Open Gameday Thread, 6/24

Giants "brain" trust: "You know and I know that Blownitez is washed up and we're stuck with his big contract. But if we keep running him out there, we might get lucky and he'll string together 4 or 5 saves in a row. He's 4-0 with a good ERA. Someone might bite at the trade deadline and he'd be off our hands."

If that was the goal, I'm OK with it. But now that he's blown 4 of 10, he's pretty much poison and the ruse is up. I can't imagine, at his salary, there are many GMs who would be fooled by his bogus ERA. And the last thing you want a closer to have is a lot of wins.

Looks like the Giants are stuck with this guy. Might as well cut their losses, relegate him to mop-up duty and find out if anyone else can do the job. We already know Mando can't.

I am a tool.

I am Thom Brenneman.

I hate Fox. If you're gonna blackout all other coverage, at least, you know, have some announcers that actually sound like they have a brain.

is there one redeeming quality on this team?

feliz is NOT having an outstanding year.

i hate broadcasters that don't follow the team that they broadcast and make blanket statements like that just based on their numbers

It's INCREDIBLE, THOM.

0.5? i'm going under

BARRY SAVES THE DAY

I miss ya buddy. We had some good times. Remember when we screwed the Giants over? Let's meet up some time.

Sincerely,
 Line Drives

He ain't very good.

I guess it's not the ballpark. It's the team.

it's not like anyone can hit behind him.

prove me wrong durham

jesus

Brennamen again proving he knows nothing outside of his asshole.

I'm hoping it was a wayward sunflower seed. But it was probably a booger he was saving for later.

That's what senile people do. Eat stuff stuck to their clothes.

The apocalypse is near.

Why not leave Sanchez in to bunt? He's given up one hit in 8 innings this year.

Might be worthwhile to give up an out to have a chance at a shutdown inning in the 7th. Especially when the alternative is Flippy Jr hitting into a GIDP.

Moises is worth perhaps 6 wins a year above replacement to the Giants. Suppose you got rid of Felipe, you'd most likely lose Moises. Would it be worth it?

You've got a uni-dimensional LH PH starting at first in Sweeney. A washed-up VizII as your only backup IF. A way-past-expire-date Finley hitting 3rd or 6th. A double-A backup catcher. A no-better-than-AAA backup outfielder in Ellison. An injury-prone, no-talent starting IB in Niekro. An injury-prone, glue-factory reject starting 2B in Durham. Two 40+ OF'ers with bad wheels in Alou and Bonds.

Even with a good manager, the Giants have nothing to put out there. I'm amazed they're still hovering around the .500 mark.

Then a 40+ LH'er with two prosthetic limbs strokes a double to the CF wall.

Sweeney is a fat tub of crap who should only be used  as a PH against RH'ers---as he has effectively been used for almost all of his career. He's becoming this year's version of Herges: taking a useful guy, putting into a situation where he can't succeed, sucking the confidence out of him, leaving him a puddle of useless goo.

Looks like he hit the wall at age 40, as many do. Maybe he stopped juicing.

Still a decent fielder. But sad to see him flail away at the plate. Has no business playing as much as he is. Imagine the Giants know it.

Fox announcers say Finley was joking around before the game about how streaky he is: "I'm consistently inconsistent."

I'd say he's consistently consistent. He's now a .240 hitter with no power who plays good defense. He's JT Snow.

On the other:  Felipe is thinking "hey, Timmah pitched ok last time, despite the questionable control, so I'll use him again tomorrow"

I may change my opinion tomorrow.

That song is magic.

Ray-Ray's salary drive begins today...hopefully.