. Writing carefully, dangling participles must be avoided.
23. If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is.
24. Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky.
25. Everyone should be careful to use a singular pronoun with singular nouns in their writing.
26. Always pick on the correct idiom.
27. The adverb always follows the verb.
28. Take the bull by the hand and avoid mixing metaphors.
29. If you reread your work, you can find on rereading a great deal of repetition can be by rereading and editing.
30. And always be sure to finish what

Bravo. I am going to tattoo "Eschew obfuscation" onto my forearm.

 

[MarcoPolo]

Giants Opening Day Lineup 2010:

Aaron Rowand CF Done
Edgar Renteria SS Done
Pablo Sandoval 3B Still money
Aubrey Huff 1B Done
Mark DeRosa LF Done
Bengie Molina C Done
John Bowker RF Done
Juan Uribe 2B Hanging on, but done.
Tim Lincecum P

Wow. Look at that starting day lineup. That team sure got nowheres. Wait : 2010 !!! (See what I did there?) So how about we stop "the sky is falling" and "we are doomed" talk until July or so, huh?

 

[gp956]

Wow. Look at that starting day lineup. That team sure got nowheres. Wait : 2010 !!! (See what I did there?) So how about we stop "the sky is falling" and "we are doomed" talk until July or so, huh?

Who is doing that?

 

[CameronFrye]

Who is doing that?

I am. When I said that I was going to tattoo "Eschew obfuscation" onto my forearm, what I really meant was that The Giants' lineup is worthless with the bat and their complete lack of defensive presence was going to cost them the NL West title by the end of May if injuries didn't kill them off first.

It is so clear to anyone reading this that I was being a pantshitter.

 

[gp956]

I am. When I said that I was going to tattoo "Eschew obfuscation" onto my forearm, what I really meant was that The Giants' lineup is worthless with the bat and their complete lack of defensive presence was going to cost them the NL West title by the end of May if injuries didn't kill them off first.

It is so clear to anyone reading this that I was being a pantshitter.

Rep!

 

[Heathbar012]

How did the Miscellaneous Stuff thread become my favorite?

 

[msgkings322]

How did the Miscellaneous Stuff thread become my favorite?

Because you're kind of all over the place, Heath

 

[SFAnthem]

Thanks gp and tz a ton! It is truly appreciated on my end. From gp's account, it sounds like it's just what I want and to tz, you saved me from a lot of research. Thanks again fellas.

If you were willing to, you might be able to get a nice secondhand iPad 2 cheaper as people are migrating to the "new" iPad.

Ditto what the others have said above, it doesn't replace my laptop as my workhorse but I love to have it around with me at all times possible.

The battery life is a blessing, especially when I travel. Nowadays, many major networks have an app for their shows. Netflix and HBOgo are killer for watching movies and shows. In horizontal mode, reading an ebook is a pretty good simulation of holding an actual paperback.

If you do pick one up, be advised that there are compromises in data entry and web browsing that took me some time to get adjusted to. Some videos wont be able to play and some websites will identify it as a mobile device and load that version of the website first (haven't bothered to figure out a way around it).
I use the Mercury browser (firefox) for most of my web browsing and it does a decent job, has tabs so you can easily navigate between different pages, and even has a scroll bar for longer pages.

The one thing that's missing that would make the experience even better..the SportsHoopla board app! It that was in development last year, Ghost??

 

[SFAnthem]

How did the Miscellaneous Stuff thread become my favorite?

They should merge MarcoPolo's Pat Burrell video thread in here for even more awesomeness.

 

[gp956]

Giants' Players Ranked by wOBA


..................BB%.....K%......ISO......wOBA
Pablo Sandoval....7.7%....9.6%....0.221....0.392
Brett Pill........4.9%....19.5%...0.243....0.371
Buster Posey .....7.3%....22.7%...0.167....0.363
Melky Cabrera.....8.6%....12.1%...0.134....0.36
Nate Schierholtz..5.0%....12.5%...0.213....0.334
Joaquin Arias.....4.8%....16.7%...0.103....0.329
Gregor Blanco.....15.4%...19.2%...0.093....0.323
Angel Pagan.......3.1%....10.7%...0.176....0.31
Brandon Belt......14.3%...22.9%...0.083....0.308
Manny Burriss.....7.9%....11.1%...0.000....0.266
Hector Sanchez....1.9%....25.9%...0.096....0.262
Aubrey Huff.......14.3%...7.1%....0.143....0.261
Brandon Crawford..3.3%....17.6%...0.115....0.242
Ryan Theriot......4.9%....13.1%...0.018....0.171

 

[tzill]

I am. When I said that I was going to tattoo "Eschew obfuscation" onto my forearm, what I really meant was that The Giants' lineup is worthless with the bat and their complete lack of defensive presence was going to cost them the NL West title by the end of May if injuries didn't kill them off first.

It is so clear to anyone reading this that I was being a pantshitter.

Seems pretty obvo to me.

 

[tzill]

Because you're kind of all over the place, Heath

You mean, like, emotionally?

 

[tzill]

Giants' Players Ranked by wOBA


..................BB%.....K%......ISO......wOBA
Pablo Sandoval....7.7%....9.6%....0.221....0.392
Brett Pill........4.9%....19.5%...0.243....0.371
Buster Posey .....7.3%....22.7%...0.167....0.363
Melky Cabrera.....8.6%....12.1%...0.134....0.36
Nate Schierholtz..5.0%....12.5%...0.213....0.334
Joaquin Arias.....4.8%....16.7%...0.103....0.329
Gregor Blanco.....15.4%...19.2%...0.093....0.323
Angel Pagan.......3.1%....10.7%...0.176....0.31
Brandon Belt......14.3%...22.9%...0.083....0.308
Manny Burriss.....7.9%....11.1%...0.000....0.266
Hector Sanchez....1.9%....25.9%...0.096....0.262
Aubrey Huff.......14.3%...7.1%....0.143....0.261
Brandon Crawford..3.3%....17.6%...0.115....0.242
Ryan Theriot......4.9%....13.1%...0.018....0.171

Four solid guys and the rest range from mediocre to crap. And yes, I'm looking at YOU, Riot.

Edit: I guess league average wOBA is about .310, so

Panda, Pill, Posey, Melkman = solid
Nate, Kobe, White Horse = above average
Oxy, Baby G = average
ManBur, Chez3, Huffer, Stamos, Riot = woeful

 

[gp956]

This will cheer you pantshitters up.......The Last 27 Outs of the 2010 World Series, in 5 minutes and 52 seconds.

 

[gp956]

I'd forgotten how many sliders Timmy threw that night.

 

[Stokes1931]

This will cheer you pantshitters up.......The Last 27 Outs of the 2010 World Series, in 5 minutes and 52 seconds.

This is awesome. You can have all my current and future rep just for posting this. Can't take this away.

BTW, who is the Giants' pitcher for that game? Guy looks familiar. Haven't seen him in a while.

 

[sfsportsfan]

Yeah. He done.

Giants Opening Day Lineup 2010:

Aaron Rowand CF Done
Edgar Renteria SS Done
Pablo Sandoval 3B Still money
Aubrey Huff 1B Done
Mark DeRosa LF Done
Bengie Molina C Done
John Bowker RF Done
Juan Uribe 2B Hanging on, but done.
Tim Lincecum P

interesting. the biggest disappointment of that season is the only good one now.

 

[Heathbar012]

You mean, like, emotionally?

Physically. I have my own personal jet, you know.

 

[msgkings322]

This is awesome. You can have all my current and future rep just for posting this. Can't take this away.

BTW, who is the Giants' pitcher for that game? Guy looks familiar. Haven't seen him in a while.

Haven't seen his sliders in any case...