SB Nation User Blog: Karlifornia

Which player will opposing fans hate?

Karlifornia — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:55:03 -0000

What does it take to become a hated by opposing fans? Well, I'd say combination of at least two of the following

a)good performance

b)criminal history

c)signed huge contract

d)perceived as a showboater

e)suspected to be a PED user

f)history of being rude to fans

g)history of being hated by teammates

If I left any out, please pick up my slack.

Last season, we didn't have Bonds, who had more than filled our "hated player quota" for over a decade. The team was also generally lousy, and our only really stellar players were impossible to hate (Lincecum and Winn).

This year, though, the team seems like it could actually be competitive, at least within the confines of the NL West. Competition can lead to...chafing.

Will the Giants have a player that starts to annoy opposing fans this year? If so, who will it be, and why?

Robb Nen thread on fantasy baseball cafe

Karlifornia — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:29:02 -0000

Robb Nen thread on fantasy baseball cafe

This thread had me cracking up just now. It takes a pretty hilarious turn towards the bottom of page 1

Can people lay off Castillo yet?

Karlifornia — Sun, 18 May 2008 22:38:46 -0000

I need to open up this fanpost addressing a certain something that drives me so insane that I can't write about anything else.

JOSE CASTILLO IS THIRD ON THE TEAM IN WALKS. Anyone who says "He can't take a walk" is just living off whatever the scouting report said. He has learned to take walks. He doesn't get into 0-2 counts more than any other player. He just doesn't. I don't see where people are getting this information based on his time with the Giants. It doesn't add up.

He has 6 errors this season. Brian Bocock, who is supposedly Vizquel reincarnated, has 4.

He's hitting .259, Pedro Feliz did that how many times as a Giant? ONCE. In 2004, he hit .276.

I also take issue with the people who took issue with Feliz as a Giant. Yeah, he hit for a low average and struck out a lot. But he was a legitimate 20 homer guy with an excellent glove. I'll take that any day.

I think the lack of impact hitters in this lineup makes everyone worse, as a jose castillo is looked upon to BE an impact hitter. On any other team, Castillo is a pretty darn good 8th hitter. On the Giants, he hits 6th, 2nd, or some other place that makes him look sub-par, when he is actually an average player.

Thoughts? I'd like to hear from FairweatherFan about Castillo, and I'd love to hear from Grant about Feliz.

Zito Fathead now 60% off!

Karlifornia — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:54:14 -0000

Zito Fathead now 60% off!

I wonder how much the price of this will go down when Zito hits 0-15