The art of heckling is a very interesting art. It can be as subtle as a pun most people won’t get. But sometimes, it’s as blunt and straight-forward as can be.
Seriously, though, keep it at words.
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Some people are going to ask me if Gina is based on anyone.
Of course she is! Quite a few people, actually.
Now, of course, not every female athlete I’ve ever met is like this. One in particular is one of the sweetest people I’ve ever met, to the point I think she’s faking it as she’s plotting to take over the world with her sweetness.
But female baseball players seem to be more aggressive than others. And I think they have good reason to be. I can’t think of a single other sport where females that want to play it are routinely persuaded to play a modified version of the sport, rather than the sport itself. I can understand some resentment over that. Even with football, which has no female equivalent. In that case, women who really want to play it are allowed to play with the men.
(I’m currently dismissing the Lingerie Football League as an ‘alternative’, since it’s obviously pandering to both genders. Seriously, it’s like someone saw the scene in ‘A League Of Their Own’ about forcing the girls to play in skirts, and said “Hey, that’s a great idea for all contact sports, except cheerleader skirts are far too ‘Leave It To Beaver’-ish conservative!” But I will say, some of those girls are pretty damn brutal, and very good athletes.)
But some women do buck the trend. If you’re interested, check out the California Women’s Baseball League, which starts play next month.
Oh, come now, you can admit you miss it, even if just a little.
Say what you will about the old bitch, she had character. You knew where you were if you were there. That can’t be said for far too many of her contemporaries built in the same era. Three Rivers and Veterans Stadiums were like baseball’s idea of pre-fab homes.
Maybe it’s really only because it’s where I learned about baseball, but Candlestick will always have a place in my heart.
But yea, I do not miss those Tuesday nights…brrr….
Don’t think this is an issue?
Go to Google, and type in Dinger. Guess what the first suggestion Google gives you is?
Google Suggestions for 'Dinger'. Please only do this with Safe Search On. Trust me.
Seriously…When your stupid antics are a higher suggestion than your own name, you’re an idiot. Or you’re Charlie Sheen. Not that the two are mutually exclusive.
The Rockies fans don’t like his antics of Dinger behind home plate. Even the beat writer for the Denver Post thinks it’s ‘Bush League.’
Mascots may be one of those parts of the game that hardcore adult fans dislike, and they seem to be around more to be the butt of jokes than to cause actual, intentional laughs. That’s why the Krazy Krab lived. Say what you will about the Giants in the 1980′s, but they were ahead of their time in Snarkiness.
But Dinger goes beyond bad taste and cheesiness. Get his purple butt and jelly-bean colored head out of the game, and keep him in the commercial breaks where he belongs.
An almost perfect turnaround from our last strip. It’s two days later, and yea, this is still how we feel. Getting swept at home by the Marlins doesn’t help, but we’re so numb, it almost went by unnoticed.
What is this team going to do without Posey? It’s not the end of the world (this came five days too late for that), but it’s hard to imagine this team’s offense working with how the current players are hitting, and without Posey anchoring the middle of it.
The Giants will be fine. This isn’t the end of our playoff hopes. This team still has the pitching to be winning, with good enough offense. It’s just now, the offense will have to struggle anymore to be ‘just good enough.’ But still….
Here’s hoping Brandon Belt can get us to feel again.
Full Disclosure: This script was written on Wednesday. Before the end of the game.
Not that anyone’s going to believe me.
In all seriousness, there was an actual academic inquiry as to how seagulls always seem to show up around the seventh and eighth innings. And you know what?
Pavlov was right.
It turns out that the sea gulls have come to recognize that ‘Take Me Out to the Ball Game’ actually ‘Get Ready to Go Home From The Ballgame’. Usually less than an hour after that song, their feeding frenzy can begin. Those birds may be smarter than I’d like to give them credit for.
Of course, extra inning games might be vexingly confusing to them. If Nate Schierholtz keeps this up, the gulls might just start worshipping him as a god.
Seriously, Carlos, don’t.
But welcome to San Francisco. Don’t worry, you don’t have to play like you did with the Astros. Playing like you have the rest of this season will make us more than happy, and we’ll love you, no matter what Zack Wheeler goes on to do with his career. Play well, and you’ll get a ring.
By the way, National Media: It’s ZACK. With a K. Just like all his strikeouts. Not Zach. And definitely not Zachary. Zack. You’d think a media that grew up on Saved by the Bell would know the difference.
Special Thursday strip! Rog has been working overtime lately, but this was awesome. Don’t worry, there’s still a Friday strip coming, and you won’t be disappointed.
Apparently, you can also play the Pirates. Oh, I remember these Pirates. I like these Pirates. They aren’t quite the Expos….but they’re fun all the same.
Last night’s outburst aside, the Giants really need to change something, or fix something. Seriously. This is beyond bad. It’s approaching sad. Beltran coming back would help, but the offense isn’t one-man fixable. I hope Huff can keep up his renaissance. The Giants won’t repeat with him.
For those who didn’t see, with the Stewart and Huff home runs, the Giants have now hit 18 solo home runs in a row (meaning, they haven’t hit one with a man on base in that streak). They are one away from tying the major league record of 19, set in 1914 by the Phillies. While I’m all for breaking just about anything Phillies-related at the moment, I’m not sure this should be one of those things.
Come on, Bam-Bam. Get something going with these guys.
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Seriously, Cubs fans. The last time you won a World Series was because Merkle had a Boner. You’re welcome for that. Your grandparents can thank us, because they’re the only members of your families to remember it.
I often sit next to fans from opposing teams. I like it. I truly enjoy how baseball can bring people together.
Cubs fans are the exception. Especially this past series. I’ll give the Cubs this: their fans had a lot more to cheer about than Giants fans. They came into our yard and embarrassed the Giants in two games out of three. But I’ve never seen a group of fans go out to a game and try to be obnoxious (other than in the bleachers) than the group of Cubs fans I sat next to above the Giants dugout. They were so outlandish, I passed up Rowand and Tejada jokes for this. Those Cubs fans worked hard at being obnoxious, with their Giants-dressed girlfriends constantly apologizing for them, trying to stop any potential skirmishes (as far as I’m aware, none occurred. This ain’t Candlestick and Hunter’s Point). It makes me feel like Steve Bartman was like certain ex-coworkers of mine who wanted to get himself fired from his position as a Cubs fan to get out of a bad, thankless job.
And it’s not like Bartman’s the only one to have quit on the Cubs this year. Right, Zambrano?
Seriously, Cubs fans. Just because even the BlackHawks are giving Chicago fans a better return on their fandom doesn’t mean you have to be so bitter. At least try to go the Red Sox route of longtime losing and sell out to the national media as pitiful losers. Just don’t try to make out the Milwaukee Brewers to be your New York Yankees. That’d just be sad.
I will say, the Cubs fans got me to go sit in another seat. And that….that worked out nicely.
If you haven’t been following the Anonymous/BART drama, well, you’re probably not a commuter.
To be blunt and short about it, no matter what sympathies I may have for the reasons behind the protest, I just can’t respect Anonymous. They’re cyber-bullies. They are the ultimate hypocrites, striking at their adversaries by posting their private information, while their name alone proudly declares their own privacy. And most ridiculously, they’ve ripped off a Hollywood-grown, developed and delivered symbol to symbolize themselves. Way to be counter-culture guys, even if you’re Natalie Portman fans.
I find it especially laughable that the group so dedicated at fighting abuses of power has chosen the effigy of a man who wanted to install into power a puppet, child ruler whose strings would be controlled by an ultra-conservative, religious-empowered regime that was more than happy to dictate its wills and wants to the general public and control them through questionable means. (I’m talking about the 16th century Catholic Church, which is far different than today’s.) I wonder if there is a single member of Anonymous who understands the irony of it.
So yea, stop messing with our BART. Absolutely, there are things that need to be dealt with in terms of BART’s police and management, but all you’ve done is push those who are undecided in the balance of keeping order and security versus freedom to the former, by equating freedom with anarchy. Not cool.
Meanwhile, one guy working way past any delays is Rog Hernandez, the artist. Give the man some props on @sflunaticfringe on Twitter. He worked triple-time on this ‘strip’, and made it worth it. See if you can catch all the references to earlier this season.
It might be past the point of making sense to even protest this Giants offense, however. 7 games back. It’s time to start playing for next season. Bench Huff. Bench Ross. Let’s see what Belt, Pill and Peguero can do. Hey, it’s not giving up on the season if you’re benching the player who aren’t performing!