Open Gameday Thread, Jr.
by Grant Brisbee on Apr 16, 2008 1:56 PM PDT
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PrintOther than walking the bases loaded and then giving up a single to the opposing pitcher, Zito has been dominant.
Also, if Rich Aurilia could hit and field like he did in 2001, he'd be the best player on the team.
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The Cure say There Is No If.
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so how has his pitching really looked? I haven’t followed gameday threads and only the game sporadicly.
And Boom Goes the Dynamite
good except for 2nd inning
Proud pappa of....STEVE HOLM!!
by UnleashTheGore on Apr 16, 2008 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
HIs control melted down in the 2nd (the umpire helped), but other than that, he’s looked pretty solid.
And By Solid
We mean not totally aweful.
Eugeniooooooo!!!!
by FairweatherFan on Apr 16, 2008 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm on Gameday
What just happened and why am I angry?
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I don't know
My batteries are dead. Did Ray Durham come in for 2b?
Eugeniooooooo!!!!
by FairweatherFan on Apr 16, 2008 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Chulk in the bullpen
"If I can change and you can change, then everybody can change!" Rocky Balboa, Rocky IV
Catching a fast guy like Byrnes at the plate
is NOT easy…
"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."
That was in response to: In play, run(s)
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Can anyone tell me what’s going on? Yahoo hasn’t updated since the bottom of the 3rd and when I tried to load Gameday it crashed Firefox.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
Yeah, fangraphs is slow too
Eugeniooooooo!!!!
by FairweatherFan on Apr 16, 2008 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
MLB.com Gameday is working okay
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I guess I’ll try to load it again but I got the rainbow spinny thing of doom and Firefox stopped responding so I had to force quit. :(
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I finally had to load it in IE, it crashed Firefox three times for me.
by paboperfecto on Apr 16, 2008 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Dbacks scored two more runs, but Winn threw out Byrnes at the plate. Also Velez just made a diving catch of a flare to end the inning.
And rob CoJack of another RBI against the Giants....
"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."
Bocock made an error, Zito implodes.
Make me proud again Hen
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Apr 16, 2008 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Durham couldn't catch herpes.
Eugeniooooooo!!!!
by FairweatherFan on Apr 16, 2008 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Boo-rilia
Don’t worry Rich. I’m booing with you, not at you.
by rightcenterfielder on Apr 16, 2008 2:08 PM PDT reply actions
I like how Kruk says a catch like that puts
momentum back into your dugout and Webb retires the side before I have a chance to wipe my ass
"If I can change and you can change, then everybody can change!" Rocky Balboa, Rocky IV
Walking the batter = 0% chance
Of getting an out.
Throwing BP Fastballs down the middle is a better idea…
Eugeniooooooo!!!!
Zito's been trying that for a little more than a year
Give this new thing a chance. It might work out.
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He made it stop
This was Zito’s plan all along.
He’s a genius.
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Stephen Drew:
Ray Durham Impersination
Eugeniooooooo!!!!
Wow...
Quality start for Zito…
Delaying the disappointment: I adopt Hector Sanchez because he's only 17.
not really
Make me proud again Hen
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Apr 16, 2008 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Nope
4 runs means no quality start.
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Unless
1 or more are unearned, I think?
"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."
Oh
One was unearned. Right.
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So
despite allowing a trillion (no, seriously, 1 trillion) baserunners, Zito gets a quality start—and lowers his ERA.
"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."
I believe
His ERA was 4.50 coming in.
So it stayed exactly the same.
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Ah, you're right.
I thought it had been 4.60, for some reason.
So he didn’t affect his ERA, but he got a QS?
"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."
Throw me the idol, I'll throw you the WHIP
and you’ll see that Zito’s is sky-high.
Eagerly awaiting Crazy Crab Bobblehead Night on 7/18.
+1!!!!
That was AWESOME!!
"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."
I think we should just let zito throw 50 more pitches
it’s not like it’s going to get any worse…
Eugeniooooooo!!!!
That coaching visit must have helped.
Rags: hey you need to get this guy to line into an unassisted double play.
Zito: I’ll do my best cap!
I am Cameron Wood and this is my son and business partner CW Culberson.
Remarkably
We Still have a reasonable chance in this game.
Eugeniooooooo!!!!
Barry don't pay
Barry gets paid.
Aaron "Swag" Rowand
by victor frankenstein on Apr 16, 2008 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Okay, How is gameday worth a shit?
It jumps from Raj Davis, first pitch foul to Velez grounds out, three out.
Eugeniooooooo!!!!
Believe me
It was being nice…
Delaying the disappointment: I adopt Hector Sanchez because he's only 17.
That wasn't Gameday
That was the Giants.
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Holy shit!!1!
2ip 10 pitches. Your 2008 SF Giants
I am Cameron Wood and this is my son and business partner CW Culberson.
No,
your 2008 Brandon Webb.
"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."
(tiredly) No , 'Skins...
...in this equation Webb is the variable.
Since we do that with damn near everyone then Woody stated the constant.
Aaron "Swag" Rowand
by victor frankenstein on Apr 16, 2008 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions
5 runs off our staff on Monday?
"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."
My car told me it doesn't want Chevron
It wants to drive itself over that announcer over and over again.
Hum-baby!
Well duh. Natural Selection @ work.
Eugeniooooooo!!!!
by FairweatherFan on Apr 16, 2008 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I haven't checked
But I’ll just assume that Aurilia is 3-for-3.
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3 for 3 in first-pitch fake-bunt attempts
Billy Hayes: Nine more big-league plate appearances than you.
That is how hitters are measured, right?
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you know, the fake bunt he plays never loses it's bewildering quality
by sweetjuxtapose on Apr 16, 2008 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, that and the balldudes, who about the same age.
Anyone else think the Justice League of National is more strategic & interesting than the Justice League of America?
by Mayor of 311 on Apr 16, 2008 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions
who ARE about the same age, that should read.
Dammit. Jokes funny more are when words are right in the sequence.
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by Mayor of 311 on Apr 16, 2008 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions
that "it's" should be "its"
that is all
by sweetjuxtapose on Apr 16, 2008 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Wrong
That was a response to himself. So he was right about him being wrong.
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Ahem. He was right about HIS being wrong.
Use the possessive in those situations. Example:
“Please forgive my being persnickety,” rather than “Please forgive me being persnickety.”
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by Mayor of 311 on Apr 16, 2008 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I was saying that more like “He was right about Mayor of 311 being persnickety.”
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But it should be “He was right about the Mayor of 311’s being persnick—HEY! Damn it. (sniff)
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by Mayor of 311 on Apr 16, 2008 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
sweet
"ever so cynical yet whimsical giants related signature"
by The Gene Hackman on Apr 16, 2008 2:32 PM PDT reply actions
Both of those "it's" are correct.
One being a contraction, the other being posessive.
Eugeniooooooo!!!!
Glad to see
Chulk brought his “A” game
I am Cameron Wood and this is my son and business partner CW Culberson.
Chulk Smashed.
And Boom Goes the Dynamite
by Andy from DC on Apr 16, 2008 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions
What, we're quoting reviews of porn now?
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by Mayor of 311 on Apr 16, 2008 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Clearly you haven’t been around much since Bocock’s been on the team.
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[laughing aloud] I have savored all the jokes from the McCC members. (Ar ar ar)
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by Mayor of 311 on Apr 16, 2008 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions
IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO CHANGE THE FUTURE.
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Holy crap
What an awful AB right there
"If I can change and you can change, then everybody can change!" Rocky Balboa, Rocky IV
Let's put some bleachers out in the sun
And run over Barry Z on Highway “Fifty wonnnn”
Aaron "Swag" Rowand
by victor frankenstein on Apr 16, 2008 8:33 PM PDT up reply actions
First pitch swining after a 4 pitch walk. God I love it.
Make me proud again Hen
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Apr 16, 2008 2:40 PM PDT reply actions
have some dignity, richie
and hang em up.
"ever so cynical yet whimsical giants related signature"
by The Gene Hackman on Apr 16, 2008 2:40 PM PDT reply actions
i bet he's a great dungeon master
but he’s done as a ball player.
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by The Gene Hackman on Apr 16, 2008 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Aurilia is overdone
get him the fuck outta there
Billy Hayes: Nine more big-league plate appearances than you.
Aurilia is overripe.
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yes, and yet, the library doesn't much care whether we return them.
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by Mayor of 311 on Apr 16, 2008 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Is Webb really only throwing 88?
I thought he was usually around 92.
Not that the Giants would capitalize on that if anything, if I’m right, which is unlikely.
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Yes, usually.
But this is at the END of his start, not the beginning.
"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."
Was it at least a hard-hit lineout?
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Sounded like it
Plus Byrnes might have tweaked his ankle making the grab, so points to Richie for that.
Eagerly awaiting Crazy Crab Bobblehead Night on 7/18.
Really?
Didn’t hear anything about that from my end.
"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."
WilRiv, I like the Lucy Liu picture.
I wish I knew how to post a pic/avatar. I mean, I know how to post an avatar when playing basketball against one. But not how to put a picture of, say, Leeann Tweeden or the Baron as my McCC avatar.
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thanks. done.
DFA all Giants over 34 years old.
by Mayor of 311 on Apr 16, 2008 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
OT-ness TBD
Since it relates to Zito’s starts and run support, I guess it’s appropriate to post here.
I’m locked in a discussion on the Giants and Zito’s run suport this season. Someone said Zito’s run support is at 1.3 for the year, and nobody can tell how to figure this number.
Wikipedia’s run support page says this: It measures how many runs were scored by his team on average when he starts. Would that then mean to take the number of runs the Giants score and divide that figure by the number of appearances Zito makes? Forgive me because I’m absolutely worthless when it comes to math.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Apr 16, 2008 2:44 PM PDT reply actions
Math is fried ass, friend. At least I can sort of do it when I have the formulas in front of me. Figuring out where the numbers go sucks. Which is why word problems are retarded and should be banned.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Apr 16, 2008 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
ESPN defines it as “Team’s runs scored (average, per 9 innings pitched) while the pitcher of record.” That says to me that, today, since Zito went 6 IP with 1 run of support during those innings, the RS is 1.50.
Proud member of the Adopt-a-Giant program (Aaron Rowand)
Okay can you break that down for me because I have no idea how 6, 1, and 1.50 all relate to one another.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Apr 16, 2008 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s like ERA, but for runs scored. So you start with 1 run in 6 innings. 1 divided by 6 is .167 runs per inning. Multiply it by 9 for a nine inning game and you get 1.5 runs per nine innings.
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Thank you all
k! Now I have new ways of understanding how terrible the Giants are!
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Apr 16, 2008 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Zito was the pitcher of record for six innings. During those six innings, the Giants scored one run. To calculate how many runs that is per nine innings, we divide 1 by 6, getting 0.16666… runs per inning, then multiply that by 9, getting 1.5 runs per 9 innings.
Proud member of the Adopt-a-Giant program (Aaron Rowand)
Like calculating ERA. You figure it out per inning, then multiply by 9 to get the picture for the whole game. So today, BZ got 1 run of support in 6 innings (1/6 = .1667), so across 9 innings (i.e., multiply it by 9), he would expect 1.5 runs per game. The analogy would be his ERA, which says he would cough up 4.5 runs per game if he pitched the whole thing, which he can’t do. So he gives up 4.5 ER per game and only gets 1.5 runs in support, so on average, he would lose every game he ever started.
Oh, wait—he IS losing every game he starts. See? Math works.
DFA all Giants over 34 years old.
by Mayor of 311 on Apr 16, 2008 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
My math book once told me that a football team gained negative seven yards on three consecutive plays. There are so many things wrong with this.
One, you don’t gain negative yards in football. You either gain yards, or you lose yards, depending on where you go from the line of scrimmage. Two, a team that loses seven yards on each play in a series is a piss poor team and needs to be fired from the NFL.
Math is stupid.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Apr 16, 2008 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions
But math always speaks well of you.
DFA all Giants over 34 years old.
by Mayor of 311 on Apr 16, 2008 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
At any rate thanks for the explanation of how to get the stat. It does make things clearer to me and who knows, maybe I can use it in the future.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Apr 16, 2008 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
If Zito wants to complain about run support
he should take a number behind Matt Cain. And Matt Cain’s entire family, including third cousins twice removed.
Eagerly awaiting Crazy Crab Bobblehead Night on 7/18.
flemming f-ing rules
"ever so cynical yet whimsical giants related signature"
by The Gene Hackman on Apr 16, 2008 2:46 PM PDT reply actions
What he say?
And Boom Goes the Dynamite
by Andy from DC on Apr 16, 2008 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
he and miller are announcing
like game show host announcers
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by The Gene Hackman on Apr 16, 2008 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
He continues to not be Joe Angel
hence, he’s awesome
Billy Hayes: Nine more big-league plate appearances than you.
Wow, that's a great point.
And Boom Goes the Dynamite
by Andy from DC on Apr 16, 2008 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Is it a problem if I ate the rally pie?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Apr 16, 2008 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
It got Ray on base didn't it?
And Boom Goes the Dynamite
by Andy from DC on Apr 16, 2008 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
more like Hudson for the loss
but I’ll take it
Billy Hayes: Nine more big-league plate appearances than you.
OH GOD NO NOT DURHAM
Now Velez is getting double switched out unless the Giantshit into a double play. And knowing them, the one time it would help, they won’t be able to do it.
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There's no
“shit” in “Giants hit”. Unless you forget the space, in which case there is.
Eagerly awaiting Crazy Crab Bobblehead Night on 7/18.
Let's pretend it was intentional
And call me a genius.
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RALLY CRULLER
Proud member of the Adopt-a-Giant program (Aaron Rowand)
best donut ever...
except a chocolate rally cruller
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by The Gene Hackman on Apr 16, 2008 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Dunkin Donuts now offering
The Aurilia Rally Kuller
That was the strikeout of a gamer.
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Do you remember the horrible swings Klesko was taking last season?
Well, Rowand is swinging like that now!
I used to be disgusted, but now I try to be amused!
Then stay out of the lineup
We have plenty of OFs
I was THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Apr 16, 2008 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Then put him on the DL
Let him get better so he can actually help the team, and we can get some ABs for the kids.
Everyone wins.
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mmmm.... ribs.
DFA all Giants over 34 years old.
by Mayor of 311 on Apr 16, 2008 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Here comes the double switch
And the groug being angry.
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Wow
There are some defensive machinations goin’ on here.
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1B. Damn enthusiasm.
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by Andy from DC on Apr 16, 2008 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I like !B. It’s like first base but more emphatic.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Apr 16, 2008 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
1b for Bowker?
J.T. Snow 2.0
Angel Villalona: Get Mean!
by AngelintheInfield on Apr 16, 2008 3:04 PM PDT reply actions
I know I'm thinking way ahead here...
But why are we moving everyone to 1st base?
IF Bowker does well, where does that leave Angel? He can’t play nothin’ else!
Angel Villalona: Get Mean!
by AngelintheInfield on Apr 16, 2008 3:06 PM PDT reply actions
Let's cross that bridge when we come to it.
Having too many good players at one position is a good problem to have.
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Yeah, really.
I’d rather not see Aurilia stay at 1st for the next 3 years just to ensure nobody blocks AnVil.
2008: My previous assessment may have been overly optimistic.
I have been lied to. LIED TO.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Apr 16, 2008 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I got stuck on the “a women” part.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Apr 16, 2008 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Our Baronness
A triumph of modern maniacal science!
Aaron "Swag" Rowand
by victor frankenstein on Apr 16, 2008 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Do I have disassoctiave personality disorder? Was I cloned in a lab? I’m not sure.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Apr 16, 2008 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Dis ass octave?
How can I put this together with Mariah Carey I don’t know…but I’ll keep on trying.
Aaron "Swag" Rowand
by victor frankenstein on Apr 16, 2008 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
There’s an extra I in there that I missed, isn’t there…?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Apr 16, 2008 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Moving Bowker to first allows Sabean to trade Villalona for middle relief help.
Proud member of the Adopt-a-Giant program (Aaron Rowand)
Trading Angel involves many people
English tutor , Math tutor , etc.
Aaron "Swag" Rowand
by victor frankenstein on Apr 16, 2008 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Everybody at first base
increases our O1BP
Aaron "Swag" Rowand
by victor frankenstein on Apr 16, 2008 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Angel might be a dream...
But he’s a good dream. And he’s 17. So we get at least a 7 year dream out of this deal.
Angel Villalona: Get Mean!
by AngelintheInfield on Apr 16, 2008 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Angel
Is at least 2 years away… give it a rest.
Eugeniooooooo!!!!
by FairweatherFan on Apr 16, 2008 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I said I knew I was thinking ahead, but it just seems odd to me to move Ort, then Bowker. Angel moved to 1st a few months ago… J.T. is gonna run out of time to give lessons.
Angel Villalona: Get Mean!
by AngelintheInfield on Apr 16, 2008 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
What's the gist?
Wait…it’s what I just pulled out of the drain in my sink.
Aaron "Swag" Rowand
by victor frankenstein on Apr 16, 2008 3:06 PM PDT reply actions
Bowker
Could really improve this team if he can play at 1b. We are getting none production at that position right now, and we seem to have at least reasonable options in the outfield.
This
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Apr 16, 2008 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
It's just one more position where Bochy will play a veteran over him though
I mean, honestly, nothing can stop the Aurilia Express from rolling on by.
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disagree. If Babe continues to rake they will find a position, any position for him to play everyday
Name me one time this has happened with the Giants in the last 20 years
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Kid pitchers have pushed vets out of the way. Giants brought up Robby Thompson from AA to take over 2b yrs ago.
I meant hitters only
And Robby Thompson started for pretty much all of 1986.
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OMG!
BOWKER DID WALK TODAY!1! THAT CANT’ BE A COINCIDENSE!
1!!!
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You see what I did thar.
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by Andy from DC on Apr 16, 2008 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh well
Speed and defense, apparently not enough.
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5-5 homestand
I’m afraid in 2008 playing .500 at home will have to count as an unqualified success.
Eagerly awaiting Crazy Crab Bobblehead Night on 7/18.
Unqualified
Coincidentally, this adjective also describes the Giants offense.
2008: My previous assessment may have been overly optimistic.
Zito 0 & 4
What’s the worst W/L record an “Ace” pitcher (read:opening day starter) has ever ended up with?
I used to be disgusted, but now I try to be amused!
We will know @ the end of this season.
Eugeniooooooo!!!!
by FairweatherFan on Apr 16, 2008 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Mike Maroth,
Tigers’ opening-day starter in 2003, went 9-21 that year, losing 20 games for the first time in two decades?
"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."
funny thing is, i remember sabean really liking maroth and hoping to acquire him a few years ago.
Uribe to Thompson to Clark: Don't tinker ever with chance
U can't be serious....?
"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."
btw, how’d you become a dbacks, skins fan? i’m a giants, skins fan.
Uribe to Thompson to Clark: Don't tinker ever with chance
Born in DC,
have lived there twice in my life, and before the Nats came along, I’d be damned before I’d root for a lousy Bal’more team like the Orioles. Saw my first major league game at Fenway, while living in Lowell, MA, but just never got into the Red Sux.
Moved to Tucson in ‘92; I was in AZ when the Dbacks were formed. The rest, as they say, is history.
"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."
Funny thing
SI’s Jon Heyman does a “History’s Worst Free-Agent Deals” piece and The Albatross is “only” ninth on the list.
bowker, still the hitting star for the giants today. that’s 4 for 4, all of his starts, in case bochy didn’t notice
Uribe to Thompson to Clark: Don't tinker ever with chance
Only Giant to reach base twice
Although I think Velez with the RBI double has a case for the hitting star of the game, such as it is.
2008: My previous assessment may have been overly optimistic.
But then I have to choose between the Giants and entertaining television programs
If you like things that are funny, perhaps you will enjoy ChatterBalks Dot Com?
Correct
1-9 in day games, 5-1 at night.
It’s time to send a missile into space to blow up the sun. And we’re just the blog to do it.
Eagerly awaiting Crazy Crab Bobblehead Night on 7/18.
THT
THT has linked to Grant’s piece of third place optimism. I think it’s the second time this week McC got the nod. Why is it that that seems cool but when si.com does it it feels so dirty? Dirty in a bad way.
The way some people find Spirituality in mid-life, I found Baseball.
Jon Miller picking Byrnes in the Wrap
Dagger in the heart.
Billy Hayes: Nine more big-league plate appearances than you.
Enough IS Enough
When Lowry returns they need to send Zito down to AAA and keep Sanchez and Correia intact.
Well then...
see you folks in Phoenix?
"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."
You win this round...
but remember, you guys missed having to face Cain and Lincecum in this series. The tables will be turned next week in the desert, when you’ll…ummm….also be missing them.
Dammit.
Eagerly awaiting Crazy Crab Bobblehead Night on 7/18.
You mean Barry Zito isn't your best pitcher....
....even though he makes like a billion dollars over the next decade?
Honestly, I was pretty pleased when I checked the matchups and discovered that we weren’t going to face either of those two guys.
"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."
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