Teh Gamers https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/t15805 Runboard| Teh Gamers en-us Fri, 29 Mar 2024 13:36:56 +0000 Fri, 29 Mar 2024 13:36:56 +0000 https://www.runboard.com/ rssfeeds_managingeditor@runboard.com (Runboard.com RSS feeds managing editor) rssfeeds_webmaster@runboard.com (Runboard.com RSS feeds webmaster) akBBS 60 Re: …https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457508,from=rss#post457508https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457508,from=rss#post457508quote:Lionel Mandrake wrote: I have an autographed Krukow baseball from back in my college days. "To Lee, a real gamer." Add me to the list of gamers, please.     http://www.thegodfathertrilogy.com/gf1/wav/actman.wav nondisclosed_email@example.com (fsudog21)Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:00:19 +0000 Re: Teh Gamershttps://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457503,from=rss#post457503https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457503,from=rss#post457503quote:kaliber77 wrote: I laughed at the radio and asked out loud "What, the Giants signed Voltron?" :homerun: And swooped up into a kayak... nondisclosed_email@example.com (chefjuan)Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:06:03 +0000 Teh Gamershttps://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457496,from=rss#post457496https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457496,from=rss#post457496Oh, I remember now. He was saying something like "just imagine 40,000 fans screaming as one for nine guys on the field who come together and turn into *one!*" I laughed at the radio and asked out loud "What, the Giants signed Voltron?"nondisclosed_email@example.com (kaliber77)Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:46:27 +0000 Teh Gamershttps://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457494,from=rss#post457494https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457494,from=rss#post457494I heard a "gamer" commercial spot today and it was ridiculous. I've always thought the marketing department for the Giants has been horrible, but this is just downright insulting. The voice work was killing me, though, with some gritty, husky voice describing what a "gamer" was, and how you maybe--oh, just maybe!--you might be a gamer, yourself. There was another line at the end of it that really annoyed me, but I can't remember what that was.nondisclosed_email@example.com (kaliber77)Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:42:14 +0000 Teh Gamershttps://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457481,from=rss#post457481https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457481,from=rss#post457481Ralph & Tom must have agreed with my assesment of what a shitty slogan this is, they were ripping on it all day long.nondisclosed_email@example.com (FSS)Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:13:04 +0000 Teh Gamershttps://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457467,from=rss#post457467https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457467,from=rss#post457467Placido Polanco is a gamer.nondisclosed_email@example.com (philramirez)Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:24:34 +0000 Re: Teh Gamershttps://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457441,from=rss#post457441https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457441,from=rss#post457441When I think gamer I think Len Dykstra and Joe Carter. I don't know why. -------- because they were good players who stepped up to perform above normal levels to help the team win in clutch situations. that is what a "gamer" is. not just some schlep who is trying really hard.nondisclosed_email@example.com (tehehd)Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:53:18 +0000 Re: Teh Gamershttps://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457438,from=rss#post457438https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457438,from=rss#post457438When I think gamer I think Len Dykstra and Joe Carter. I don't know why. nondisclosed_email@example.com (NorCalAtlFan)Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:44:57 +0000 Re: Teh Gamershttps://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457436,from=rss#post457436https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457436,from=rss#post457436it's good to have gritty players, but gritty players are considered gamers because they are still good players...that is where the disconnect is here. gritty/gamers would normally be average (not below average), and the extra hustle, work, and effort they put forward makes them star players. lousy players trying really hard and still losing, well they are not gritty/gamers, they just suck. it's called feudalistic effort that does not get the job done. not everyone can be good, some people have to be the losers, and calling those losers "gamers" is the wrong use of the term. clearly the marketing department fails to understand the situation here. perhapps they consider themselves gritty/gamers, but they just suck.nondisclosed_email@example.com (tehehd)Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:41:41 +0000 Re: …https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457433,from=rss#post457433https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457433,from=rss#post457433quote:Lionel Mandrake wrote: I have an autographed Krukow baseball from back in my college days. "To Lee, a real gamer." Add me to the list of gamers, please. Are you white and kind of shitty? (at baseball) If so, then you are indeed a "Giants Gamer." nondisclosed_email@example.com (Nine Buck)Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:38:17 +0000 https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457369,from=rss#post457369https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457369,from=rss#post457369I have an autographed Krukow baseball from back in my college days. "To Lee, a real gamer." Add me to the list of gamers, please.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Lionel Mandrake)Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:14:41 +0000 Re: Teh Gamershttps://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457312,from=rss#post457312https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457312,from=rss#post457312quote:Bhaakon wrote: Baseball players named in the first 11 pages of a Google search of "gritty gamer baseball": Hideki Irabu (eh?) Mike Mussina Greg Zaun Aaron Rowand Gorman Thomas Chad Tracy Jim Thome Ryan Theriot Craig Biggio Pete Rose David Eckstein John McDonald I must admit, I must modify the original thesis: many of these gritty gamers were also quite talented. Also, check out the list of anti-gritty players: link Notice how the 10 least gritty seasons (by scientific ranking, of coure ) were all produced by dark-skinned athletes. Going by those rankings, I want the least gritty players on the Giants, I will take every last one of them. You want to win lose the grit.nondisclosed_email@example.com (TheMalcontent)Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:10:29 +0000 Re: Teh Gamershttps://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457308,from=rss#post457308https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457308,from=rss#post457308Baseball players named in the first 11 pages of a Google search of "gritty gamer baseball": Hideki Irabu (eh?) Mike Mussina Greg Zaun Aaron Rowand Gorman Thomas Chad Tracy Jim Thome Ryan Theriot Craig Biggio Pete Rose David Eckstein John McDonald I must admit, I must modify the original thesis: many of these gritty gamers were also quite talented. Also, check out the list of anti-gritty players: link Notice how the 10 least gritty seasons (by scientific ranking, of coure ) were all produced by dark-skinned athletes. nondisclosed_email@example.com (Bhaakon)Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:51:07 +0000 Re: …https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457307,from=rss#post457307https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457307,from=rss#post457307quote:BruteSentiment wrote: I'd disagree with the premise of this whole thread. Kruk would often refer to Marvin Benard as a gamer...he may not be from the 'DC' (I'm assuming you mean DR...Benard was from Nicaragua), but I think it applies. I also think I remember Kruk calling Darren Lewis a gamer a bit, but my memory from those days is fuzzy. Kruk calls everyone a "gamer." He calls little kids eating ice cream in the stands-- with their hats on backwards -- "gamers." (even though it's just that their mom's spun the kids cap around so they won't bump into the food.) But I do agree with this point that you indirectly and unintentionally raised: The Giants probably adopted that slogan, because they think we love hearing Kruk referring to everyone as gamers. nondisclosed_email@example.com (Nine Buck)Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:34:10 +0000 https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457306,from=rss#post457306https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457306,from=rss#post457306Obviously never, ever would be a stretch...but more often than not, I hear it about guys like Woody, JT, Aurilia, etc. Whats the over/under on references to Rowand & Frandsen as gamers this year? And teh premise fo this thread is what an incredibly stupid motto this is for a season, and it speaks volumes of where we're at...might as well say "We sure blow, but gol darn it, we try hard".nondisclosed_email@example.com (FSS)Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:31:04 +0000 https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457305,from=rss#post457305https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457305,from=rss#post457305I'd disagree with the premise of this whole thread. Kruk would often refer to Marvin Benard as a gamer...he may not be from the 'DC' (I'm assuming you mean DR...Benard was from Nicaragua), but I think it applies. I also think I remember Kruk calling Darren Lewis a gamer a bit, but my memory from those days is fuzzy.nondisclosed_email@example.com (BruteSentiment)Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:12:43 +0000 Re: …https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457302,from=rss#post457302https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457302,from=rss#post457302quote:FATALFART wrote: quote:Egan2581 wrote: quote:FATALFART wrote: the only way this team cracks 70 games is if merkin/threets emerage as ligitmate 7/th inning guys and wilson is the real deal. the rest of the pen looks just as bad as last year. Don't forget the offense or lack there of. This team is struggling to score runs in the thin air of AZ. It doesn't matter how well we pitch, if we can't score any runs. one problem at a time! The way to cure the offensive woes is to have Barry Zito take the mound when the Giants are up. Why not? They do that in softball, and that is pretty much what Zito throws up there these days. nondisclosed_email@example.com (Egan2581)Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:42:05 +0000 https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457301,from=rss#post457301https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457301,from=rss#post457301Didn't we win 71 last year? We've lost Bonds, all his walks...Molina will never see that many ducks on the pond, let alone drive them in...Feliz is another hole (though not as big as the one in his swing)...there was that spark we had when Rajai came over, won't happen again...Omar & Lowry are already hurt...we have no pen...no 1st or 3rd baseman...we have great SPs, but the pen will ruin it for them...and an overall offense that will never be able to rally back from 2-3 run early deficits, and a bullpen that will be eager to blow the few 1 run games we get. We are a far worse team this year. Could this team win more than 71 games? Maybe. Not a snowballs chance in hell they win 81, no facking way.nondisclosed_email@example.com (FSS)Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:40:26 +0000 Re: …https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457300,from=rss#post457300https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457300,from=rss#post457300quote:Egan2581 wrote: quote:FATALFART wrote: the only way this team cracks 70 games is if merkin/threets emerage as ligitmate 7/th inning guys and wilson is the real deal. the rest of the pen looks just as bad as last year. Don't forget the offense or lack there of. This team is struggling to score runs in the thin air of AZ. It doesn't matter how well we pitch, if we can't score any runs. one problem at a time!nondisclosed_email@example.com (FATALFART)Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:37:03 +0000 Re: …https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457298,from=rss#post457298https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457298,from=rss#post457298quote:FATALFART wrote: the only way this team cracks 70 games is if merkin/threets emerage as ligitmate 7/th inning guys and wilson is the real deal. the rest of the pen looks just as bad as last year. Don't forget the offense or lack there of. This team is struggling to score runs in the thin air of AZ. It doesn't matter how well we pitch, if we can't score any runs.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Egan2581)Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:32:14 +0000 https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457296,from=rss#post457296https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457296,from=rss#post457296the only way this team cracks 70 games is if merkin/threets emerage as ligitmate 7/th inning guys and wilson is the real deal. the rest of the pen looks just as bad as last year.nondisclosed_email@example.com (FATALFART)Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:29:18 +0000 Re: Teh Gamershttps://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457293,from=rss#post457293https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457293,from=rss#post457293quote:powermax wrote: be optimistic not a doomsayer 500 ball 81-81 write it down and let me know come october   If this team wins 81 games I'll be dancing in the streets. I want them to do well, but I am not blind. Just realistic. All I want from them this year is to be competetive and play the kids. However, given the brain trusts body of work the last three years or so, I am skeptical.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Egan2581)Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:57:57 +0000 Re: Teh Gamershttps://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457291,from=rss#post457291https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457291,from=rss#post457291be optimistic not a doomsayer 500 ball 81-81 write it down and let me know come october   nondisclosed_email@example.com (powermax)Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:55:05 +0000 Re: …https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457290,from=rss#post457290https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457290,from=rss#post457290quote:FSS wrote: What was the over/under number there? 71..... I just can't see this team cracking 70 wins this year.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Egan2581)Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:51:18 +0000 https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457289,from=rss#post457289https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457289,from=rss#post457289What was the over/under number there?nondisclosed_email@example.com (FSS)Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:50:17 +0000 Re: Teh Gamershttps://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457287,from=rss#post457287https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457287,from=rss#post457287quote:FSS wrote: Has anyone driven by the ballpark and seen these lame ads? Or heard the commericals on KNBR? It looks like we are in for a real long season with this being our motto, and I think it was Bhaakon who pointed out that the term "gamer" always seems to apply to white guys who aren't the most physically talented...and he's right, I never hear "gamer" or "gritty player" about players from the DC or Cuba. How about this motto instead "Come watch some shitty white boys try real hard, but will fail miserably...$9 for that Anchor Steam please". F me, I can't wait to get to Vegas to bet the under. I put 200 on the Under at Harrah's in South Lake. The ads this year are fuckung corny as I have ever seen them. nondisclosed_email@example.com (Egan2581)Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:41:16 +0000 Teh Gamershttps://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457283,from=rss#post457283https://boardsfgiantsfans.runboard.com/p457283,from=rss#post457283Has anyone driven by the ballpark and seen these lame ads? Or heard the commericals on KNBR? It looks like we are in for a real long season with this being our motto, and I think it was Bhaakon who pointed out that the term "gamer" always seems to apply to white guys who aren't the most physically talented...and he's right, I never hear "gamer" or "gritty player" about players from the DC or Cuba. How about this motto instead "Come watch some shitty white boys try real hard, but will fail miserably...$9 for that Anchor Steam please". F me, I can't wait to get to Vegas to bet the under.nondisclosed_email@example.com (FSS)Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:50:01 +0000