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The Kevin Frandsen Memorial, Golden Puppy Award Candidates

Last year I branded Kevin Fransen “a lovable puppy”. Now I want to make it a tradition. I intend to give the KFMGPA (Kevin Frandsen Memorial Golden Puppy Award) to a new player every year. The requirements are:

• They receive way more attention specifically from the female contingent of fans than is proportionate to how good they are. (aka. girls think they are “hot”)

• They are not a super star. (Sorry Buster, and Timmy)

• They kind of look like they are a puppy.

• They are not super intelligent (sounds like all ball players are safe here).

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Here are the candidates.

#1. Alex Hinshaw

While Hinshaw might have looks that could mow down a 14 year old wearing a Noah Lowry shirt, his low 90s fastball has a hard time even getting past your average bat. Which I suppose makes him a perfect candidate.

Girlfriend says: Hinshaw gets….. 3.5 Steve Finley’s out of 5 possible Steve Finley’s

#2. Thomas Neal

Better known as @Tdaddyneal on twitter, is taking the social network path into the hearts of female San Francisco fans.

Girlfriend says: ….. 2 Steve Finley’s out of the possible 5.

#3. Brandon Belt

Don’t let that docile southern drawl draw you in ladies. This guy crushes ladies and baseballs. Aside from this guy’s non-neck he is in the clear lead so far.

Girlfriend Says:……. 3.75 Steve Finley’s out of 5

#4. Emmanuel Burriss

Burriss is on track to smash the modern day SF Giants record for “guy you see the most that never plays”. But again, it’s that babyface that make you think he’s never been taken out at 2nd on a double play breakup. Now if he could only keep his fragile feet from breaking he would be about as useful to the Giants as the guy who we named this award after. (just kidding burriss, we love you man)

Girlfriend Says:… 3 Steve Finley’s out of a possible 5 Mcdreamy’s

#5 Nate Schierholtz

Are you kidding me…… The keeper of the key to most abs in baseball, proves that the only thing he is lacking is some hair on his dome and a decent shot at becoming more than a defensive replacement. Just look at those fucking abs!!!!

Girlfriend Says: 3.25 Steve Finley’s out of 5 Steve Finley’s

Wild Card…..

Brandon Crawford..

I’m throwing this guy in the mix cause…. crazy girl attracting eyes + Minor League Talent = Kevin Frandsen 2.0

Girlfriend Says: …….. sorry….. she went to sleep.

Time to honor past winners.

2008, 2009 and 2010 KFMGPA goes to: The original Golden Puppy himself, Kevin Frandsen

2007 KFMGPA goes to: Noah Lowry…….. retroactively

Ok … everyone vote, or I will have to just pick one.

Boooooring Giants Tweets.

Ever since Brian Wilson and Zito shut down their twitter accounts (thanks to some assholes) the Giants presence on Twitter has taken a noticeable nosedive.

But with Pablo Sandoval jumping on the Twitter bandwagon, I figure I would pick apart what was left of the San Francisco Giants’ twitter accounts. Here are some “highlights” (lowlights).

• Thomas Neal on his @TdaddyNeal definitley is the one tweeting the most, and as far as I can tell has the “most to say” if you consider this….

@TdaddyNeal Thomas Neal “Watching the Steelers Vs Ravens play make me feel like I made the right choice picking baseball No way in hell would I let Ray Lewis Hit me”

something to say.

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• Ehire Adrianza wins the award for worst tweets ever, let me give you a sample.

@soncaballos ehire adrianza “33 dias para Spring Training”

Ya….. he’s been tweeting that for at least 64 days now. wow, buy an XBOX dude.

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• If you want a big mouth full of POSITIVE VIBES!!!!! Then take a gander at Jeremy Affeldt’s Twitter account, or even his blog?.?.. Although it is my immediate nature to ridicule someone for using a twitter account for good and not for what it was meant for, I will refrain, because I like Affeldt and in this day and age it kinda takes some kinda balls to be mister religious man. (oh but please Jeremy, can we refrain from this question!!!) Here is one of his (not his) better posts.

@JeremyAffeldt Jeremy Affeldt ““Many of life’s failures are people who did not realise how close they were to success when they gave up.” - Thomas Edison”

Meh… not terrible, but pretty boring drivel.

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• Darren Ford is still in his Twitter diapers, as this is his only post.

@DarRunFord Darren Ford “Thanks for the love bout to learn how to tweet….lol”

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• On the other end of the talking spectrum is fan favorite Pablo Sandoval who has blown about 64 tweets or about one tweet every 45 minutes during his first two days on twitter. Hopefully Pablo can come up with something better than…..

@pandoval48 Pablo Sandoval “Well my friends is time to run…cardio time twitt off for few minutes”

……. you do that Pablo.. you do that.

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• The most instersting Twitter account and blog belongs to former Giants Minor Leaguer Garrett Broshuis who brings pretty funny and random tweets like:

@broshuis Garrett Broshuis “Sad gym tale: Old Cuban lady with whom I often prac spanish, hadn’t seen in months, no longer remembers me.”

And writes some seriously interesting blogs at his blog called, Minor League Life that everyone should check out.

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If anyone else wants to peek at all of the Giants who tweet you can see the full list here. Giants Tweeters