| Happy New Years Eve Eve! |
[Dec. 30th, 2012|06:22 pm]
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Please to be celebrating with a new stand-alone story in which this guy:
And this guy:
take off their clothes.
The Price You Pay -- In which Brandon Crawford is rookie adjacent and Ryan Vogelsong isn't a nice guy. |
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| Lincecum and Crawford: Too Attractive to Live |
[Oct. 6th, 2012|03:53 pm]
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A long long time ago, I fell in love with Tim Lincecum. Small, flexible, strange looking Tim Lincecum, who is both goofy and beautiful.
Here's the goofy part:
And here's the beautiful:
(Look at that shampoo commercial motherfucker.) He's also really flexible:
And if his physical attributes weren't enough, he also tends to shy away from the limelight and not really be into the fame thing. But is still nice to fans. Here he is signing for Phillies fans in 2010.
Yeah, he's standing on a trash can. That he pulled over himself so he could reach them. Management was thrilled.
Oh! And! He loves dogs:
In other words, TIm Lincecum is a good egg, and also talented (this year notwithstanding), and loves dogs.
I think that I can speak for many people when I say that I started my fanfiction journey in the Giants with Lincecum/Posey. Didn't everyone? Their storied struggles with each other, their decidedly different personalities, the pictures that launched a thousand fics:
Buster PICKS HIM UP, you guys.
But the further down that road I got, the more I realized that Posey and Lincecum? They aren't going to work out long-term. Not even in my head. And then, in spring of 2011, this guy showed up:
Meet Brandon Crawford. In 2011, Brandon was a rookie shortstop called up in the aftermath of the homeplate collision that broke Buster Posey's ankle. Why he was called up at that point is a bit of a mystery, since he (a) doesn't hit a lot and (b) isn't a catcher. But he was, and he stuck around the whole year and demonstrated to the Giants that he's a supremely talented shortstop.
And he's so hot that some of the veterans took to calling him "Stamos," as in John Stamos. You can see why:
Brandon Crawford is *dreamy*, y'all.
And he seems to have an easygoing nature that lends itself to a rapport with many of the guys on the team. Here's Brandon, for example, wearing a Buster Posey t-shirt.
Nerd. And here he is teasing former Giant Mike Fontenot, who I'm sure thought this was *hilarious*:
He also seems to have a rapport with Lincecum, which doesn't surprise me. Brandon is recently married and his wife is expecting, but he still has sort of a "single guy" attitude--his blog for the Giants talks about video game marathons, for example. Lincecum is one of the few other guys on the team not married with kids, so he and Crawford seem like a natural fit.
And then, of course, there was this:
Screenshots from a game in 2011. I don't know what Lincecum was doing. I don't know what Crawford thought Lincecum was doing. But there it is--twu luv. |
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| The Worst Starter In the Major League |
[Jul. 9th, 2012|11:46 pm]
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Seriously, y'all. HEARTBREAKING.
So, I went to Pittsburgh this weekend hoping for a miracle and that? Didn't happen. But it wasn't all doom and gloom. Here, for example, are the Brandons, in synch:
And here are Buster and Vogelsong:
And here's Melky, gettin' low:
And PNC is a really beautiful park:
And Ryan Vogelsong and Javier Lopez are very nice people who will totally sign the photos that you have of them in your messenger bag (it is NOT A PURSE!) if you happen to see them out:
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| If I were a different sort of person |
[Jun. 27th, 2012|05:59 am]
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I would hope for Tim Lincecum's struggles to continue because when they do, we get this like this:
which is just the sweetest/hottest thing ever.* But, while I enjoy Vogelsong comforting Lincecum on national television, I really wish he would get it together. Watching him struggle is breaking my heart.
*True story: This moment occurs after Lincecum has just come off the worst first inning of his life. 40+ pitches. Three runs. His manager was THISCLOSE to going out and getting him--actually had a guy warming up. IN THE FIRST INNING. He's in the dugout, and he calls Vogelsong over. (Basic unspoken rule of baseball: you don't talk to the starter unless the starter wants you to talk to him, especially if things are going really well (see: Matt Cain's perfect game) or really badly (See: Tim Lincecum). Vogelsong comes over and sits next to him and puts his arm around him and rubs his back and says a bunch of stuff--accounts vary slightly, but basically stuff about how it's okay to be mad and he's gonna go out there and do his job--and basically looks like Tim's hot and protective older brother, and Lincecum goes out and shuts down the A's for five more innings. Seriously. 40+ pitches in the first inning, and he goes five more innings and uses less than 60 pitches. I can't make this stuff up, people! |
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| So, you may have heard |
[Jun. 1st, 2012|11:02 pm]
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that Love of My Life Tim Lincecum is having a rough start to his year. He is. He's only had two quality starts and his ERA is over 5. (That's bad for him, in case you aren't really a baseball fan. In comparison, the other Giants starters currently have ERAs of 2.46 (Ryan Vogelsong), 2.79 (Matt Cain), 3.14 (Madison Bumgarner), and 3.41 (Barry Zito) respectively, so you can see why a number over 5 (currently 5.82) is something to be concerned about.
And he does look a little concerned, doesn't he?
Buster is also concerned:
Really, Tim? A FIVE POINT EIGHT TWO? Are you KIDDING me?
Anyway, here's a little story about Buster trying to figure out what's going wrong: Fixer -- There's something wrong with Tim.
P.S. Hint: Buster's theory may involve this guy:
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| BACK! |
[May. 29th, 2012|06:22 am]
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Sorry about the delay, blah blah, Real Life, blah blah, you don't care, and I'm back!
With this Interim Pretty. May I present, Charlie Culberson:
Yeah, the pose is lame. I think it's, like, the baseball equivalent of the senior photo hands folded pose, you know? Anyway, Charlie here was called up briefly (he's already back down in the minors at the moment) while one of our current second basemen was on the DL.
He's young, he's hot, he's Southern, and, what's that? He looks a bit like Brandon Crawford?
Not close up, no. But from the back, with the hair and the scruff, and maybe if you're not paying a lot of attention because you're just cruising into the clubhouse minding your own business and "hey! guy with longer dark curly hair=Brandon Crawford" then maybe. A touch.
I'm just sayin'...
Type -- Lincecum has a type. The sixth in the Rookie Year series.
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| We'll always have Fresno |
[Apr. 5th, 2012|04:12 am]
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So long Chris Stewart, who I adore irrationally and wholeheartedly. (I can't believe I'm going to watch YANKEE GAMES to see you play now. THE YANKEES. The things I do for love.)
Lincecum and Stewart in love:
Journeyman -- One of the players involved in a gay sex scandal is a five-tool player having a breakout year. The other is Chris Stewart.
The Game In Front Of You -- Of all the reasons Tim thought Stew might be turning him down, "saving his career" is maybe second on the least stupid list, right after "doesn't date guys."
Vogelsong and Stewart in love:
Not The Prettiest Game -- They meet on the first day of Spring Training for pitchers and catchers: one a non-roster invitee who was asked as a favor to someone, and one a pick-up from San Diego who is only there for insurance purposes. |
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| We interrupt this broadcast |
[Apr. 1st, 2012|01:26 pm]
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To remind you that Brandon Crawford is the PRETTIEST BASEBALL PLAYER IN ALL THE LAND.
That is all.
(okay...not quite all. Sorry I haven't been around much--Real Life is taking up a lot of my time--but I had to pause from Real Life and post this because COME ON! IS THAT YOUR REAL FACE, CRAWFORD? Give the rest of us a fucking chance, dude, for real.) |
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| His boyfriend's back |
[Mar. 13th, 2012|09:50 pm]
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and you're gonna be in trouble...
Seriously, look at these pictures of Tim Lincecum and Buster Posey and tell me that isn't the face of someone in lurve. FOR. REAL.
(Screencaps by ![[info]](../../img/user_ontd.gif?v=89.3) between_names and ![[info]](../../img/userinfo.gif?v=89.3) girlnamedpixley -- thank you, ladies.)
"Hey, Buster, I have a secret."
"Look at me casually touching my hair. This is an unequivocal sex invite."
Okay, seriously, look how cute they are together.
Even Tim can't stand how cute they are.
And neither can I ... [On Hold ] -- Tim wondered if Huff, perched on a stool in between them, had felt warm and wondered why. This is lucky number 13 in the Away Games series. |
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