Tim Lincecum

[poormans69]

Very well put True.

[parsonsj]

We moved to Ohio in 1969, and my dad took my brother and I to several Reds games a year. I remember being at Crosley Field, before it was replaced by Riverfront Stadium in 1970.

I worshipped the Big Red Machine, and would play wiffle ball for hours with my brother, imitating each player's batting stance as we went through the lineups. I made him be Baltimore, or Oakland, or the Dodgers. (Cincy/LA was the big NL rivalry during the 70s). I went to a bunch of Reds games at Candlestick after we moved there.

I remember the Rose/Fosse collision (1970, I think). Fosse was the Cleveland catcher, right? PM were you an Indians fan back then? There was a bit of irony to that story: when Rose served time for tax evasion (he was a hustling baseball player, but a son of a bitch in real life), it was in Marion IL, Fosse's hometown.

Anyway, baseball was life back then. It still almost is, and the recent MLB direction to televise all games on the internet has made me a bigger fan than ever.

jp

[Damn True]

JP, have you been to May's Field yet? (I refuse to call it Pac-Bell-AT&T or whatever) They have great quotes about baseball emblazoned on the walls inside the galleries. This one is my favorite:

The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers; it has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game, is a part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of all that once was good, and it could be again.

[poormans69]

PM were you an Indians fan back then?

No, always an A's fan. I just saw that people questioned why Pete Rose would do such a thing. I questioned those people. I was born in 1977 so I have gone off of replays, books, baseball cards, ect. to get my info. Baseball to me has the most game inside of a game and it's much more interesting if you know the back story. My wife watches baseball when she want's to take a nap. I watch it when I have nothing else to do or it's post season. Nothing is better than listening to a game on the radio while wrenching or being there live.

[Damn True]

Gimme KNBR on a crappy single speaker AM radio with John Miller, Mike Krukow and Duane Kuiper (though I sure miss Lon Simmons) a couple of beers and something to do in the yard or garage and I am one happy guy.

I once sat in the Radio Room of the Coast Guard Cutter Chase, moored in Tokyo Harbour listening to a Giants game on KNBR and drinking Sapporo by some grace of atmospheric conditions and a really good radioman.

[parsonsj]

Field of Dreams. Just thinking about that movie chokes me up.

Yes, my brother and I went to a late spring training game there a couple of years ago. The Giants played the A's. We parked on the street and strolled to the game, and looked around. It's a marvelous place for baseball.

I've never been to Great American, though it's been open since 2003. I drove past it on my way to Detroit once. I was hauling II Much in a 24 foot trailer. I did stop in Dayton (Oakwood, actually), and found my old house there, but nearly got stuck on the narrow streets with the trailer.

I've seen the Reds play in Cincinnati, San Francisco, San Diego, Washington, Sarasota (ST), Kissimmee (ST), and New York.

[parsonsj]

I remember WLW with Joe Nuxhall and Al Michaels. Michaels was replaced by Hall of Famer Marty Brennaman in 1973.

If you have an iPhone, you can listen to MLB games on the "radio" while driving around or wrenching. It's awesome.

jp

[parsonsj]

I've met Jon Miller. He used to be the Orioles guy in the late 80s. He gave a speech at some dinner I was at, and there some sort of mixer afterward.

He even flirted with my wife. She thinks he's very charming.

jp

[Damn True]

This is one of the coolest things about baseball.

The Giants and the Dodgers have been bitter rivals for 126 years. In that span the record is 1156-1134-17 in favor of the Giants.

[parsonsj]

Yeah, the Giants and Dodgers is one for the ages. What other rivalry started on the East coast and migrated to the West? It's the only one.

jp

[Damn True]

Posted elsewhere on PT.com:

The first thing I asked my wife when we started dating was, "You're not a Dodger fan are you?"

Democrat I can live with, Dodger fan....no way.

[Damn True]

I remember WLW with Joe Nuxhall and Al Michaels. Michaels was replaced by Hall of Famer Marty Brennaman in 1973.

If you have an iPhone, you can listen to MLB games on the "radio" while driving around or wrenching. It's awesome.

jp

Michaels had a brief stint as a Giant's broadcaster I believe in the late 80's.

[Damn True]

Yes, last nights game was an embarrasment.

You guys did a little better last night in a 6-3 loss.

This just in, Pujols is really good.

[Damn True]

Giant's are rumored to be sniffing around Jermaine Dye.

I dunno, he's a bit Fra-gee-lay isn't he?

[Happyfunballs]

Pujols is a freak, plain and simple. The guy just produces, the pitching however....

Can't seem to catch a break, looks like our new aquisition (DeRosa) will be on the DL. Hopefully we put on a better showing tonight and tomorrow.

[Damn True]

You don't get a break tonight either. Matt Cain.

His stuff is a bit less electric than Timmy's but he's a little more savvy in terms of pitching strategically and better with men on base.

[Happyfunballs]

Got one back. Took us 10 and wasn't pretty, but a win is a win. Looks like Wellemeyer and Zito tonight.

[Damn True]

That was a great game!

Colby Rasmus needs to put a bend in his brim. I like the way he wears the rest of the uni though.

[Happyfunballs]

We had a pitched named Anthony Reyes that would iron the brim of his hat before each game. It was laser straight.

[buickfunnycar.com]

I like Lincecum a ton obviously,he is amazing to watch...but I'd really like to see him face more powerhouse American League teams and if he embarrasses them like he does the NL then I convinced.

Not taking anything away from him in the least...but them NL lineups are weak.