Winter Lines 9/30

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 1, 2008 8:09 AM PDT

HWB: West Oahu 12, Waikiki 3
Giants Prospects:
LF Roger Kieschnick - 1-2, 1 BB, 1 HBP, .375
SP Waldis Joaquin - 1 2/3 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 2 SO, 27.00 ERA, 1 WP, L (0-1)

Other Waikiki Prospects:
SS Todd Frazier (Reds) - 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B (2), 1 HR (1), 3 RBI, .364
RP Kazunori Yamamoto (Hokkaido, Japan) - 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0.00 ERA
RP Jeremy Papelbon (Cubs) - 1 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 SO, 9.00 ERA, L (0-1)

West Oahu Prospects:
3B Tyler Henson (Baltimore) - 5-5, 4 R, 3 2B (4), 1 BB, .636
1B Miles Durham (Pirates) - 3-5, 4 R, 1 2B (2), 1 HR (2), 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SO, .571
SP Sean Gleason (Orioles) - 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO, 0.00 ERA, W (1-0)

Waikiki can't buy a win. The Beach Boys lost 12-3 to an undefeated West Oahu team. The CaneFires are on fire, scoring 30 runs in three games to begin the HWB season.

Waldis Joaquin saw his ERA jump from zero to 27.00 in a poor start where he allowed five runs to the CaneFires in 1 2/3 innings. Papelbon, younger brother of Boston closer Jonathan, was also lit up in one inning pitched. Papelbon allowed four runs in his inning of work. Kazunori Yamamoto of the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters Nippon Professional Baseball was the only Waikiki pitcher to escape unscathed. Yamamoto pitched three scoreless innings in relief.

Todd Frazier provided the only runs for Waikiki. He turned on a pitch from Ryunosuke Yokoyama and hit an absolute bomb to left field to score two runs. Frazier drove home another run on a double.

West Oahu and Waikiki face one another again Wednesday. Waikiki had Monday off.

Arizona Fall League begins 10/06
Mexican Pacific League begins 10/11
Venezuelan League begins 10/14
Dominican League begins 10/15
Puerto Rican League begins 11/06, returning for 2008 after ceasing operations in the 2007 season

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Waldis Joaquin

ouch

Sergio Romo will gladly hand you a bench to sit on / GIANTSPACE™ / Adopted brother of the AnVil

by SoFa King Mike on Oct 1, 2008 8:18 AM PDT 0 recs

At least Kieschnick is doing a consistent thing with the hitting.

"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 1, 2008 8:24 AM PDT up 0 recs

ON BASE MACHINE

..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.

by Cookyman on Oct 1, 2008 10:23 AM PDT up 0 recs

Time to trade him. Can’t have that in a Giants Uni.

Ivan Ochoa - Heir to the legacy of Rob Andrews & Rikkert Faneyte!

by daveinexile on Oct 1, 2008 10:43 AM PDT up 0 recs

A prospect with better control of the strike zone than Nick Noonan???? HAO CAN THIS BE!

by rotorueter on Oct 1, 2008 10:56 AM PDT up 0 recs

baer was driving

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 1, 2008 11:35 AM PDT up 0 recs

Sergio Romo will gladly hand you a bench to sit on / GIANTSPACE™ / Adopted brother of the AnVil

by SoFa King Mike on Oct 1, 2008 11:47 AM PDT up 0 recs

Update on Crawford..

I put this in the other winter lines thread, but Crawford said his ankle is almost fully healed and the Giants want to ship him to the Dominican League.

How often to American players go play in a league like that? I would have to think that would kind of suck.

proud father of the newly acquired Brandon Crawford..

by Azmanz on Oct 1, 2008 2:31 PM PDT 0 recs

It’s not unheard of. North American players go to the Caribbean leagues, if there’s room for them to play. I heard John Bowker is going to the Mexican League this winter.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 1, 2008 2:35 PM PDT up 0 recs

Do they have English speaking coaches?

proud father of the newly acquired Brandon Crawford..

by Azmanz on Oct 1, 2008 6:21 PM PDT up 0 recs

Funny that is the opposite of what Big V asked when he signed

by wilriv21 on Oct 1, 2008 6:47 PM PDT up 0 recs

Yeah but

he needs to learn English to make it to the bigs, where as someone like Crawford or Bowker don’t need to learn a new language to make it.

proud father of the newly acquired Brandon Crawford..

by Azmanz on Oct 1, 2008 7:13 PM PDT up 0 recs

I’m pretty sure that you can hit HR’s without speaking English.

..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.

by Cookyman on Oct 2, 2008 2:54 AM PDT up 0 recs

They should learn some Spanish. It’s good for the character.

Travis Denker can hit a little. That's why I drive his bus. Not much about baseball here .

by oldjacket on Oct 2, 2008 8:55 AM PDT up 0 recs

What I meant was

that it’s good for someone like Angel to come to America and play now that way he doesn’t reach the bigs with out getting used to our culture. I feel bad for someone like Dice-K who got thrown into a new country with the added pressure of performing in Boston.

proud father of the newly acquired Brandon Crawford..

by Azmanz on Oct 1, 2008 7:28 PM PDT up 0 recs

Through many decades the American has gone to play winter ball in the Caribbean. And about 71.456 came back safely.

by wilriv21 on Oct 1, 2008 5:31 PM PDT up 0 recs

xeifrank would disagree by 12%.

your 2008 SF Giants: this isn’t totally insane, just really stupid

by Lyle on Oct 6, 2008 5:48 AM PDT up 0 recs

anyone else upset that MLB does not televise these games? Throw a couple of minor league announcers in at least the AFL, and let us watch these kids. I know that Comcast Sports has a lot of facinating programming on 24/7, but Jebus.

by tyrannoman on Oct 2, 2008 10:33 AM PDT 0 recs