simpsons halloween specials are awesome, thanks for such a flattering simile.
and yeah, there is an elegiac sense to it, i know. but, maybe the death of a's fic provides the fodder for shiny new giants fic? door closed, window open, and so forth.
God, when his phone rang there outside his apartment, I knew, I just knew it would be Chavez and it would fucking hurt. No one makes it hurt as good as you.
Damn. This is so lovely sad and awesome. Went back and reread Game On after your author's note, and can totally see the full-circle-ness of them together. Zito is someone completely different now, and so the story is completely different, but it's still all about the team, the game, the hope. He just doesn't have the luxury of being so single-minded about it now.
Also, I should thank you for getting me to actually follow some baseball for the first time in my life and thus giving me significantly more things to talk about with my grandfather than I usually have and things to watch on tv with my dad. Also, what a time to start following. Oh my god, Giants. This is so fantastic.
my god, what a time to get into baseball! hopefully it will sink its claws in deep, and maintain that grip for the rest of your life. it'll ease any number of awkward older-relation interactions. "how bout them giants?" is the only conversation starter you need in this city.
anyway, thanks! you are really pleasing the hell out of me, getting all obsessed and such. it's a beautiful thing.
Twist it...TWIST IT!!!slashipperOctober 29 2010, 06:23:01 UTC
Yes, twist that bittersweet knife a little more, Beck! Because I'm in some kind of funny alternate universe where my Giants have won the first two games of the World Series 11-7 and 9-0 (NINE TO FREAKING NOTHING!!!) and I'm not even sure who or where I am anymore. Not that I'm in any way arrogant or overconfident about the rest of the Series, no way! I expect sweet torture in the days to come. But for the moment -- who are these guys and what have they done with my team?!! (Hahaha...Cody Ross a gnome!! But wait -- perhaps an ALIEN gnome
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Re: Twist it...TWIST IT!!!candle_beckOctober 29 2010, 20:29:59 UTC
so much awesome in one comment! how shall i ever live up.
seriously, though, thank you! your giddy world-series thoughts mirror mine pretty much exactly. after this whole freakin' year, all the drama and angst and timmy pitching like zito for a month there, and nothing ever coming easy--oh we have earned this punk. and i am so excited!
your black beard cupcakes sound terrifyingly awesome. and all the luck you can round up together and shoot westward is much appreciated. giants fans of the world unite!
the baseball gods, i don't even know what their deal is anymore. they let my team get to the world series, but not my boy. they tease me with rich harden/barry zito worldseries!sex, and then both of them get left off the roster. like, what's a kid to think?
if we pull this sucker off, though . . . oh man oh man.
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But then also, this kind of feels like a eulogy for all your As stuff. Which is sad.
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and yeah, there is an elegiac sense to it, i know. but, maybe the death of a's fic provides the fodder for shiny new giants fic? door closed, window open, and so forth.
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God, when his phone rang there outside his apartment, I knew, I just knew it would be Chavez and it would fucking hurt. No one makes it hurt as good as you.
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Also, I should thank you for getting me to actually follow some baseball for the first time in my life and thus giving me significantly more things to talk about with my grandfather than I usually have and things to watch on tv with my dad. Also, what a time to start following. Oh my god, Giants. This is so fantastic.
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anyway, thanks! you are really pleasing the hell out of me, getting all obsessed and such. it's a beautiful thing.
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seriously, though, thank you! your giddy world-series thoughts mirror mine pretty much exactly. after this whole freakin' year, all the drama and angst and timmy pitching like zito for a month there, and nothing ever coming easy--oh we have earned this punk. and i am so excited!
your black beard cupcakes sound terrifyingly awesome. and all the luck you can round up together and shoot westward is much appreciated. giants fans of the world unite!
the baseball gods, i don't even know what their deal is anymore. they let my team get to the world series, but not my boy. they tease me with rich harden/barry zito worldseries!sex, and then both of them get left off the roster. like, what's a kid to think?
if we pull this sucker off, though . . . oh man oh man.
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