Giants @ Mets I.G.T. 5/4/2011

[Benjamin Grimm]

That was one stupid looking beard.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

/Strokes beard, makes mocking "I can't hear you" gesture to booing crowd
//Whips out American flag
///Pantomimes defecation
////Flips double bird to both sides of arena, slaps crotch menacingly, leaves ring

[Guest themetfairy]

First pitch of the game -



First out of the game -



Things were looking good for a little while....

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

The other thing about Wilson: he's actually a half-decent guy off-the-field.

The Jints are staying at BetterHalfer's workplace this week; Wilson and Posey (she thinks) have been sweethearts to the hotel/restaurant staff, while Huff and Cody Ross (are you surprised?) have stood out as entitlement-oozing, defensive pricks.

Wilson's also a semi-regular at my cousin's restaurant in SF, and-- beard aside-- is a relaxed, unassuming customer who "was raised right" (says cousin Joe, who also recommends Zito).

[G-Fafif]

Nice profile on the actual guy behind the beard in SI over the winter here.

Nearly three months later Wilson hasn't come off his Series high. "You know what it's like?" he says, theatrically stroking the beard. "You're 12 years old. Everything is great. It's Friday. The school bell just rang. You have no responsibilities. You get to have a sleepover. All you want to do is jump up and down and scream. You know that feeling? Now make it times a billion. That's winning the World Series."

[TransMonk]

Nice guy or no nice guy, the beard still makes him a douche.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I think "douche," I think University of Miami, I think "unique" tribal tattoos, I think "No, this isn't Ed Hardy-- this is my custom shirt line." Jersey Shore is a televisual warehouse-store of "douche." Ryan Braun-- or drunk DabidRye on a bad night-- is a douche.

While a full-on young-dude beard is a BIT more commonplace than it used to be, it's more "irritating BillyBurg/SoCal hipster" than it is "douche," near as I can tell.

[TransMonk]

Really? Really?

[soupcan]

TransMonk wrote:

If you could pick two guys that you would think would be two of the best pitchers in the game there is no way you'd choose White Mr. T and Stoner Gilligan up there now would you?

[Guest Edgy DC]

The tireless self-promotion. The believing his own publicity. The website.

The guy is promoting his appearance in the upcoming Major League 3. Put down the sugary beverage and believe the evidence of your own eyes.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Point, Monk. (Although that does appear to be their team t-shirt-- check Lincecum, and pictures of most other Giants from that day.)

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

TransMonk wrote:

Somebody order a Double Douchebag?

[TransMonk]

I take it back, the beard doesn't make him douchy.