BayTalk

Bay Area sports. 49ers, Warriors, Giants, EBC fan club

[BayTalk @BayTalk10]

He has been one of the worst for quite some time. Longer. Ever since the Tim Lincecum incident

[TriplesAlley @Tr1plesAlley]

"As unprofessional as it gets" has been an accurate descriptor of Baggs for at least a half-decade

Appears to take nothing to get on his bad side, and then you never leave it

[BayTalk @BayTalk10]

Yes

[TheWarriorsTalk @TheWarriorsTalk]

HYPOTHETICAL: Would you be okay if Golden State had a losing record for 5 straight seasons if it meant the Warriors win another chip next year?

[BayTalk @BayTalk10]

@samesfandiari we need a cuck chair IMMEDIATELY

[NBA on ESPN @ESPNNBA]

"I'm not saying I know, but part of this could be creating leverage for AD and LeBron in both Washington and LA, and then everybody gets paid on a contract."

@windhorstespn shares a potential alternative option among rumors that Golden State is trying to acquire the two stars 👀

[BayTalk @BayTalk10]

😂

[Garlic Fry Ry @GarlicFryRy]

Chapman is going to have a long talk with Susan about this tweet, I hope you know that!

[BayTalk @BayTalk10]

My goat

[Liam Gallagher @liamgallagher]

@Cuervo_NJ @OasisPlanet_ @OasisMania @NoelGallagher I support ENGLAND and IRELAND for your information

[BayTalk @BayTalk10]

@TopDynastyTakes 12 team SF TE premium

[BayTalk @BayTalk10]

:(

[Adam Ryan 🤝 @AdamRy_n]

Aldon Smith passed away this weekend. Most people are talking about his incredible ability, potential, and performance as a football player.

Even though that is all true. He was so much more than that. He was a great friend and his kindness changed my life forever.

I met Aldon our freshman year at Mizzou. He was redshirted and relatively unknown as an athlete. His giveaway was the biggest hands you'll ever see and his ability to dunk at 250lbs, but his size in many ways didn't match his personality. He was relatively quiet and in most scenarios would try to shrink into the room vs stand out in it.

Over the course of the next year, we became close. We were very different people, from different places, but we both connected on the feeling of being a bit lost in the beginnings of adulthood. That year, I never really thought about him as a football player. He was just this gentle giant who loved to play video games and talk about life.

His sophmore year he broke the single season sack record at Mizzou, became an All American, and his life changed forever.

He became a celebrity on campus. He became a household name in Missouri. He became a top NFL draft prospect.

I remember how crazy his life became, and how quickly. ESPN doing interviews. Fancy cars being "loaned" to him. And people everywhere inserting themselves into his life.

Despite the craziness, my friend was always a text away.

My junior of college, I decided to take my first stab at entrepreneurship. I wanted to launch a chapter of Camp Kesem.

Kesem is a summer camp for children whose parents have been affected by cancer. The camp would be totally free and be a chance for a kid to experience the magic of being a kid again. As a son of a breast cancer survivor the idea of being able to create this camp in Missouri meant the world to me.

The Livestrong Foundation was hosting a nation wide contest to win $10,000 as seed capital to get started. To win, you had to have the most votes.

I tried really freaking hard to win that competition. I was going up against some really influential people at huge schools. As a somewhat awkward kid in Columbia, MO I had no chance.

So I asked my friend Aldon for a favor. I asked him if he would help me out and promote the link to vote.

He did more than just posting about Kesem on Facebook, skyrocketing us into the top place in the country. He kept supporting me the next 3 years while I was working on building Kesem.

He showed up to have fun with the kids. He helped me fundraise. He helped me get Kesem to become an official organization sponsored by the NFLPA so he could publicly endorse us as as a player.

Since then Torry Holt, Larry Fitzegerald, and many others have supported Kesem. But Aldon was the first.

Kesem led me to move to Austin to work for the Livestrong Foundation. Kesem is how I met my wife. Kesem gave me the confidence to start Workweek and continue the path of building something from scratch.

But in reality, Aldon enabled all those things.

Throughout the years we had many amazing memories together. Having my wife and I vacation to his house in San Jose. Going to New Orleans for the Super Bowl and seeing his entire family make the trip. Meeting his son and watching him be a dad. The hilarious night we met Derek Jeter. Having the most intellectual conversations about life while playing Call of Duty.

I also saw him struggle. There's no doubt he was a complicated person. Truthfully, I don't know if he ever really figured out who he wanted to be. I know just because your'e 6'4, 250lbs, and get 5.5 sacks in a single NFL game doesn't necessarily mean you want to be a football player. No matter the reasons, he made many bad decisions in his life. Some of those mistakes made it hard for me to stay as close as we'd once been.

One day, not too long ago, I just decided to text him. It had been years since we really chatted. I just wanted to say thank you for all that he had done for me and that I was sorry I wasn't there for him more through his struggles. We FaceTimed after that, and it was like the old days all over again.

Aldon was more than the headlines, the mistakes. He was a generous, gentle soul, a kid at heart, someone who was endlessly curious about life... all in the body of a world class NFL player, bearing the weight of professional pressure and personal circumstances that most of us can't even imagine.

People are complex. People who make bad decisions can also do great things. A person can be hated by almost everyone and, yet, there are people in that person's life who still love them deeply.

I learned many of these lesson due to Aldon, and I'll carry them with me forever.

Rest in peace, Aldon. You won't be forgotten.

[BayTalk @BayTalk10]

Exactly

[scott cousins fan @mecklerbetter]

Giants fans still love embarrassing themselves by acting like Brandon Belt wasn’t a great player

[BayTalk @BayTalk10]

De’Aaron Fox with one of the worst plays I have ever seen. Have some pride. Have some IQ.

[BayTalk @BayTalk10]

Really can’t stand this account. One day it’s like we are so back next day it’s like we need to sell. The takes are just all over the place like a crazy person.

[Bo Knows⚾️&🥋 @bosummers28]

Very cool 😂

[BayTalk @BayTalk10]

My all-time NFL team went 20-0 on 20-0 🏈 Can you build a perfect roster? https://t.co/RJdgKN6bMh

[BayTalk @BayTalk10]

82-0

[Garlic Fry Ry @GarlicFryRy]

Matt Chapman can’t handle being criticized for his play but has no problem criticizing and cussing out Casey Schmitt when he made a mistake? Makes him come off as a hungry hungry hypocrite if I’m being honest.
Death threats are NEVER okay but FAIR criticism is.

[BayTalk @BayTalk10]

Exactly

[Garlic Fry Ry @GarlicFryRy]

@JTfromNV99 We should never be okay with death threats but with social media everybody has to understand that they will come cause there’s crazy people in the world.
I just don’t like him not being able to take criticism when he’s stinking it up & making tons of money. Fans should be upset.

[BayTalk @BayTalk10]

🤡

[Underdog NBA @UnderdogNBA]

Chet Holmgren in Game 7 loss vs. Spurs:

4 PTS
1-2 FG
4 REB
2 TO

Attempted 0 shots in the second half.

His 5-year, $239.9M extension kicks in next year.

[BayTalk @BayTalk10]

wow...

[SleeperSFGiants @SleeperSFGiants]

Bryce Eldridge on his playing time:

“I guess I’m surprised, but it’s not my decision. It is what it is. You can argue every day that playing every day would be helpful, but I’m happy to be here.

Obviously, it’s a little bit different, but this is where I’ve always wanted to be. I’ve just got to continue to earn my stripes here.’’

(per @BNightengale)

[BayTalk @BayTalk10]

This is a good take. What would inspire future confidence in things turning around. I truly don’t see it.

[BayTalk @BayTalk10]

Dark ages have been here as a fan for me since 2022

[jak @pepperjakcheese]

Dumbass front office, afraid to nuke the roster, ownership refusing to spend now after the Devers deal, roster sucks, can’t pick any earlier than 10th next year. The dark ages are here

[BayTalk @BayTalk10]

#NothingLikeIt

[BayTalk @BayTalk10]

I’ve never seen them so disgusted. As was I.

[Mark Willard @Mark_T_Willard]

Just unreal. Kruk/Kuip so pissed they literally don’t even speak. I feel for all #sfgiants fans right now.