Giants Picked to Win World Series

by Lidocaine on Mar 7, 2008 10:25 AM PST

Giants Picked as Longshots to Win the World Series --
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Re: Giants Picked to Win World Series

Sean Deveney is a Gamer.

by Lidocaine on Mar 7, 2008 10:23 AM PST reply actions

Re: Giants Picked to Win World Series

I hereby name Sean Deveney the most foolish man alive.

by xanthan on Mar 7, 2008 10:24 AM PST reply actions

Re: Giants Picked to Win World Series

I'm in!

Hoping tk's recovery is faster than Raj going from first to third!

by Goofus on Mar 7, 2008 10:25 AM PST reply actions

Re: Giants Picked to Win World Series

I can't take anyone who writes "they need to trade for Joe Crede" seriously.

Eagerly awaiting Crazy Crab Bobblehead Night on 7/18.

by Kitspool on Mar 7, 2008 10:40 AM PST reply actions

Re: Giants Picked to Win World Series

Well, I will agree they're longshots.

Nate Schierholtz cannot play third base. Nate Schierholtz cannot play third base. Steve Kline is pretty okay. Nate Schierholtz cannot play third base.

by groug on Mar 7, 2008 10:40 AM PST reply actions

Re: Giants Picked to Win World Series

There's longshots, and then there's the 2008 San Francisco Giants.

Maybe if he called them looooooooooooooooooooooooongshots, I could agree.

by xanthan on Mar 7, 2008 10:42 AM PST up reply actions

Re: Giants Picked to Win World Series

2008 ad campaign: They're Longshots.

All you guys talk about is the baseball boogie and Angel Villalona.

by Woody Wins on Mar 7, 2008 10:51 AM PST up reply actions

Re: Giants Picked to Win World Series

The best.

by robbgin on Mar 7, 2008 11:24 AM PST up reply actions

Re: Giants Picked to Win World Series

Bocock: The Giants' 2008 Longshot

Giant Expectations

by UnleashTheGore on Mar 7, 2008 12:10 PM PST up reply actions

Re: Giants Picked to Win World Series

Someone's been partaking of the "Optimism Week" cool-ade.

And Boom Goes the Dynamite

by Andy from DC on Mar 7, 2008 10:41 AM PST reply actions

Re: Giants Picked to Win World Series

...Of Dice.

Democracy is lovely but baseball is more mature. BVCE supports Manny Burriss and SF Dugout.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Mar 7, 2008 10:43 AM PST reply actions

Re: Giants Picked to Win World Series

At least Deveney admitted the Giants are awful. Apparently he believes that vibes could overtake talent in importance this season.

by sharksrog on Mar 7, 2008 10:44 AM PST reply actions

Re: Giants Picked to Win World Series

But there are good vibes in post-Barry Bonds camp these days, and I expect that this team will play over its head for a while.

This is his reason. You know, I've actually come to resent just about any positive press the Giants have been getting this year because I can't read any of it as anything but a reactionary sort of "ok, let them back in the club!" media fuck against Bonds.

I miss the negative press. Where'd all the negative press go? Somebody in the mainstream media please talk shit about this team!

He is Vengeance. He is the Knight. He is Dave Righetti. PRAY TO HIM!

by howtheyscored on Mar 7, 2008 10:45 AM PST reply actions

what year?

At least it's baseball season.

by nostocksjustbonds on Mar 7, 2008 10:46 AM PST reply actions

Re: what year?

what world?

Eagerly awaiting Crazy Crab Bobblehead Night on 7/18.

by Kitspool on Mar 7, 2008 10:48 AM PST up reply actions

Re: what year?

What dimension?

Idolizing the Nuschler Face since April 8, 1986 / GIANTSPACE returns!

by SoFa King Mike on Mar 7, 2008 10:55 AM PST up reply actions

......what year?

Coming to you from the Land of Many Beers

by WalrusMan on Mar 7, 2008 11:36 AM PST up reply actions

Re: Giants Picked to Win World Series

Actually, they are not a terrible bet at 100-1.
I think they have more than a 10% chance of making the playoffs, considering there is no powerhouse in the division. They probably have no worse than a 7-1 of making the playoffs with a 1-2 of Lincecum/Cain.

by zenbitz on Mar 7, 2008 10:48 AM PST reply actions

Re: Giants Picked to Win World Series

Sorry, 7-1 of winning the WS assuming they make the playoffs

by zenbitz on Mar 7, 2008 10:49 AM PST up reply actions

Re: Giants Picked to Win World Series

I don't know, there isn't any powerhouse sure, but that's just because all four of the other teams are quite good. The Giants are not quite good.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.

by jponry on Mar 7, 2008 11:30 AM PST up reply actions

Re: Giants Picked to Win World Series

But it should be easier to catch up to four good teams that are beating up on each other than to catch one powerhouse team that beats up everyone. It could be the difference between winning a division with 90 wins vs losing it with 103.

Not that I expect the 2008 Giants to win as many as 90 games. I'm celebrating Optimism Week, not Utter Batshit Craziness Week.

2008: The year the Giants begin to stop sucking.

by EliminateMe on Mar 7, 2008 11:34 AM PST up reply actions

Re: Giants Picked to Win World Series

Over / Under is 73

by Lidocaine on Mar 7, 2008 11:42 AM PST up reply actions

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But they have to beat the A's to make that number...

by Lidocaine on Mar 7, 2008 11:44 AM PST up reply actions

Re: Giants Picked to Win World Series

In the spirit of the week, I'll take the over.

2008: The year the Giants begin to stop sucking.

by EliminateMe on Mar 7, 2008 12:03 PM PST up reply actions

Re: Giants Picked to Win World Series

Standard Deviation of win% is about 6.5% or 10 games. If you look at 2007, two teams out performed their expected (pythag) w/l by about 10 games, Seattle and Arizona.

So, if their projected w/l is 73 (totally reasonable), there is ~16% chance they will win 83 or more games and a ~2% they will win 93 or more!

But that is assuming that they actually PLAY like a 73-89 team! (i.e. score ~100 fewer runs than they allow). They could get lucky and actually play like a .500 team!

by zenbitz on Mar 7, 2008 1:35 PM PST up reply actions