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February 28, 2008 6:10 pm

Oh man, i think we all miss the stick. I love Pac Bell , but It would be cool to see them play a few games at the stick.

Remeber the chain link fence? The metal bleachers that woudl make a lot of noise . Or that area behind Left Filed in the 80's where you could jump down and retrive a HR. Candlestick will always have a special place in this Giants fans heart. Its the first place a young 5 year old kid was taken to see his first baseball game(that he can remember) and fell in love with his Giants.


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February 28, 2008 10:57 pm

I would put bonds in left field and vizquel at shortstop. I don't know about the other positions cuz I don't really know about Giants history. but I'm sure no other current player would make the team.


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February 29, 2008 2:55 pm
Burks was never as important to the team as Jack was.  Plus, Burks was slightly over-rated defensively.  I saw him make alot of mistakes handling the ball in the outfield.

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February 29, 2008 4:50 pm

Everytime I see the name Candy Maldonaldo I think of him sliding for a ball he had no chance at in 87 against the cards in game 7 and the ball rolling by him to the wall.  That almost hurts more than 2002 but not quite!

You and me both, now my head hurts just thinking about it.

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February 29, 2008 4:52 pm
I can't believe we all forgot The Krazy Krab!!

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March 5, 2008 4:27 pm

Candy A$$ Maldonado still kills me too.

But above all Dusty Baker is my most hated..........once a dudger always a dudger.  Ditto for Kent the punk.

Will the thrill was my boy when he played.

Robbie Thompson was one of my favorities

Jeff Leonard and the one flap down.

Mitchell and his gold tooth.

Matt Williams who should have broke 62 in the strike year.

Dravecki and Hammaker.  

These were my favorities 


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March 5, 2008 6:56 pm
For lefty in the rotation i would go with Rueter as of now. Lowry can be too inconsistent. Rueter was fine, but give Lowry a little longer and he will be up there. For closer Nenn. He was sick, that splitter of his. Double play machine.

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March 6, 2008 5:48 pm

You've got to be kidding. You call yourself a Giants fan and you hate Will Clark. He is a true ball player. He wasn't amped up on roids like Bonds, Canseco, McGuire, etc. He was a pure hitter. I still haven't seen a swing so fluid as his. Just go back to the NLCS in 1989 and see how clutch he really was.

And to pick JT Snow. Yeah I love JT, but he wasn't nearly the offensive threat as Clark and Clark was pretty good defensively too. Maybe not as good as JT in that area, but I would take his bat anyday.

I prefer the Giants pre Barry Bonds.  Clark was a stud. How could you not be to hit a HR in your first major league at bat against the great Nolan Ryan.

He is my alltime favorite Giant and I followed him after the Bonds show showed up and he was released all the way until his retirement. 


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March 7, 2008 12:44 pm
   Yeah Clark was my favorite as a kid growing up too. I still followed his career as a Ranger and cardinal. Man what a sweet swing. He made this young kid try to mimick that swing, to no avail of course because Im a rightie(and I never had that talent) , but taht swing was a buety. And who could forget how clutch he was. I remember a game against the Reds, he was like 0-4 , came up in the ninth, down 3-2 stared down the picther with that "The thrill look" behind the eye black and smacked a two run shot over  the CF wall. For me its always going to be Clark and Bonds. Too bad they only got to play one season together, Clark still had alot left when  we let him go.

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March 7, 2008 12:45 pm
Oh more on Clark. I remember someone once asked Barry Bonds who was the best player he ever played with. Bonds said Clark.

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March 7, 2008 3:30 pm

Some great replies, I rememer the fence in left feild, and the chains that you had to set just right so they would pop off if a ball went over the fence, it was great. You also can't forget all the old drunks that sat behind homeplate when they still sold beer in the stands. First game at the stick would have been thirty years ago. I was lucky enough to see the last game the Gaints played there as well. Ramierez, sorry I did not care for the thrill, just like I am sure there have been players you hated on the team. I just don't know why any one else is giving UUUUUUribe(RIP) so love.

 

Go Gaints


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March 8, 2008 3:57 am

man...will clark had one of the sweetest swings i've ever seen...i loved that guy

and regardless of what you think of bonds...that's a no brainer

and well..baker..lets just say he wasn't the greatest at managing pitchers


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March 8, 2008 4:10 pm
A Will Clark poster still hangs in my childhood bedroom at my parent's house.  I can remember going to the batting cages and forcing myself to try to bat as a lefty just to be like him (and with some success!).  Clark, is, was, and will always be my favorite player.  My best friend loved Mark Grace (he had just moved from Chicago), and I can still remember the intensity the two of us had as we watched the 1989 NLCS.  Will played the game harder and smarter than anyone I've ever seen.  Sometimes it seemed games were won through his will alone (no pun intended).  Although JT was never the Young to Will's Montana, he was a worthy heir, but he never was nearly the threat at the plate that Will was.  JT did kick into gear in the post season a couple times though, I'll give him credit for that.

C - Santiago
1B - Will Clark
2B - Jeff Kent
SS - Aurilia (1st time)
3B - Matt Williams
OF - Bonds, Butler, Davis, but damn if I wasn't a Darren Lewis fan there for a bit.

SP - Someone else said something about one year wonders...too true.  Estes, Burkett, etc. Hopefully Matt and Tim will change that.
RP - Nen (but he did drive me crazy sometimes too)

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March 8, 2008 4:28 pm

everyone on this post who think Will Clark was a kick butt players is right. he was I to nyliund tried to emulate Clark's swing at the plate everyday until my hands bleed. But JT also did a great job for us defensively and at the plate. Clark though was always the best.

But Aurilia at SS Nylund I kind of agree but Uribe to was one of the best there defensively as well as Vizquel.


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March 10, 2008 2:55 am

1b  will clark

2b robbie

ss aurillia

3b williams

of bonds, mitchell, chili

c brenly

p schmidt, woody, cain, don robinson (hit alot of homers, gave up alot more.)

honorable mention  maldonado, for his flying right hook. ozzie and oquendo still regret f-ing with will


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March 10, 2008 10:15 pm
You've got to be kidding. You call yourself a Giants fan and you hate Will Clark. He is a true ball player. He wasn't amped up on roids like Bonds, Canseco, McGuire, etc. He was a pure hitter. I still haven't seen a swing so fluid as his. Just go back to the NLCS in 1989 and see how clutch he really was.

Yeah, but don't you think Will took himself just a bit too seriously.  Sure it probably helped his average, but man that guy was wound.  In the late 80s a buddy of mine had a cardboard cutout of "the thrill" in his room on which he had attatched a nosering.  I mean now that was an awesome look for that guy!

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