Seven (stylized as SE7EN) is a 1995 American neo-noir[3] psychological crime thriller film directed by David Fincher and written by Andrew Kevin Walker. It stars Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Spacey, R. Lee Ermey and John C. McGinley. The film tells the story of David Mills (Pitt), a detective who partners with the retiring William Somerset (Freeman) to track down a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as a motif in his murders.
Calves are in little housings, but when I walk by, they would all come out and stick their heads out and watch you all day. Or sometimes I work on some equipment inside a barn, be focused, and then look up and realize I'm surrounded 360 degrees by cows all staring at me.
So while the rest of you were watching the Giants & the Dodgers, we attended the premiere of SF Opera's new production of Beethoven's Fidelio. It featured fantastic new staging, with a huge rotating prison set in a near modern time. All the principals were excellent, but soprano Elza van den Heever stood out with a clarity of voice that was astounding.
As a work of art, the whole thing was quite impressive, and decidedly a positive, humanistic rejoinder of sorts to oppressive regimes of any time. Being Beethoven, the music is great, and the choral singing enveloping. As an opera... well it lacks drama, and the singers sing their lines about eight times in succession, so movement and action aren't really the point.
Anyway, I'd still recommend it to anyone in the bay at all interested - you will not forget this experience. Had a great pre- performance dinner at Monsieur Benjamin, the Duck Comfit was sublime. Also Go Bears!!!
Followed closely by The Game...I remember seeing it on Shattuck after a particularly satisfying Cal win before BARTing back to my apt in the City. Delightful day.
Some caucasian high school students waved a confederate flag and hurled racial epithets at a school rally. Black students planned a protest the next day. Guess which students got suspended (hint: this is in Georgia)?
my wife, who works at Pfzier, but not on the vaccine and is not an infections disease specialist (unlike everyone else on the planet) says this about the Pfizer booster ...
data shows that waiting 8 mo after first 2 shots might be better than 6, assuming that you dont desperately need it for some health condition.
apparently part of the reason that the Moderna vaccine seems to stay stronger longer is because it had an initial 4 wk gap (instead of 3) between shots.
Interesting… I had been thinking about getting the booster because it’s been 6 months & change, and I’m still fat & hypertensive. Maybe I’ll hold off a bit longer.
Our pans (three; non-stick) are on the verge of giving out. It seems we get 5 years out of non-stick pans and then they're toast. So, I bought carbon steel pans to replace the non-stick ones.
Finally, after a two-week wait that included poking FedEx to locate the package in Sacramento, we received the carbon steel pans yesterday via FedEx. As you might expect based on the material, these pans are heavy; almost as heavy as equivalent sized cast iron pans.
They were shipped with wax on the pans (ostensibly to protect the cooking surfaces). The instructions say to put them in a 400 deg. F oven for 30 minutes to get rid of the wax, then wipe off the excess so that it looks "absolutely dry".
You never get the absolutely dry look. It just looks like you're pushing around some sort of greasy build up which is, of course, the wax.
The next step is to apply a seasoning wax (consists of vegetable oil, beeswax, and palm oil), to the warm (200 deg. F) pans, wipe down until it looks absolutely dry, then place in a 400 deg. F oven for 1 hour. Let cool completely. When you wipe down the seasoning wax, it has cooled enough that it forms a waxy film. When you wipe it off, the remainder of the shipping wax is carried away on the paper towel (looks a little grimy).
I allowed the pans to cool completely overnight. This morning when I checked on the pans, they looked clean and there was no apparent residue where the seasoning wax had been applied. The instructions say to repeat application of the seasoning wax, wipe down, place in oven and cool completely three more times. It's probably going to take another day to finish the initial seasoning.
It is rather involved just to get them to the point of being used. But truth be told, I didn't want to get cast iron or be forced into using our cast iron pans which are heavier still and have deeper sides.
yup I thought so as well. I wonder which holds up better. I know that I was using the wok my mom used to use. It's gotta be almost 50 years old right now. It has two U shaped handles. What I wish it had instead was a single handle so I could use 1 hand to toss things in the wok.
Beer. I will be going to see Deafheaven tonight and will be recording the game. I've skipped too many shows in the past to stay home and watch bad football, but not any longer.
The magical season is no more. The San Francisco Giants season ended in heartbreaking fashion on Thursday night, as they dropped a winner-take-all Game 5 to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLDS.
The Giants had just barely kept the Dodgers at bay in the standings all season long, but couldn’t quite repeat that in the postseason.
A real recap will come soon, telling you what happened, should you choose to relive it. But until then, here’s a place for you to mourn, or celebrate a magical season, albeit one that ended in heartbreak.
The National League Division Series between the Dodgers and Giants was every bit as good as promised, with five games of incredibly tense action between MLB’s two best teams. So of course the winner-take-all Game 5 wasn’t decided until the final inning.
Cody Bellinger, in an injury-plagued worst season of his career, has come alive in the postseason, culminating in an RBI single off Giants closer Camilo Doval in the ninth, giving the Dodgers a 2-1 win over the Giants on Thursday night at Oracle Park in San Francisco, punching a ticket for Los Angeles to the NLCS.
The winning rally started with Doval hitting Justin Turner with a pitch with one out. Gavin Lux, making his second straight start in centerfield, singled to right to put two on for Bellinger, who had two hits in 48 at-bats against the Giants during the regular season.
I am a fan of neither team but enjoyed the series. Clearly the two best teams right now. A few observations:
1) Webb was amazing, best pitcher on either team IMO.
2) I’d say the pitching staffs overall are basically even, but the Dodger lineup is significantly better. Mookie-Seager-Trea Turner-Justin Turner was clearly better than anything SF had. There were a lot of dead spots in SF lineup. Like Yaz, basically an automatic out.
3. Giants should sign KB, seems like a great fit in personality and ability to move around the Diamond and let Kapler tinker as he loves to do.
4. I am an NL guy, but this series removed any lingering doubts I had about DH. Get rid of pitchers batting; it is just dumb and lame in all ways and should go the way of the flat faced bat, rule against overrunning first and other similarly stupid rules.
5. Atlanta sans Acuna has no chance IMO. Maybe Houston or Boston can pull off an upset, but it seems unlikely to me unless LA was hit with more injuries. I think they would need to lose Mookie or Scherzer or something like that.
I'm late to the DH conversation here, but while I agree that watching a pitcher flail at three pitches isn't pretty, seeing them make contact and impact a ballgame – e.g., rattle the opposing pitcher – like Arias did in Game 2 (yes?), is cool (even though I was rooting the Giants). Arias got the win with his arm and bat!
The other reason that I like the pitcher hitting is that it lends a cadence to that game. I can jump in any the middle of a random NL game with teams I don't know (say Brewers v Marlins) and at some point will see the pitcher hit and then it's "ok, top of the order: speed, then bat discipline, then a couple of power guys...outfielder in a slump, catcher, slap-hitting SS."
With an AL game, I never know where in the batting order they are, so never get a sense of who's who. Which makes it less interesting for me.
Unfortunately, his agent is Scott Boras so it's not going to be easy for whomever manages to land him. Wish it were the Gigantes but suspect it won't be.
I think the service time issue with the Cubs really pissed off Boras, but I think Bryant himself is unlikely to be purely a highest bidder guy. He is from Vegas and went to college in San Diego; I think he wants to be out West. Ultimately it is his decision, not Boras’. And think a lot of teams hold back on FA spending this year due to CBA issues
1) Webb was the better pitcher last night. Very similar to his Game 1 appearance in his tenacity. It's too bad the Giants couldn't come up with a win for his outstanding performance.
2) Agreed. The Giants lineup was simply not the equal of the Dodgers last night. And yet, the Giants have had timely hitting nearly all season long.
3) Bryant should be a good fit for the Giants. And his press seems to show he wants to be here.
4) We'll disagree here about the DH. There's a small difference in batting averages with the DH. And that's because most DHs are guys at the tail end of their careers. who are defensive liabilities. Pick your poison - defensive liabilities or offensive liabilities.
5) I think Atlanta is going to get raked by LA in the NLCS. Betts was a beast at the plate last night. Granted, he hit nothing but singles, but he was 4-for-4. Betts made that offense go. As Max Klinger might say, "I doff my chapeau to you, sir."
I think LA and Atlanta are much closer than that. Atlanta's three starters are very underrated, and Charlie Morton has the Dodgers' number in the playoffs.
I don't think there's more strategy when the pitchers hit. The vast, vast majority of decisions are obvious enough to be made the same way by any MLB manager. You're down by a run in the 7th with a runner on first and the pitcher coming up? You pinch hit. Most decisions involving the 9 spot aren't any more nuanced.
I would actually argue that AL managers have it tougher because in the NL those obvious decisions are made for you. AL managers have to make the decision on whether to pull a pitcher based only on the matchup. Many times, what to do is much less obvious.
Now, if someone said "I like watching pitchers hit because of the overwhelming joy I felt one time that Bartolo Colon hit a HR" I would say that's reasonable.
I think you need to balance “watching” that strategy against watching a pitcher come up with 2 outs and runners on to kill a rally. The latter thing happens all the time and is a much bigger issue IMO than the double switch.
Yeah but saying something is part of the game is just saying we should do it this way because we have done it this way before. Not a very good argument IMO. Also the AL has the DH and let’s be honest, whatever small interest their is in a manager’s pinch hitting decision is just of much smaller interest than seeing a real hitter like Big Papi bat as opposed to some automatic out guy who hasn’t gotten a hit since pony league.
Belli's shoulder is clearly still affecting him and he's a got a big loop in his swing. It's going to take winter in a batting cage or winter ball in the DR to fix it. I think he will though- the talent is still there.
Yeah the off season surgery really hurt him in terms of getting ready for the season. Which is why I thought Tatis should've had surgery when they were out of the WC. He's going to keep having issues with it. I bet the team wants him to have it and he doesn't.
Respectfully, AP, I'll give you Cody Bellinger, as he's just a few years removed from an MVP year and maybe the adjustment to slightly choke up on the bat will get him out of this funk. Still, Doval grooved a slider belt-high, right down the middle. But Evan Longoria is done. He looked lost at the plate the last month and in the postseason, save for the 1 swing on the location mistake from Scherzer in game 3. His D, while still solid, is not irreplaceable. Time to move on.
At the end of the day, the Giants just had way too many outs in their lineup. Yaz, Longo, LaMonte, Dickerson, Solano all looked overmatched.
Yeah, Longoria looked totally lost. SF should ditch him and spend on upgrading the lineup. I mean, the Dodgers’ two best hitters are Mookie and Trea Turner - they acquired these guys by FA/trade. Giants need to keep up.
All night I thought the Giants were going to find a way to pull it out. Everytime I saw Posey, Crawford, Longoria, Ruf at bat I thought they were going to take the lead. Especially in the 9th when Late Nite Lamonte came up. Almost did but Scherzer threw the pitch JUST enough inside.
This was a series for the ages. Teams tied in wins with 109. Run differential coming into this game the whole season was something like +3. Coming into this game Dodgers had a +2. The teams were about as evenly matched as possible.
I'm not sure why Doval threw all sliders to Bellinger (except for the one 2 seamer that wasn't close to change his eyeline). He has shown all season he can't handle high heat.
Boy Dave Roberts is kinda lucky that the pitching plan worked out. They were hoping Urías could've gone one more inning. And Treinan should've been a double switch, though at that time in the game I'm not sure you comes out. It was early enough you don't want to remove Lux and other than removing Justin Turner, there wasn't really anyone else they wanted to remove. That non-double switch on Treinan almost hurt them. They may need to clean some of that crap up.
I wasn't a fan of the opener - it didn't really end up making much a difference at the end, but burning Kneibel and Grateriel early and there was potential for extra innings.
True. But it also made the GIants burn LaStella and Yaz. Not that Yaz was doing anything. LaStella had the bad achilles so it's possible he wouldn't have played at all if Urías started.
I think Doval lost confidence in his fastball after hitting Justin Turner. At least it seemed like that's how he was pitching after that. He really should have thrown some to Bellinger.
The one he did throw wasn't even close. Ball out of hand. And his last one, 100 mph, before that was hit into RF by Lux. I guess he succumbed to the pressure due to inexperience? He's young. He's got incredible stuff. He'll be the closer next season.
But yeah, I would've thrown some more, even just to show he was willing to throw it.
Baseball is an unfair game. Probably the flukiest and most unfair of the major sports. The 2001 Mariners were 116-46 and lost in the first round. The juggernaut A's teams that won three straight pennants only won one world series. Meanwhile, the giants won three in five years with pretty mediocre teams. That's baseball, and it came around to get 'em this time.
And about how the game ended... let's not make more of a judgment call than we should. Even if that pitch isn't ruled a swing, they weren't hitting Scherzer. That game was over whether it was on that pitch, the next, or the one after that.
Urias threw five straight balls that Bryant took, but two of them were called strikes (per the above, the worst calls of the night). He then swung at Ball Six and struck out. If Bryant walks there, then it's two on with no outs and Urias looking shaky. (Urias also threw a wild pitch to the next hitter, though it's debatable if it would have been a wild pitch with the lead runner trying to get to 3rd base and not 2nd.)
Again, impossible to know. Just having two runners on doesn't mean you'll score. But that seems like a more impactful umpiring moment to me, just not as highlighted as the last out of the game.
Exactly, I just alluded to this in my response to HSB, sy. That's 2 egregious missed calls by Eddings which took the bat out of the hands of Bryant. This happens way too often.
Why was Kapler hitting KB so low in the order still? He kept getting on base all series only to be completely wasted by the pretty inept bottom of the order.
Maybe to make sure spots 6-9 weren't black holes? The Dodgers do that. They had Will Smith batting 8th one game and have had CT3 there. Make sure you don't have two or 3 consecutive outs including the pitcher. It was to split up Lux/Bellinger and the pitcher. No one knew before game 4 that Lux and bellinger would propel the Dodgers to a victory.
It's very unlikely Flores gets on base at that point, but still . . . you never know. Could be Scherzer makes a mistake and Wilmer blasts it. Low probability of that, but not zero. That's why it sucks to end the series on a terrible call. You'd rather see the players decide it.
The Dodgers' pitching dominated after Game 1. They were the better team, even if only slightly.
Absent instant reply being allowed to review check swings, I think the default move in FLores' situation is to make the call that does not end the game (assuming there is doubt in the umpire's mind, which in this case there was not). The other remedy is to make check swings reviewable if the call ends the at-bat. Then, you make robo ball-strike calls so you can't review run of the mill balls and srikes.
All of what you said does not make baseball unfair; it makes baseball a humbling, demanding sport. "What have you done for me lately?" epitomizes the unforgiving nature of baseball.
It's why all of those great teams end up without a World Series rings.
Very likely. Flores was still down in the count, and Scherzer was still on the mound. Max has owned Wilmer over their careers. And in the remote chance he did lose him, Longoria was up next. After what happened in game 3, imagine just how nasty the pitches Scherzer would have served up in that situation. Still, a serious candidate for the worst kicked call of the season was not what baseball, or anyone, needed at the point.
For how amazing it was, this series deserved Scherzer vs. Longoria to decide it. That would have been absolutely poetic. The way it ended sucked, but the series was still an all-timer.
Well, that's why they play the game on the field. Flores has power to all fields & with Bryant's speed, a double ties it. Crazier things have happened on a baseball field than a guy with power knocking a ball into the gap, so to say it didn't matter is silly. Come on, fella, you're better than that.
If that was Matt Chapman at the plate in the same situation v., say, Ryan Pressly, and he gets punched out on a BS check swing call to end it, you are definitely singing a different tune. Bad take.
Dunno HSB...I'd posit they are maybe random in their cyclical position assignations to games. And sure, with the advent of replay challenges, etc., base umpires are pretty innocuous, Gabe Morales and his two AWFUL, missed check swing calls (Gms 3 & 5) notwithstanding...
I'd argue home plate umps, however, have much more of an effect on the game than the weather over the course of a season. Eddings literally took the bat out of Kris Bryant's hands yesterday after Crawford's lead off single in the 4th, as both the 2-0 & 3-1 sliders missed the zone by more than a baseball, the missed ball 4 call being downright egregious. These calls, which happen every inning of every game, change the complexion and outcome of baseball games. And while some umps are more incompetent than others (Angel Hernandez can be counted on to butcher calls all over the zone every game he is behind the plate & is dreadful by pretty much every umpiring metric available), HP umpiring mistake are nonetheless having an adverse effect on the game.
No surprise that they are fast tracking the Cyclops-type robotic strike zone technology...it's testing in the minors, & is only a matter of time before MLB incorporates it. And then once SkyNet becomes self-aware, we all know what happens next....
True. I mean look at 1988. Eckersley was unhittable. The Dodgers had a guy that had two bad hammys. I could run faster than him. Swings all arms. And hits a HR. I'm not saying Scherzer wouldn't thrown a backdoor slider and Flores wouldn't hit it for a HR, but it was possible.
Got the go ahead for sports broadcasting for MBB and WBB. Usually we do all home games and like 3 road games, and funny enough they are USF this year, CAL (was going to this game anyway lol), and Gonzaga up in Spokane (feels big time). We have a rotation of 5 people so here's to a good season and me not getting too invested on air (103.3 FM KSCU).
It's going to take awhile to get up the enthusiasm enough to go to a game in person. Meanwhile one can watch the L's on Pac 12 network. Fox is talking up the freshmen recruits like they will make a difference...hopefully something emerges from that...
The only games I'll go to are probably if my friend's parents give me their tickets to the games they don't go to. They are about 3 rows up from the bench.
I didn't know she was his wife at first. She's a psycho. Always on the ref for shitty calls. No 3 and I were wondering who she was. Until Cugel pointed out it was Mrs Mark Fox. Yeah I've had to watch my mouth a few times.
One time I took No 3 and his GF to the Stanfurd game (she's a Furd fan). It was the game that Jon Gruden was sitting with Mrs Fox. I noticed their seats were empty so his parents didn't go. I was tempted to just go over and sit down. I don't think they really check tickets once the game has started. I've been enough that the people in the area know that they sometimes give me their tickets. They probably wouldn't have said anything. I should've taken the initiative.
Note: Kayvon Thibodeaux will be disqualified through the first half of the Cal game due to second half targeting penalty vs. Furd. I expect Cal to consistently go with an H-back in the second half to give KT a chip block on passing plays.
This is boring. Let me comment and share the moment with other members ;(
Second half thread was closed two weeks ago too, but it eventually opened up. Today it's still closed
Hey, I can't post in the second half thread!
me neither
Not sure what the correlation of the image of a calf is at top, but I work in the dairy industry. Calves are curious animals.
I'm curious about the bovine curiosities of which you speak
Calves are in little housings, but when I walk by, they would all come out and stick their heads out and watch you all day. Or sometimes I work on some equipment inside a barn, be focused, and then look up and realize I'm surrounded 360 degrees by cows all staring at me.
Sounds like that'd be terrifying if they weren't so delicious.
lol. Dairy cows are for milk, so they are not delicious. After they get old they go to McDonald's or buffets in Vegas.
7! Don't ya see it?
hahaha now i see it
So while the rest of you were watching the Giants & the Dodgers, we attended the premiere of SF Opera's new production of Beethoven's Fidelio. It featured fantastic new staging, with a huge rotating prison set in a near modern time. All the principals were excellent, but soprano Elza van den Heever stood out with a clarity of voice that was astounding.
As a work of art, the whole thing was quite impressive, and decidedly a positive, humanistic rejoinder of sorts to oppressive regimes of any time. Being Beethoven, the music is great, and the choral singing enveloping. As an opera... well it lacks drama, and the singers sing their lines about eight times in succession, so movement and action aren't really the point.
Anyway, I'd still recommend it to anyone in the bay at all interested - you will not forget this experience. Had a great pre- performance dinner at Monsieur Benjamin, the Duck Comfit was sublime. Also Go Bears!!!
Maybe I'll plan my next trip to SF around this. Thanks for update
More info for anyone interested:
https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/san-francisco-opera-premieres-fidelio-a-year-late-but-with-the-zeitgeist/
Se7en
The first David Fincher masterpiece. First of several.
Followed closely by The Game...I remember seeing it on Shattuck after a particularly satisfying Cal win before BARTing back to my apt in the City. Delightful day.
The Game is a great movie. I remember seeing it for the first time and enjoying the WTF of that movie.
Never seen it.
Sloth is the worst.
Lust ain't much better...
WHAT'S IN THE BOX?!?
"The guy in the pizza joint is a friend from the Bureau."
"Who? Stinky man?"
What’s in the box?
"California, stay away from here. Don't come in here now."
“Oh…He didn’t know”
Just a thoroughly stomach churning scene.
All seven and we'll watch them fall They stand in the way of love And we will smoke them all With an intellect and a savior-faire
I like a lot of his less popular songs more than the big hits.
This is actually a NPG song, not a Prince song (but they're all Prince songs)
Our Crumbling Democracy
Some caucasian high school students waved a confederate flag and hurled racial epithets at a school rally. Black students planned a protest the next day. Guess which students got suspended (hint: this is in Georgia)?
https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/equality/576752-after-white-students-displayed-confederate-flag-at-school
British MP David Amass (Conservative Party) assassinated.
https://twitter.com/David_Cameron/status/1449021261305323523
"My 'I don't take golden showers' t-shirt answers the questions raised by my shirt." https://twitter.com/jdawsey1/status/1448784768259313667
'I don't feel free': McCabe expects to remain Trump target after winning back pension
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/14/mccabe-fbi-official-trump-516060
Today in Covid-19
my wife, who works at Pfzier, but not on the vaccine and is not an infections disease specialist (unlike everyone else on the planet) says this about the Pfizer booster ...
data shows that waiting 8 mo after first 2 shots might be better than 6, assuming that you dont desperately need it for some health condition.
apparently part of the reason that the Moderna vaccine seems to stay stronger longer is because it had an initial 4 wk gap (instead of 3) between shots.
Interesting… I had been thinking about getting the booster because it’s been 6 months & change, and I’m still fat & hypertensive. Maybe I’ll hold off a bit longer.
I'm the opposite of fat and hypertensive and six months was a couple days ago. I may wait a bit too. Thanks HSB.
I got boosted. Now I've had covid, two doses and a booster. I had better be damn near bullet proof.
Don't forget your flu shot too!
Bulletproof by Samantha Fish is the perfect, kick-ass, fire-me-up pre-game song!! Check it out...
DBD Test Kitchen
Braising short ribs and potatoes in the oven right now
Our pans (three; non-stick) are on the verge of giving out. It seems we get 5 years out of non-stick pans and then they're toast. So, I bought carbon steel pans to replace the non-stick ones.
Finally, after a two-week wait that included poking FedEx to locate the package in Sacramento, we received the carbon steel pans yesterday via FedEx. As you might expect based on the material, these pans are heavy; almost as heavy as equivalent sized cast iron pans.
They were shipped with wax on the pans (ostensibly to protect the cooking surfaces). The instructions say to put them in a 400 deg. F oven for 30 minutes to get rid of the wax, then wipe off the excess so that it looks "absolutely dry".
You never get the absolutely dry look. It just looks like you're pushing around some sort of greasy build up which is, of course, the wax.
The next step is to apply a seasoning wax (consists of vegetable oil, beeswax, and palm oil), to the warm (200 deg. F) pans, wipe down until it looks absolutely dry, then place in a 400 deg. F oven for 1 hour. Let cool completely. When you wipe down the seasoning wax, it has cooled enough that it forms a waxy film. When you wipe it off, the remainder of the shipping wax is carried away on the paper towel (looks a little grimy).
I allowed the pans to cool completely overnight. This morning when I checked on the pans, they looked clean and there was no apparent residue where the seasoning wax had been applied. The instructions say to repeat application of the seasoning wax, wipe down, place in oven and cool completely three more times. It's probably going to take another day to finish the initial seasoning.
These pans better be worth it.
Hmmmmm.... sounds very involved.
It is rather involved just to get them to the point of being used. But truth be told, I didn't want to get cast iron or be forced into using our cast iron pans which are heavier still and have deeper sides.
We might develop some serious forearm definition.
My lack of upper-body strength (or any body strength) is why I stay away from heavy pots and pans.
Someone smarter than me needs to come up with some T-1000-type version of a cast iron skillet that's light as a feather.
sounds like prepping steel woks. Put it on the stove on high heat and put in some oil. wipe and repeat.
Is there a pre-mixed seasoning wax?
Yes. I bought it with the pans. It came as a "puck" inside a circuclar lidded can, wrapped in plastic wrap.
I also found you can buy the same stuff online at Amazon, only under different brand names.
Interesting. I didn't know they had special seasoning wax.
I didn't either. Shows you what I know.
I just assumed that pretty much all cookware seasoning was done with vegetable oil or canola oil over high heat. Not necessarily.
And I also had no idea that beeswax was a part of any kind of seasoning preparation. Learn something new everyday.
yup I thought so as well. I wonder which holds up better. I know that I was using the wok my mom used to use. It's gotta be almost 50 years old right now. It has two U shaped handles. What I wish it had instead was a single handle so I could use 1 hand to toss things in the wok.
Grilling burgers this eve. What will be your game day repast?
Probably just something like a chicken caesar salad. Going to end up being a late lunch so probably a light dinner.
I figure I'll be turning the game off by halftime.
Fancy BLT's
When you say "fancy", do you mean with avocado?
Beer. I will be going to see Deafheaven tonight and will be recording the game. I've skipped too many shows in the past to stay home and watch bad football, but not any longer.
I'll have to ask.
Curl, like on ice?
could be hair curling.
Will it be a curling bonspiel? Do they have a warm room with a bar and lots of plaid? (This makes me miss my short time in a curling club)
DBD AV Club
Pro
Giants eliminated
https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2021/10/14/22727631/giants-dodgers-eliminated-nlds
The magical season is no more. The San Francisco Giants season ended in heartbreaking fashion on Thursday night, as they dropped a winner-take-all Game 5 to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLDS.
The Giants had just barely kept the Dodgers at bay in the standings all season long, but couldn’t quite repeat that in the postseason.
A real recap will come soon, telling you what happened, should you choose to relive it. But until then, here’s a place for you to mourn, or celebrate a magical season, albeit one that ended in heartbreak.
Go Giants, forever.
Dodgers pitching dominant in NLDS win over the Giants
https://www.truebluela.com/2021/10/14/22727153/dodgers-pitching-julio-urias-max-scherzer-nlds-game-5-giants
The National League Division Series between the Dodgers and Giants was every bit as good as promised, with five games of incredibly tense action between MLB’s two best teams. So of course the winner-take-all Game 5 wasn’t decided until the final inning.
Cody Bellinger, in an injury-plagued worst season of his career, has come alive in the postseason, culminating in an RBI single off Giants closer Camilo Doval in the ninth, giving the Dodgers a 2-1 win over the Giants on Thursday night at Oracle Park in San Francisco, punching a ticket for Los Angeles to the NLCS.
The winning rally started with Doval hitting Justin Turner with a pitch with one out. Gavin Lux, making his second straight start in centerfield, singled to right to put two on for Bellinger, who had two hits in 48 at-bats against the Giants during the regular season.
I am a fan of neither team but enjoyed the series. Clearly the two best teams right now. A few observations:
1) Webb was amazing, best pitcher on either team IMO.
2) I’d say the pitching staffs overall are basically even, but the Dodger lineup is significantly better. Mookie-Seager-Trea Turner-Justin Turner was clearly better than anything SF had. There were a lot of dead spots in SF lineup. Like Yaz, basically an automatic out.
3. Giants should sign KB, seems like a great fit in personality and ability to move around the Diamond and let Kapler tinker as he loves to do.
4. I am an NL guy, but this series removed any lingering doubts I had about DH. Get rid of pitchers batting; it is just dumb and lame in all ways and should go the way of the flat faced bat, rule against overrunning first and other similarly stupid rules.
5. Atlanta sans Acuna has no chance IMO. Maybe Houston or Boston can pull off an upset, but it seems unlikely to me unless LA was hit with more injuries. I think they would need to lose Mookie or Scherzer or something like that.
I'm late to the DH conversation here, but while I agree that watching a pitcher flail at three pitches isn't pretty, seeing them make contact and impact a ballgame – e.g., rattle the opposing pitcher – like Arias did in Game 2 (yes?), is cool (even though I was rooting the Giants). Arias got the win with his arm and bat!
The other reason that I like the pitcher hitting is that it lends a cadence to that game. I can jump in any the middle of a random NL game with teams I don't know (say Brewers v Marlins) and at some point will see the pitcher hit and then it's "ok, top of the order: speed, then bat discipline, then a couple of power guys...outfielder in a slump, catcher, slap-hitting SS."
With an AL game, I never know where in the batting order they are, so never get a sense of who's who. Which makes it less interesting for me.
Signing Bryant is a no-brainer, and a must. Especially with the aging of some of the roster.
It's absolutely not a no brainer, and they should absolutely not sign Kris Bryant. The guy is not a $30M/year guy.
Let him walk - easy decision.
Unfortunately, his agent is Scott Boras so it's not going to be easy for whomever manages to land him. Wish it were the Gigantes but suspect it won't be.
I think the service time issue with the Cubs really pissed off Boras, but I think Bryant himself is unlikely to be purely a highest bidder guy. He is from Vegas and went to college in San Diego; I think he wants to be out West. Ultimately it is his decision, not Boras’. And think a lot of teams hold back on FA spending this year due to CBA issues
That's AJ Preller's music - one only wonders how much more money San Diego has to go crazy this offseason.
1) Webb was the better pitcher last night. Very similar to his Game 1 appearance in his tenacity. It's too bad the Giants couldn't come up with a win for his outstanding performance.
2) Agreed. The Giants lineup was simply not the equal of the Dodgers last night. And yet, the Giants have had timely hitting nearly all season long.
3) Bryant should be a good fit for the Giants. And his press seems to show he wants to be here.
4) We'll disagree here about the DH. There's a small difference in batting averages with the DH. And that's because most DHs are guys at the tail end of their careers. who are defensive liabilities. Pick your poison - defensive liabilities or offensive liabilities.
5) I think Atlanta is going to get raked by LA in the NLCS. Betts was a beast at the plate last night. Granted, he hit nothing but singles, but he was 4-for-4. Betts made that offense go. As Max Klinger might say, "I doff my chapeau to you, sir."
I think LA and Atlanta are much closer than that. Atlanta's three starters are very underrated, and Charlie Morton has the Dodgers' number in the playoffs.
The other player that will hurt ATL is losing Soler to Covid. They're not as deep.
I still like the strategy required when pitchers hit. For that reason alone they should keep it.
I don't think there's more strategy when the pitchers hit. The vast, vast majority of decisions are obvious enough to be made the same way by any MLB manager. You're down by a run in the 7th with a runner on first and the pitcher coming up? You pinch hit. Most decisions involving the 9 spot aren't any more nuanced.
I would actually argue that AL managers have it tougher because in the NL those obvious decisions are made for you. AL managers have to make the decision on whether to pull a pitcher based only on the matchup. Many times, what to do is much less obvious.
Now, if someone said "I like watching pitchers hit because of the overwhelming joy I felt one time that Bartolo Colon hit a HR" I would say that's reasonable.
Yes that. Or Rich Hill running.
I think you need to balance “watching” that strategy against watching a pitcher come up with 2 outs and runners on to kill a rally. The latter thing happens all the time and is a much bigger issue IMO than the double switch.
That's part of the game. If the team really needs to score a run, then PH for the pitcher. Don't blow through your PH so early in the game.
Yeah but saying something is part of the game is just saying we should do it this way because we have done it this way before. Not a very good argument IMO. Also the AL has the DH and let’s be honest, whatever small interest their is in a manager’s pinch hitting decision is just of much smaller interest than seeing a real hitter like Big Papi bat as opposed to some automatic out guy who hasn’t gotten a hit since pony league.
What happened in the post-season is why you keep players like Cody Bellinger, and Evan Longoria, for that matter, around.
Belli's shoulder is clearly still affecting him and he's a got a big loop in his swing. It's going to take winter in a batting cage or winter ball in the DR to fix it. I think he will though- the talent is still there.
Yeah the off season surgery really hurt him in terms of getting ready for the season. Which is why I thought Tatis should've had surgery when they were out of the WC. He's going to keep having issues with it. I bet the team wants him to have it and he doesn't.
I think he'll be ok after a winter in a hitting cage. (Belli I mean)
yeah i think Belli will be fine as well. He's been better the last few weeks
Respectfully, AP, I'll give you Cody Bellinger, as he's just a few years removed from an MVP year and maybe the adjustment to slightly choke up on the bat will get him out of this funk. Still, Doval grooved a slider belt-high, right down the middle. But Evan Longoria is done. He looked lost at the plate the last month and in the postseason, save for the 1 swing on the location mistake from Scherzer in game 3. His D, while still solid, is not irreplaceable. Time to move on.
At the end of the day, the Giants just had way too many outs in their lineup. Yaz, Longo, LaMonte, Dickerson, Solano all looked overmatched.
Yeah, Longoria looked totally lost. SF should ditch him and spend on upgrading the lineup. I mean, the Dodgers’ two best hitters are Mookie and Trea Turner - they acquired these guys by FA/trade. Giants need to keep up.
Even Longoria admitted he cheated to get to that pitch. I still was nervous everytime he came up.
But he had the experience to know how to pull that off. If he didn't. last night didn't happen. It's why the Dodgers had Pujols handy.
Mlb Umps, NBA Refs, and NFL Refs am I right....
All night I thought the Giants were going to find a way to pull it out. Everytime I saw Posey, Crawford, Longoria, Ruf at bat I thought they were going to take the lead. Especially in the 9th when Late Nite Lamonte came up. Almost did but Scherzer threw the pitch JUST enough inside.
This was a series for the ages. Teams tied in wins with 109. Run differential coming into this game the whole season was something like +3. Coming into this game Dodgers had a +2. The teams were about as evenly matched as possible.
I'm not sure why Doval threw all sliders to Bellinger (except for the one 2 seamer that wasn't close to change his eyeline). He has shown all season he can't handle high heat.
Boy Dave Roberts is kinda lucky that the pitching plan worked out. They were hoping Urías could've gone one more inning. And Treinan should've been a double switch, though at that time in the game I'm not sure you comes out. It was early enough you don't want to remove Lux and other than removing Justin Turner, there wasn't really anyone else they wanted to remove. That non-double switch on Treinan almost hurt them. They may need to clean some of that crap up.
I wasn't a fan of the opener - it didn't really end up making much a difference at the end, but burning Kneibel and Grateriel early and there was potential for extra innings.
True. But it also made the GIants burn LaStella and Yaz. Not that Yaz was doing anything. LaStella had the bad achilles so it's possible he wouldn't have played at all if Urías started.
That's an uneven trade. I'd much rather have those two pitchers than the two Giants bench hitters.
I think Doval lost confidence in his fastball after hitting Justin Turner. At least it seemed like that's how he was pitching after that. He really should have thrown some to Bellinger.
The one he did throw wasn't even close. Ball out of hand. And his last one, 100 mph, before that was hit into RF by Lux. I guess he succumbed to the pressure due to inexperience? He's young. He's got incredible stuff. He'll be the closer next season.
But yeah, I would've thrown some more, even just to show he was willing to throw it.
Baseball is an unfair game. Probably the flukiest and most unfair of the major sports. The 2001 Mariners were 116-46 and lost in the first round. The juggernaut A's teams that won three straight pennants only won one world series. Meanwhile, the giants won three in five years with pretty mediocre teams. That's baseball, and it came around to get 'em this time.
And about how the game ended... let's not make more of a judgment call than we should. Even if that pitch isn't ruled a swing, they weren't hitting Scherzer. That game was over whether it was on that pitch, the next, or the one after that.
It was annoying because it was a bad call ending a great and closely fought game. But I agree though the outcome very unlikely to change either way
If you're looking for a badly called AB that might have changed the outcome, I'd look at Bryant vs. Urias in the 4th.
https://twitter.com/UmpScorecards/status/1449019769001177088
Urias threw five straight balls that Bryant took, but two of them were called strikes (per the above, the worst calls of the night). He then swung at Ball Six and struck out. If Bryant walks there, then it's two on with no outs and Urias looking shaky. (Urias also threw a wild pitch to the next hitter, though it's debatable if it would have been a wild pitch with the lead runner trying to get to 3rd base and not 2nd.)
Again, impossible to know. Just having two runners on doesn't mean you'll score. But that seems like a more impactful umpiring moment to me, just not as highlighted as the last out of the game.
Exactly, I just alluded to this in my response to HSB, sy. That's 2 egregious missed calls by Eddings which took the bat out of the hands of Bryant. This happens way too often.
Why was Kapler hitting KB so low in the order still? He kept getting on base all series only to be completely wasted by the pretty inept bottom of the order.
Maybe to make sure spots 6-9 weren't black holes? The Dodgers do that. They had Will Smith batting 8th one game and have had CT3 there. Make sure you don't have two or 3 consecutive outs including the pitcher. It was to split up Lux/Bellinger and the pitcher. No one knew before game 4 that Lux and bellinger would propel the Dodgers to a victory.
It's very unlikely Flores gets on base at that point, but still . . . you never know. Could be Scherzer makes a mistake and Wilmer blasts it. Low probability of that, but not zero. That's why it sucks to end the series on a terrible call. You'd rather see the players decide it.
The Dodgers' pitching dominated after Game 1. They were the better team, even if only slightly.
Absent instant reply being allowed to review check swings, I think the default move in FLores' situation is to make the call that does not end the game (assuming there is doubt in the umpire's mind, which in this case there was not). The other remedy is to make check swings reviewable if the call ends the at-bat. Then, you make robo ball-strike calls so you can't review run of the mill balls and srikes.
All of what you said does not make baseball unfair; it makes baseball a humbling, demanding sport. "What have you done for me lately?" epitomizes the unforgiving nature of baseball.
It's why all of those great teams end up without a World Series rings.
Very likely. Flores was still down in the count, and Scherzer was still on the mound. Max has owned Wilmer over their careers. And in the remote chance he did lose him, Longoria was up next. After what happened in game 3, imagine just how nasty the pitches Scherzer would have served up in that situation. Still, a serious candidate for the worst kicked call of the season was not what baseball, or anyone, needed at the point.
For how amazing it was, this series deserved Scherzer vs. Longoria to decide it. That would have been absolutely poetic. The way it ended sucked, but the series was still an all-timer.
I agree with all of this.
Brutal way to end a terrific baseball series
It definitely wasn't a swing....
In the KNBR post game Krukow said the umpire got it right. Of course he is a pitcher.
Reference: https://twitter.com/UmpireAuditor/status/1448871584383442944
What was the stat they said on air at the beginning of the at bat? Wilmer Flores was lifetime 0-17 against Scherzer? That call didn't matter.
Well, that's why they play the game on the field. Flores has power to all fields & with Bryant's speed, a double ties it. Crazier things have happened on a baseball field than a guy with power knocking a ball into the gap, so to say it didn't matter is silly. Come on, fella, you're better than that.
If that was Matt Chapman at the plate in the same situation v., say, Ryan Pressly, and he gets punched out on a BS check swing call to end it, you are definitely singing a different tune. Bad take.
I am definitely not better than that, and I'm probably worse.
The call mattered. It ended the game.
Yeah. All the talk about it likely would not matter misses the point that it is all speculation as to whether it would have mattered or not.
disagree. they are like the weather. a random element of the game ..
Dunno HSB...I'd posit they are maybe random in their cyclical position assignations to games. And sure, with the advent of replay challenges, etc., base umpires are pretty innocuous, Gabe Morales and his two AWFUL, missed check swing calls (Gms 3 & 5) notwithstanding...
I'd argue home plate umps, however, have much more of an effect on the game than the weather over the course of a season. Eddings literally took the bat out of Kris Bryant's hands yesterday after Crawford's lead off single in the 4th, as both the 2-0 & 3-1 sliders missed the zone by more than a baseball, the missed ball 4 call being downright egregious. These calls, which happen every inning of every game, change the complexion and outcome of baseball games. And while some umps are more incompetent than others (Angel Hernandez can be counted on to butcher calls all over the zone every game he is behind the plate & is dreadful by pretty much every umpiring metric available), HP umpiring mistake are nonetheless having an adverse effect on the game.
No surprise that they are fast tracking the Cyclops-type robotic strike zone technology...it's testing in the minors, & is only a matter of time before MLB incorporates it. And then once SkyNet becomes self-aware, we all know what happens next....
True. I mean look at 1988. Eckersley was unhittable. The Dodgers had a guy that had two bad hammys. I could run faster than him. Swings all arms. And hits a HR. I'm not saying Scherzer wouldn't thrown a backdoor slider and Flores wouldn't hit it for a HR, but it was possible.
I wouldn't know what to make of Pac12 football if it were competently officiated
I'd love to find out
Don't think you will see it anytime soon.
Hope we don't see lots of "the previous pay is under review" actions by the officiating crew tonight.
By rule...
"play"
Othere College
whereever @heyalumnigo is, here is week 4: https://www.thesantaclara.org/scusounds/college-football-finally-finds-parity
Nice. I read the other 3. I enjoyed them.
Got the go ahead for sports broadcasting for MBB and WBB. Usually we do all home games and like 3 road games, and funny enough they are USF this year, CAL (was going to this game anyway lol), and Gonzaga up in Spokane (feels big time). We have a rotation of 5 people so here's to a good season and me not getting too invested on air (103.3 FM KSCU).
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Cal
Heh...I just got an email that Men's BB tickets are on sale. I think that email is going straight into the circular file...
are we worse at football or basketball?
Yes
It's going to take awhile to get up the enthusiasm enough to go to a game in person. Meanwhile one can watch the L's on Pac 12 network. Fox is talking up the freshmen recruits like they will make a difference...hopefully something emerges from that...
The only games I'll go to are probably if my friend's parents give me their tickets to the games they don't go to. They are about 3 rows up from the bench.
the downside is you have to sit behind Mark Fox's wife and can't talk shit.
I didn't know she was his wife at first. She's a psycho. Always on the ref for shitty calls. No 3 and I were wondering who she was. Until Cugel pointed out it was Mrs Mark Fox. Yeah I've had to watch my mouth a few times.
One time I took No 3 and his GF to the Stanfurd game (she's a Furd fan). It was the game that Jon Gruden was sitting with Mrs Fox. I noticed their seats were empty so his parents didn't go. I was tempted to just go over and sit down. I don't think they really check tickets once the game has started. I've been enough that the people in the area know that they sometimes give me their tickets. They probably wouldn't have said anything. I should've taken the initiative.
Go Bears and Roast the Ducks!!!
I got this from a sales guy on LinkedIn trying to get a meeting with me for a software partnership for my company...should I take him up on it?
"Hey Erik - Thank you for giving me a few minutes there. Given you're a Golden Bears fan, I want to make a wager...
If they cover the spread against the Ducks tonight, I'll send you a brand new jersey or sweatshirt from the pro shop.
If they don't cover, you take a meeting with me....
You game? "
Looks like you're getting a new jersey!
So basically your option is to take the meeting with him...
Heh, basically. I'm not betting on Cal to cover tonight...
Man, that is some good marketing right there. Impressive.
hahahaha
Who ever posted the Squid Games meme re: Cal football on their IG story today, it was #chefskiss
What was it?
for the WFC account that is
Leland or Rob usually
I kind of mentally checked out on the season after the last game. Do we have any chance at all tonight?
Always a chance but it is extremely low.
ESPN gave us a 9% chance, but I'd guess more like 25%, not based on our abilities, but on Cristobal's doggy coaching.
But that is cancelled out by our own coaches poor decisions.
Note: Kayvon Thibodeaux will be disqualified through the first half of the Cal game due to second half targeting penalty vs. Furd. I expect Cal to consistently go with an H-back in the second half to give KT a chip block on passing plays.
https://twitter.com/Legalize_Quack/status/1444441666249637889
Wilcox mentioned in the presser that they will have some ways to deal with Thibodeaux, hopefully they can block him.
Former ECU coach Steve Logan on chips:
https://www.wralsportsfan.com/duke/video/17894063/
That is how many games Giants-Dodgers should have been
Yup.
that was a great game, great pitching, all the amazing things about baseball.
Agreed, that was baseball at its best (dumb ending aside). Just wish the Giants could keep the magic going.
It continues to generally be a good thing to be a Dodger.
For someone who was barely sentient in 1988, the recent run of success up until now is still a bit unfamiliar.
GBBR
GBBR