What's better than saying it? SAYING IT!

Mavo, a commenter on the San Jose Mercury News Giants blog "Extra Baggs" (from either Carl Steward, according to the "posted by, or Andrew Baggarly, of the blog title) wants you to know that Tim Lincecum pitched a good game today.  He also wants you to know he did not "throw" a good game today.  But how to get that across to the average reader, who might miss the subtlety of "pitching, not throwing"?  The answer, of course, CAPS, the currency of the commenter:

What a dominating PITCHING performance from Timmy today! And I mean PITCHING … not just throwing!!

And he remembered the cardinal rule of commenting: when in doubt, use exclamation points!  POINTS, not POINT!!

Even commenters know

Who is Walt?  Walt is an Orioles fan.  Walt is someone who, at 3 in the morning, was struck by the need to share the following piece of information as a comment on Mike Gonzalez, Orioles reliever, on the O's Baltimore Sun blog.  Gonzalez is having a tough time this year, with an 8.53 ERA, well above his career 2.92 mark.  Why?  There are many possibilities.  Could be age catching up with him - he's 32, though that's not really old for a reliever, where the Jesse Oroscos of the world toil into their 70's, seemingly.  Maybe he has an injury he doesn't want to disclose.  No, none of these things.  Walt's got it figured out:

Hard fought game, but once again, Gonzalez forgot to pitch and not THROW.

Thanks, Walt.  We'll be sure to pass that on to Mike.