{"id":3934,"date":"2013-04-05T14:13:14","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T18:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=3934"},"modified":"2013-04-05T14:13:14","modified_gmt":"2013-04-05T18:13:14","slug":"linked-i-cheated-on-my-team-with-the-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2013\/04\/05\/linked-i-cheated-on-my-team-with-the-giants\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Linked: “I Cheated on My Team with the Giants”"},"content":{"rendered":"

via The Bold Italic:<\/a><\/p>\n

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“I won\u2019t lie: The Giants are easy to love; they\u2019re a charismatic bunch. The beards and the misfits and the gamer babes. The short-lived Melk Men. The pie-in-the-face locker room shenanigans. Kruk\u2019s \u201cGrab some pine, meat!\u201d Kuip\u2019s \u201cOutta here!\u201d Timmy\u2019s \u201cFuck yeah!\u201d The fact that they\u2019ve won the World Series twice since I became a fan? That\u2019s icing on the cake, or extra bases, as it were.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via The Bold Italic: “I won\u2019t lie: The Giants are easy to love; they\u2019re a charismatic bunch. The…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-linked","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-11s","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4268,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2014\/10\/09\/linked-why-hunter-pence-is-the-giants-spirit-animal\/","url_meta":{"origin":3934,"position":0},"title":"Linked: Why Hunter Pence is the Giants\u2019 spirit animal","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"October 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"via New York Post: (FYI, this is the first and last time I link to this site) As much as the Giants value Pence for his bat and glove, the leadership he brings to the clubhouse is also appreciated. 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Sandoval also phoned Giants assistant general manager Bobby Evans to tell him personally.\u00a0 \u201cIt was somewhat of an emotional phone call,\u201d Evans said. \u201cHe was overwhelmed with this process but said he was\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Linked"","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7055,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/09\/11\/linked-republican-lawmakers-buy-health-insurance-stocks-as-repeal-effort-moves-forward\/","url_meta":{"origin":3934,"position":3},"title":"Linked: “Republican Lawmakers Buy Health Insurance Stocks as Repeal Effort Moves Forward”","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"September 11, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"via The Intercept: An account owned by Conaway\u2019s wife made two purchases of UnitedHealth stock, worth as much as $30,000, on March 24th, the day the legislation advanced in the House Rules Committee, according to disclosures. The exact value of Conaway\u2019s investment isn\u2019t clear, given that congressional ethics forms only\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Linked"","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3020,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/08\/31\/sfgiants-false-advertising\/","url_meta":{"origin":3934,"position":4},"title":"\u2605 SFGiants False Advertising","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"August 31, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"via SFGiants on Facebook: Unable to watch the Giants game tonight? If you had MLB.TV, you could watch baseball anywhere! Enter to win a free year of MLB.TV ...\u00a0http:\/\/atmlb.com\/qiZW4Y 1st Comment: Jason Lefler\u00a0yes, but if you're in the bay area, you get blacked out anyway :( MLB.TV Blows. End of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Linked"","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5521,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/03\/10\/linked-tech-too-big-to-fail\/","url_meta":{"origin":3934,"position":5},"title":"Linked: “Tech too big to fail”","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"March 10, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"via Scripting:\u00a0 Sanders may think that campaign finance is the primary issue but imho it's not. The means we use to communicate is privately owned and at least one of the companies is wobbly. Twitter could be acquired by a Chinese company. Or go out of business. 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