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Tom Garfinkel in damage control mode over comments
You're certainly welcome to your opinion about all of this. Quentin didn't charge immediately. He set the bat vertically and stared at Greinke to see if Greinke was turning to walk off of the mound. Greinke didn't do that, instead he challenged Quentin and Quentin charged. Go back to 2009 when Greinke threw at Quentin's head if you want some context. My piece made no mention of anything uttered by Greinke because it's nebulous here, the piece is about Garfinkel's reaction to the Greinke/Quentin thing and how audio of Garfinkel's words were leaked to media. I was in the press box when this happened, by the way, and while I have no idea what Greinke muttered out there, but he certainly didn't have anything conciliatory to say about plunking Quentin and it was obvious that Zack expected and welcomed Carlos to run out there to battle him. Also obvious is that a $25 million dollar a year pitcher doesn't flub a four-seam fastball. We all threw those when we were nine. I made no statements about Garfinkel being right or wrong about his "Rain Man" reference. If you're offended then you are. And if you think that his apology is disingenuous then you do, that's up to you. Garfinkel obviously stuck his foot in his mouth. And of course he HAD to apologize. Does that make his apology disingenuous? That's up to you to decide. In his interview on the Darren Smith Show (which is archived at
www.themighty1090.com
if you need it) he sounded fairly genuine to me. But you can draw your own conclusions about Garfinkel. I'm certainly not defending his words, he's a big boy and he can defend himself if he feels that he needs to. I care for a mentally disabled person, and I wasn't offended by Garfinkel's reference. I thought it was silly and not very well thought out, but I wasn't offended. But your mileage may vary, as they say.
— April 19, 2013 7:05 p.m.
Carlos Quentin vs. Zack Greinke: The real reason for the brawl
Quentin has only charged the mound one time, this time. And it wasn't because he thought that Greinke was trying to hit him, it's that Greinke wants the inside of the plate. When Quentin looked at Greinke to try and gauge whether or not it was an accident, Greinke appeared to challenge Quentin. If Greinke simply looks at his third baseman, or first baseman, or whatever after plunking Quentin, then we're not even having this discussion and I would have filed a boring piece about Cody Ransom and his 37-year old attempt at hanging around in the major leagues. Carlos gets hit because he wants to control the inside of the plate. He knows he's going to get hit. And I agree on most of your other points, they are in this piece as well. Also know that Greinke has a reputation as being an a-hole of the largest degree. His post-game presser in the club house was a shining example of it. No idea to what degree that led to what happened, but I'm guessing that it might have had something to do with it.
— April 12, 2013 11:43 a.m.
Critics ask: is Manchester's
U-T
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Reader
?
This is brilliant on levels that, unfortunately, most of San Diego won't be able to grasp.
— March 18, 2013 4:17 p.m.
Otras Obras: ten dollar tattoos in Tijuana
What will $40 get me? I have no tats, but I do want one inker on me before I die. I want this in Times Roman: "This is what happens." It's inspired by a gal I know from Trinidad & Tobago that has a tattoo on her arm that says this: "Roaring, roaring, roaring." Hers is from a poem by Charles Bukowski, I was so impressed by her. You can find the poem here:
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/splash/
I would link a picture of her but the men who read here would lose their collective minds. She is beautiful. And she's an awesome writer. The heads would explode and I would feel so guilty. My choice is from my head, because, really, no matter what people say that happens, THIS is what happens and it explains all of history and really, who needs some sort of a odd epitaph? I would rather just have a simple rational explanation.
— March 4, 2013 10:31 p.m.
Gambling hypocrisy: Padres protested wagering facility near Petco
Ha. I was surprised at the O'Conner story. Shocked, truthfully. It's always the one that you never suspect.
— February 16, 2013 6:44 p.m.
Gambling hypocrisy: Padres protested wagering facility near Petco
I'll give you my take: This is a move that the Padres felt they HAD to do. In fact, probably not for the reasons they state, but because Sycuan doesn't appreciate the competition. Truth of the matter is that it only takes 20 minutes to jump on the trolley and cross into Mexico where you can bet all of the baseball games you wish and the vigorish is much more reasonable than a bookie's take. Also, I've bet horses most of my life, many times at satellite outlets, and I have yet to see a bookie at any of them. Also consider this: While I maintain that betting team sports rarely offers the bettor any value and therefore isn't wise since even the best gambler won't get much of a return on investment, if any, of all major team sports, baseball is the most difficult to predict. Most gamblers that are successful at team sports prefer to wager on basketball games as they are proven more predictable.
— February 16, 2013 5:23 p.m.
Padres do little in off-season
Thanks, my friend. I couldn't help myself to that conceit, it just seemed so obvious.
— February 7, 2013 6:22 p.m.
We went to Mexico to get ahead. We smuggled cheese to get back.
They aren't bringing in a block or two of cheese here, it's a lot of cheese and stuff. These are items you can't get in the U.S. and are intrinsic to true Mexican cooking. The buyers are selling it off in small chunks for a profit or else they run restaurants. And believe me, you can taste the difference in some of these ingredients.
— December 20, 2012 1:39 p.m.
We went to Mexico to get ahead. We smuggled cheese to get back.
I didn't think I would like this story, but I did, it was great. And the account on how the border Nazi's treat you is quite accurate, at least by my experiences there, which have been thousands of times. You are allowed to bring cheese into the U.S. so long as it's a cheese that doesn't contain meat products. Kind of weird, seeing as how most cheese is made from cow's milk and meat comes from cows and stuff. But whatever. The main thing? They want to scare you. And it works. The truth is, there is NOTHING illegal about bringing food over the border that is approved by their regulations. Great stuff, hope things work out well for you in the ol' U.S. of A.
— December 19, 2012 6:43 p.m.
Long Lines at San Ysidro Border Crossing
Fantastic shot.
— December 17, 2012 2:04 p.m.
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Tom Garfinkel in damage control mode over comments
You're certainly welcome to your opinion about all of this. Quentin didn't charge immediately. He set the bat vertically and stared at Greinke to see if Greinke was turning to walk off of the mound. Greinke didn't do that, instead he challenged Quentin and Quentin charged. Go back to 2009 when Greinke threw at Quentin's head if you want some context. My piece made no mention of anything uttered by Greinke because it's nebulous here, the piece is about Garfinkel's reaction to the Greinke/Quentin thing and how audio of Garfinkel's words were leaked to media. I was in the press box when this happened, by the way, and while I have no idea what Greinke muttered out there, but he certainly didn't have anything conciliatory to say about plunking Quentin and it was obvious that Zack expected and welcomed Carlos to run out there to battle him. Also obvious is that a $25 million dollar a year pitcher doesn't flub a four-seam fastball. We all threw those when we were nine. I made no statements about Garfinkel being right or wrong about his "Rain Man" reference. If you're offended then you are. And if you think that his apology is disingenuous then you do, that's up to you. Garfinkel obviously stuck his foot in his mouth. And of course he HAD to apologize. Does that make his apology disingenuous? That's up to you to decide. In his interview on the Darren Smith Show (which is archived at www.themighty1090.com if you need it) he sounded fairly genuine to me. But you can draw your own conclusions about Garfinkel. I'm certainly not defending his words, he's a big boy and he can defend himself if he feels that he needs to. I care for a mentally disabled person, and I wasn't offended by Garfinkel's reference. I thought it was silly and not very well thought out, but I wasn't offended. But your mileage may vary, as they say.— April 19, 2013 7:05 p.m.
Carlos Quentin vs. Zack Greinke: The real reason for the brawl
Quentin has only charged the mound one time, this time. And it wasn't because he thought that Greinke was trying to hit him, it's that Greinke wants the inside of the plate. When Quentin looked at Greinke to try and gauge whether or not it was an accident, Greinke appeared to challenge Quentin. If Greinke simply looks at his third baseman, or first baseman, or whatever after plunking Quentin, then we're not even having this discussion and I would have filed a boring piece about Cody Ransom and his 37-year old attempt at hanging around in the major leagues. Carlos gets hit because he wants to control the inside of the plate. He knows he's going to get hit. And I agree on most of your other points, they are in this piece as well. Also know that Greinke has a reputation as being an a-hole of the largest degree. His post-game presser in the club house was a shining example of it. No idea to what degree that led to what happened, but I'm guessing that it might have had something to do with it.— April 12, 2013 11:43 a.m.
Critics ask: is Manchester's U-T just a prop for Holman's Reader?
This is brilliant on levels that, unfortunately, most of San Diego won't be able to grasp.— March 18, 2013 4:17 p.m.
Otras Obras: ten dollar tattoos in Tijuana
What will $40 get me? I have no tats, but I do want one inker on me before I die. I want this in Times Roman: "This is what happens." It's inspired by a gal I know from Trinidad & Tobago that has a tattoo on her arm that says this: "Roaring, roaring, roaring." Hers is from a poem by Charles Bukowski, I was so impressed by her. You can find the poem here: http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/splash/ I would link a picture of her but the men who read here would lose their collective minds. She is beautiful. And she's an awesome writer. The heads would explode and I would feel so guilty. My choice is from my head, because, really, no matter what people say that happens, THIS is what happens and it explains all of history and really, who needs some sort of a odd epitaph? I would rather just have a simple rational explanation.— March 4, 2013 10:31 p.m.
Gambling hypocrisy: Padres protested wagering facility near Petco
Ha. I was surprised at the O'Conner story. Shocked, truthfully. It's always the one that you never suspect.— February 16, 2013 6:44 p.m.
Gambling hypocrisy: Padres protested wagering facility near Petco
I'll give you my take: This is a move that the Padres felt they HAD to do. In fact, probably not for the reasons they state, but because Sycuan doesn't appreciate the competition. Truth of the matter is that it only takes 20 minutes to jump on the trolley and cross into Mexico where you can bet all of the baseball games you wish and the vigorish is much more reasonable than a bookie's take. Also, I've bet horses most of my life, many times at satellite outlets, and I have yet to see a bookie at any of them. Also consider this: While I maintain that betting team sports rarely offers the bettor any value and therefore isn't wise since even the best gambler won't get much of a return on investment, if any, of all major team sports, baseball is the most difficult to predict. Most gamblers that are successful at team sports prefer to wager on basketball games as they are proven more predictable.— February 16, 2013 5:23 p.m.
Padres do little in off-season
Thanks, my friend. I couldn't help myself to that conceit, it just seemed so obvious.— February 7, 2013 6:22 p.m.
We went to Mexico to get ahead. We smuggled cheese to get back.
They aren't bringing in a block or two of cheese here, it's a lot of cheese and stuff. These are items you can't get in the U.S. and are intrinsic to true Mexican cooking. The buyers are selling it off in small chunks for a profit or else they run restaurants. And believe me, you can taste the difference in some of these ingredients.— December 20, 2012 1:39 p.m.
We went to Mexico to get ahead. We smuggled cheese to get back.
I didn't think I would like this story, but I did, it was great. And the account on how the border Nazi's treat you is quite accurate, at least by my experiences there, which have been thousands of times. You are allowed to bring cheese into the U.S. so long as it's a cheese that doesn't contain meat products. Kind of weird, seeing as how most cheese is made from cow's milk and meat comes from cows and stuff. But whatever. The main thing? They want to scare you. And it works. The truth is, there is NOTHING illegal about bringing food over the border that is approved by their regulations. Great stuff, hope things work out well for you in the ol' U.S. of A.— December 19, 2012 6:43 p.m.
Long Lines at San Ysidro Border Crossing
Fantastic shot.— December 17, 2012 2:04 p.m.