San Francisco, CA
Giants 7, Twins 1: Lack of basics, also ball talc
Short version: the Giants played better defense than the Twins and won. Also, Joe Ryan uses ball talc.
Mid-length version: semi-rookie Matt Wallner misplayed a first-inning ball, and Twins hitters swung at everything, and that 1-0 lead ballooned because “ballooned” is a verb, kind of.
And Joe Ryan uses ball talc.
Long version:
F**cking John Foley, who I have on good authority cannot even find his NERD GLASSES on his NERD FACE, wrote a thing about how Joe Ryan is UNDIFEEETABLE now, because eggheads gonna egghead, amirite?
Of course, this is why the eggheads are fulla beans. An early single by Giants player Jorge Soler was misplayed by Mr. Wallner, which was scored a triple, instead of a single + error. (IMO, almost EVERY triple should be scored “single + error,” or the very concepts of “triples” and “errors” have virtually no objective meaning whatsoever.)
And: per the postgame discussion on radio, Joe Ryan wouldn’t deny that this should have been scored an error, but postgame reporter people, do you really need to be asking a pitcher to “deny” these questions? I guess you do. I guess it gets Clicks.
Anyways, the Giants got more hits that fell into grass afterwards (it’s San Francisco, grass should be a local cultural plus, along with massive income inequality), and when the Twins swang mightily, the Giants played better defense, and, LOSE LOSE
(Also, Joe Ryan uses ball talc.)
Longest version:
I don’t care about recaps, only previews, and Friday Night TwinkieTown After Dark gamethreads (which, as of yet, haven’t died!)
Plus, new fill-in radio announcer Sean Arenson was talking so fast, I had a hard time following the game. (Per imakesandwichesforaliving, he’s a veteran St. Paul Saints announcer.)
Arenson has a LOVELY voice, and it’s perfect for baseball. But, too fast for me. And I’d been thinking DEEP THOUGHTS in my head about the state of stuff and other stuff. That’s just where my mind is!
So, too fast for me. But…
You can all do the thing where you link on this clicky thing for the score thing! It’s a boxscore! You can read boxscores! If you can’t read boxscores, listen to KFAN talk about how the Twins need more “will to win” and “clutch” and crap like that! Yell on gamethreads! Please not here! Not on Fridays, at any rate!
(And, please, don’t start crazy Giants/Dodgers fan fights.)
Duds Of The Game: Wallner, I guess? Local fog? Joe Ryan? FOLEY’S JIZZ JINX??? (TTAD typo.)
Studs: all you fun people who were on the gamethread, and made TT better than my thoughts about the state of stuff and other stuff!
Damn, this isn’t even 500 words yet, so…
Joe Ryan, you DO KNOW that Johnson & Johnson has already agreed to $700 MILLION DOLLARS in settlements over bad poison in “baby powder,” AKA the stuff you MAYBE USE ON YOUR SPECIAL PARTS? (Maybe he uses a generic?) And that the settlement MIGHT BE WAY BIGGER? Maybe DON’T USE THAT STUFF ON YOUR SPECIAL PARTS!
OK, that gets us to over 500 words. As does this funny article on the Trifecta of Lawyer Movies. I’ve done my job!
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For some businesses, Saturday is the most wonderful day of the year as thousands of Santas visit San Francisco watering holes for Santa Con.
But for others, the festive event is more trouble than it’s worth.
Kevin Sully Sullivan and his wife, Deb, met at the Marina Lounge in the 1980s. Sully then went on to work at the bar for 30 years and just two years ago, took over the business from the prior owners.
“We’ve loved this bar for such a long time and it’s a dream come true to actually have our names in it,” Sully said.
While Sully loves celebrating the holidays and supports Santa Con, he has posted this sign on the door of the Sully’s Marina Lounge, officially making it a Santa-free zone. For him, the extra customers aren’t worth the hassle.
“Some of these bars that encourage it, that participate, they do months of business in one day,” he said. “But many of them have to replace sinks in their restrooms. They get it torn off the wall and toilets that have all kinds of things go wrong.”
On the other hand, Westwood has beefed up its staff and is looking forward to all the Santas coming to town.
“It’s really good,” Kwame Wright said.
“It pumps in a lot of money into the economy,” Westwood said. “Local businesses, we benefit from it as well. So, we’re really happy and we’re excited that we get to host. Santa’s are welcome here.”
Aside from Halloween, Santa Con is one of the biggest events of the year for Westwood. This place normally has long lines to get in on weekends and it’s expecting an even bigger crowd Saturday. Westwood is taking steps to make sure all the Santas behave.
“Security does really hard work, and we have extra security to make sure everybody is safe,” said Wright.
But for those willing to wait until Christmas for a Santa sighting, Sully says his place will be the place to be.
“It actually ends up being a really nice day here because they know it’s a sanctuary haven from the Santa Con,” Sully said.
A large fire burned at a six-story residential building in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District early Friday morning, leaving dozens displaced, officials said.
The fire started at around 3 a.m. at a building on Golden Gate Avenue near Taylor and Market streets, adjacent to the Golden Gate Theatre. The San Francisco Fire Department said the fire started on the top floor and reached three alarms, spreading to the attic and roof of the building. Over 100 firefighters at the scene were able to prevent it from spreading to lower floors and nearby buildings, the department said.
Multiple people were rescued and self-evacuated, and a total of 45 residents were displaced, but there were no injuries, the department said. Two cats were also rescued, one that was treated by medics at the scene and another cared for by Animal Control.
Evacuated residents were provided temporary shelter at the corner of Golden Gate and Jones Street aboard a Muni bus. The Red Cross and other city agencies were called in to assist the displaced residents, the department said.
The fire was contained by 5:30 a.m., and firefighters remained on the scene for several hours. The cause of the fire was not immediately known.
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