The Playoffs For A Real Sport Start Today...

[Lord Jim]

I sooo do not want to do this...

Now it's not only raining steadily but it's getting windy too...my son has no frame of reference for what standing out in this kind of weather for a couple of hours is actually like...

I'm still trying to talk him out of it...

I pointed out that if I have to hold an umbrella I won't be able to hold him on my shoulders, and he won't be able to see anything...But my boy is a problem solver; he thought about that for a second, and then said that Tati could hold the umbrella and I could hold him...

My plan now is to leave just as a really big cell is passing over; maybe after we walk about a block in that he'll re-think the wisdom of this...

[MajGenl.Meade]

Just say no. He's the kid. You're the adult. Make the right decision. You'll all die in the riot of excitement amongst the rounders fan(s).

[Lord Jim]

Just say no. He's the kid. You're the adult.

Yeah, I find myself using that approach sometimes, but in this case would prefer to convince him rather than have him sit around in a funk all day...He was really excited about this...

Of course if we go, I'm going to have Tati pissed off, so now I get to decide which kid I'd rather have mad at me...

[Joe Guy]

It's the sort of thing your son may always remember and treasure. Also, it's extra fun to be out in the rain when you're young. Don't be a fuddy duddy daddy.

[Lord Jim]

It's the sort of thing your son may always remember and treasure.

That's kind of the dilemma...

If it were just some sort of ordinary thing, I'd just say no...

[MajGenl.Meade]

I could understand the excitement if it was Leonard going by in a Subaru but some guys in funny clothes who've done nothing.....?

[Lord Jim]

Lady Kelly to the rescue...

She came up with an argument that finally persuaded him...

She told him that if he stayed out in the rain that long he might get sick and if he got sick he couldn't go trick-or-treating....

I assured him that even if it was still raining we would still go trick-or-treating...(we bought a clear poncho for him to wear over his costume earlier this week in case of such an eventuality; I remember a couple of rainy Halloweens growing up; that didn't stop us...)

In the meantime, I found the channel that it's being televised on, so we're going to watch it on TV...

BTW Joe, Comcast SportsNet Bay Area is covering it. If you're interested, you can find the channel for your area here:

http://www.csnbayarea.com/page/channel- ... n-bay-area

[Joe Guy]

I can imagine how exciting that would be...

[MajGenl.Meade]

In the meantime, I found the channel that it's being televised on, so we're going to watch it on TV...

...or for real excitement...

[Joe Guy]

BTW Joe, Comcast SportsNet Bay Area is covering it. If you're interested, you can find the channel for your area here:

Thanks, Jim. I just put my Giants uniform on and turned on the TV...

[Gob]

Have you never heard of "waterproofs" Jim? Standing in the rain for two hours is what we call "a holiday" in the UK

[MajGenl.Meade]

Four hours and it's called 'Wales'

[Lord Jim]

We actually did wind up going, and I'm glad we did...

It was coming down bad at 11:30, but a little after noon it cleared up here, and on the Doppler radar I could see that the main rain bands had moved south of the city...

Lady Kelly dropped us off at Glen Park, and we took the BART down to the Civic Center, and we got there in plenty of time to see Bumgarner and the rest of the heroes ride by...(and we picked up some of the confetti that was dropped as a souvenir of the occasion)

[Gob]

Awww, nice ....

[Jarlaxle]

But Boston does it better.

[Lord Jim]

Gee Jarl, after all your rooting for the Royals, I was hoping for a gracious admission of defeat...

[Jarlaxle]

Dude, I'm a lifelong Red Sox fan & have been long enough to remember when the games were broadcast on channel 38 by Sean McDonough and Bob Mongomery. Yes, I was hoping for KC to win...but if the Sox aren't involved, and I can't root against the Yankees, it's not all that important to me. (Note: I only watched one game.)

[Lord Jim]

My personal favorite Giant is Pablo "Panda" Sandoval....

If Bumgardner hadn't been the series MVP, Pablo certainly would have been...

He batted .366 in the playoffs, .421 in The Series, including going four-for-four in Game Seven...

He also turned in a phenomenal fielding performance at third...

What I like most about Pablo, is to see that a guy who doesn't look like he spends every free minute in the weight room, (Pablo's never gonna steal a lot of bases or score from second on a base hit single...) a guy basically built like Frank Howard or Boog Powell, can still be a star in MLB in 2014...



Pablo's a guy I can identify with...

[rubato]

"Lady, I'm not an athlete. I'm a professional baseball player."

John Kruk


And here he is, in midseason form:




yrs,
rubato

[Joe Guy]

Pablo's a guy I can identify with...

Were you also born without a neck?....