Song80s Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Just echoing the common phrase here when I say that this is yet another Giants team that doesn't look championship on paper, but somehow is getting it done in October. It was a beautiful night in San Francisco last night, with a full moon blazing down near the end of the game and tendrils of fog sweeping the city carried by a gentle October ocean breezes. When you live here, you start to take magical moments like this for granted, including, perhaps, another improbable Giants run at the crown. I lived in the outer mission or San Mateo from 1977 thru 2001. So I went to many games at the Stick. So many great memories. And when Lasorda and co came to town those games were unforgettable. It does not get any better than this. Us Giant fans live in great times. Why fit in, when you were born to stand out ? My Soundcloud with many originals: [70's Songwriter] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Dan Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 As much as I'm rooting for my cards, they made mistakes and giants brought it. I hope the cards can turn it around. Dan Acoustic/Electric stringed instruments ranging from 4 to 230 strings, hammered, picked, fingered, slapped, and plucked. Analog and Digital Electronic instruments, reeds, and throat/mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Dan Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 That was a nail biter. Dan Acoustic/Electric stringed instruments ranging from 4 to 230 strings, hammered, picked, fingered, slapped, and plucked. Analog and Digital Electronic instruments, reeds, and throat/mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Ferris Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 We lucked out big time. The kids and their long ball gave it us.- Traveras, Adams & again Wong. And AGAIN, Rosenthal imploded ! For God's sake,get him outta there! Why don't they stay with Nehske and make him the closer?!! Everytime he comes in, he throws strikes and is un-hittable. https://soundcloud.com/dave-ferris https://www.youtube.com/@daveferris2709 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Dan Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 We lucked out big time. The kids and their long ball gave it us.- Traveras, Adams & again Wong. And AGAIN, Rosenthal imploded ! For God's sake,get him outta there! Why don't they stay with Nehske and make him the closer?!! Everytime he comes in, he throws strikes and is un-hittable. Agreed on all counts! Dan Acoustic/Electric stringed instruments ranging from 4 to 230 strings, hammered, picked, fingered, slapped, and plucked. Analog and Digital Electronic instruments, reeds, and throat/mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobadohshe Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 I must say, now that the Nationals are out all I care about is the World Series now. Whoever wins, they'd better beat the Giants or Cardinals. Kawai C-60 Grand Piano : Hammond A-100 : Hammond SK2 : Yamaha CP4 : Yamaha Montage 7 : Moog Sub 37 My latest album: Funky organ, huge horn section https://bobbycressey.bandcamp.com/album/cali-native Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Ferris Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 That's horrible to lose on a play like that ! I would've felt better if the guy had a solid single to left and drove in the winning run...but a wild throw to first on a sacrifice bunt ?! Hopefully come back tomorrow. https://soundcloud.com/dave-ferris https://www.youtube.com/@daveferris2709 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Dan Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 That's horrible to lose on a play like that ! I would've felt better if the guy had a solid single to left and drove in the winning run...but a wild throw to first on a sacrifice bunt ?! Hopefully come back tomorrow. I had to take my daughter to dance class, so I moved to the car and heard the horrible news on the radio on the way....didn't see it. Very disappointing. Dan Acoustic/Electric stringed instruments ranging from 4 to 230 strings, hammered, picked, fingered, slapped, and plucked. Analog and Digital Electronic instruments, reeds, and throat/mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doerfler Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 KC sweeps the O's. Damn. Congrats however to KC fans. 8-0 so far this post season. Amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Grace Posted October 15, 2014 Author Share Posted October 15, 2014 And for a team that hasn't made it to the World Series since 1985, even more amazing! Best, Geoff My Blue Someday appears on Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube | Amazon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Ferris Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Good...now I'll get more practicing in this month without watching any more sports. Man he nailed that one ! No doubt.. Better then losing on a WP like the other night. I would have been greatly surprised if the series retuned to STL. Giants ALWAYS give us fits like I said already. Congrats to the hippest city in the US. They certainly deserved it. I'm happy we got as far as we did, winning the division and beating the Dodgers. Coming back on Kershaw TWICE. Amazing season for us, no reason to hang your head if you're a Cardinal fan. Wish we could've been a little more competitive in this series but that's baseball. We got there 4 years in a row at least. I'll be largely indifferent in the WS , probably won't even watch it unless it turns out to be interesting. https://soundcloud.com/dave-ferris https://www.youtube.com/@daveferris2709 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffinator Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 I like the Royals here. They are such a scrappy, gritty team. Not much power, but man do they do all the little things... A bunch of loud, obnoxious music I USED to make with friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doerfler Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 I'll be largely indifferent in the WS , probably won't even watch it unless it turns out to be interesting. The 2 teams playing in the World Series have a total of 2 losses throughout the entire playoff season. SF lost once to the Nats and once to the Cards. KC hasen't lost a game since the regular season. If that doesn't make it interesting (at least for now), I don't know what will. I do completly get the less watching sports, more playing keyboards part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Dan Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 With the cards out, I'll be rooting for the Royals. I would have liked to have an I-70 series, but the chips just didn't fall that way. Dan Acoustic/Electric stringed instruments ranging from 4 to 230 strings, hammered, picked, fingered, slapped, and plucked. Analog and Digital Electronic instruments, reeds, and throat/mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Grace Posted October 17, 2014 Author Share Posted October 17, 2014 I'll be largely indifferent in the WS , probably won't even watch it unless it turns out to be interesting. The 2 teams playing in the World Series have a total of 2 losses throughout the entire playoff season. SF lost once to the Nats and once to the Cards. KC hasen't lost a game since the regular season. If that doesn't make it interesting (at least for now), I don't know what will. No doubt. We have a rare wild card World Series, AND one of those teamson the heels of a decades long postseason droughthas the potential to sweep the entire postseason. I know I'm interested. Best, Geoff My Blue Someday appears on Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube | Amazon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Song80s Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Good...now I'll get more practicing in this month without watching any more sports. Man he nailed that one ! No doubt.. Better then losing on a WP like the other night. I would have been greatly surprised if the series retuned to STL. Giants ALWAYS give us fits like I said already. Congrats to the hippest city in the US. They certainly deserved it. I'm happy we got as far as we did, winning the division and beating the Dodgers. Coming back on Kershaw TWICE. Amazing season for us, no reason to hang your head if you're a Cardinal fan. Wish we could've been a little more competitive in this series but that's baseball. We got there 4 years in a row at least. I'll be largely indifferent in the WS , probably won't even watch it unless it turns out to be interesting. beating the Dodgers like that was huge. I tip my hat to the cards for taking care of the NL team with the biggest payroll. Why fit in, when you were born to stand out ? My Soundcloud with many originals: [70's Songwriter] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobadohshe Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Go Royals Kawai C-60 Grand Piano : Hammond A-100 : Hammond SK2 : Yamaha CP4 : Yamaha Montage 7 : Moog Sub 37 My latest album: Funky organ, huge horn section https://bobbycressey.bandcamp.com/album/cali-native Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Song80s Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Go Royals Nationals fan, eh ? Why fit in, when you were born to stand out ? My Soundcloud with many originals: [70's Songwriter] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobadohshe Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Padres fan. The Cardinals slayed us in the '96, '05 and '06 NLDS and have won a couple WS in the past few years. The Giants are our in division mortal enemies and have won a couple WS in the past few years. Go Royals. Kawai C-60 Grand Piano : Hammond A-100 : Hammond SK2 : Yamaha CP4 : Yamaha Montage 7 : Moog Sub 37 My latest album: Funky organ, huge horn section https://bobbycressey.bandcamp.com/album/cali-native Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doerfler Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Nationals fan, eh ? I had wished at the beginning of this season that the Nat's hadn't traded Michael Morse to the Giants. I was wishing it even more watching him being interviewed last night after the game was over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Song80s Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Padres fan. The Cardinals slayed us in the '96, '05 and '06 NLDS and have won a couple WS in the past few years. The Giants are our in division mortal enemies and have won a couple WS in the past few years. Go Royals. i get it. I feel the same way about the Doggers. The padres have never struck me and other Giant fans as mortal enemies. Heck, Bruce Bochy and jake peavey had great careers in your town. Why fit in, when you were born to stand out ? My Soundcloud with many originals: [70's Songwriter] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adan Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Now that I live north of the City in Larkspur, I'm a little less immersed in Giants culture, but even so it's easy to feel the spirit. When the Giants won it in 2010, the feeling was sort of like, "finally! We deserve this!" 2012 was just a lot of fun, because that pressure was off. One of the things I really like about the Giants, aside from the obvious home team thing, is that they show a lot of loyalty to their players, more so than most MLB teams. Sure there are roster changes but there's also a lot of continuity, you can identify a significant core of the team that has remained since 2010. I mean, philosophically, what is a sports team? If the 90% of the players turn over every 5 years, is it really a group of players that you're rooting for? Surely it isn't the front office, they are like distant relatives you almost never see. Or is it the connection that we imagine exists between ourselves, the character of our city, and way a group of 25 guys who happen to wear the same uniform and call themselves a "team" conduct themselves on the field? Being a fan means subscribing to a fiction that there is some deeper meaning to all this, such that when your team wins it is confirmation that you've been living right all these years. At this point it's fun to think about these guys: Posey, Sandoval, Romo, Crawford, Cain and Pagan (who are injured but still contributed to the season), even the extremely well-rested Lincecum, carving a place for themselves in the annals of baseball as one of the few teams in the modern era that can claim to have constituted a dynasty. Gigging: Crumar Mojo 61, Hammond SKPro Home: Vintage Vibe 64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Grace Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 Well it was all Giants tonight, halting the Royals' postseason winning streak with a 7-1 victory. It's like a switch flippedfirst the Royals looked like the team of destiny; now, the Giants do. Best, Geoff My Blue Someday appears on Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube | Amazon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doerfler Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Well it was all Giants tonight, halting the Royals' postseason winning streak with a 7-1 victory. I give the KC fans alot of credit for sticking around the entire game, even when their team was down 7-0 late. Of course, with average ticket prices over $1000.00 each (that's what I read somewhere earlier today and I find it obscene) I guess they wanted their money's worth win or lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobadohshe Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Oooof. Royals got smashed. Let's see if they can get more going against someone other than Madison BumG. Kawai C-60 Grand Piano : Hammond A-100 : Hammond SK2 : Yamaha CP4 : Yamaha Montage 7 : Moog Sub 37 My latest album: Funky organ, huge horn section https://bobbycressey.bandcamp.com/album/cali-native Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Grace Posted October 23, 2014 Author Share Posted October 23, 2014 Okay. Now we've got a series! Royals use 5-run 6th inning to roar past Giants, even World Series Best, Geoff My Blue Someday appears on Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube | Amazon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doerfler Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Okay. Now we've got a series! FOX Sports Network is very happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Song80s Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Okay. Now we've got a series! FOX Sports Network is very happy. And they are objective , fair, balanced, etc. Those bow ties and tight shirt collars must be helping circulation Why fit in, when you were born to stand out ? My Soundcloud with many originals: [70's Songwriter] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Grace Posted October 25, 2014 Author Share Posted October 25, 2014 Great close game tonight! At the end of three games, both teams have scored 11 total points in this series. I wouldn't be surprised to see it go seven games. Best, Geoff My Blue Someday appears on Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube | Amazon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adan Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 I can just imagine how much fun it would have been to be out in San Francisco last night. The Saturday night just before Halloween is THE biggest night of the year here. SF embraces Halloween as though we invented it. Now combine that with a win in a very tight, nail-biting world series featuring our beloved Giants, and you have a receipt for bedlam. Last night my former band played the second of two sold out Halloween shows at Bimbo's, perhaps the best venue in town. Meanwhile, much earlier in the evening, we were strolling around a mall in Marin so that our 2-year old could trick or treat and to enter our dog in a canine costume contest, thus illustrating with stark clarity life's big trade offs. The funnest thing about watching this series is Hunter Pence, who is before our eyes is becoming a living legend. Not just for his playing, because although he's very good, he's not a superstar, but rather for the way he plays, personifying the old saying "he plays the game the way it's supposed to be played." You can squint your eyes and imagine him on the 1915 Cincinnati Reds, or something like that. He's a larger than life character and a complete original, in an age when such a thing seems to be more and more rare. Win or lose, I want to be more like Hunter. Gigging: Crumar Mojo 61, Hammond SKPro Home: Vintage Vibe 64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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