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Odds that Shane Victorino will be a Giant when he's 35: even. Look in your cynical heart; you know it's true.
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I posted this just as grant got the new thread up...
The SF Giants… staying competitive through speed and E-fense since 2008!
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Crap. Just walk Burrell now
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on May 4, 2008 12:12 PM PDT reply actions
was that badly blocked by Holm or just a really wild pitch?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
Yeah, Holm got all of the chest plate on it
The ball just JUMPED
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions
this thread is broken
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on May 4, 2008 12:13 PM PDT reply actions
game tied, bitches
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by The Gene Hackman on May 4, 2008 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I saw Tim have to jump out of the way.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions
It's not the new thread
It’s all the people posting in the new thread.
Better?
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t think all of those runs are unearned, I don’t think they’d assume the double play on Castillo’s error.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
yeah, the won't. i think one is earned
by sweetjuxtapose on May 4, 2008 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Victorino should have been out on the error, and then Jenkins’s flyball should have been a third out, not a sac fly. They should all be unearned.
by Grant Brisbee on May 4, 2008 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
gameday
has timmy w/ 4 runs all unearned
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by Speedforthewin on May 4, 2008 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I fear for Lincecum's something
I really hope his arm’s not causing this.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
okay so it was a wild pitch...
did Feliz swing?
Adopted papa of a bouncing new waiver wire 27 year old. Castillo hits doubles.
Unearned runs don’t hurt Tim’s ERA, but they are still something to be concerned about.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
2 of those 4 runs werent even unearned,
they shouldnt have even existed on the error by the catcher
"...and Bocock is in the whole"
woops
sorry, fruedan slip, i meant on the bad call by the ump, im tired today, i had sat yesterday
"...and Bocock is in the whole"
Gameday had this title for Victorino's run:
“Victorino takes advantage”
lollol
13-16...could have been worse.
Gah
Worried the bullpen might be gassed after Friday and Saturday night. Now they probably need to pitch 4 innings.
Eagerly awaiting Crazy Crab Bobblehead Night on 7/18.
Now, lets see some runs so we can maybe get Timmy a W
Winn
Rowand
Castillo
13-16...could have been worse.
I REALLY hope Lincecum is done for the night.
This has been a high stress night on a young arm.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
Anyone else think
running Timmy out for 122 pitches two starts ago in SD was a bad idea?
In 5 starts before that
8.28 H/9
1.23 R/9
11.04 K/9
In 2 starts since that
10.50 H/9
5.25 R/9
6.75 K/9
his velocity has been okay today though, hasn't it?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I generally question the way the team has handled his arm this year.
Super duper cyborg mechanics or not, he’s still a 23 year old arm. STOP FUCKING WITH IT.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Though
I do agree that more likely than not, his 2 last starts are just bad sample more than bad management.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I just can’t see twenty pitches making that much of a difference.
by Grant Brisbee on May 4, 2008 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Stud or Pussy
If the Enchanter is everything we think he is, throwing 122 pitches in a game shouldn’t phase him. He’s just been wild since then. Look back at how many pitches guys like Marichal and Perry threw. It’s ridiculous to think no one in this generation is capable of the same.
by NearestNorwich on May 4, 2008 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
the game is not the same as when Marichal and Perry threw.
and Lincecum might someday be capable of that, but you don’t need to try to wring everything you can out of his arm when he’s only 23.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
1) This isn’t the ‘60s. Pitching had changed. Marichal would get TAGGED if he pitched today.
2) I forgot the rest of my point. Sorry.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
he wouldn’t get tagged, but he wouldn’t be able to throw 160 pitch outings and last 16 innings on a regular basis.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
i'm late to the party but...
if this season’s just supposed to be for growing pains, why isn’t Lewis playing every day, including against lefties?
a
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by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Such a tease, that Kuiper.
Still in despair.
by Zetsuboushita on May 4, 2008 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
RICHIE!!!!!
All is forgiven!!!!
This team NEVER gives up. That’s why I’m enjoying them.
Eagerly awaiting Crazy Crab Bobblehead Night on 7/18.
OLD GUY!!!
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on May 4, 2008 12:24 PM PDT reply actions
Noteworthy
That Aurilia’s resurgence coincides with Victor Conte’s new enterprise, SCHMALCO.
I’ll take it. Hell, is there a fund to which I could donate?
by Grant Brisbee on May 4, 2008 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Richie working on increasing that trade value.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
oh yeah. Rich Aurilia, Lefty-Masher
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on May 4, 2008 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm in shock
Riddle:
I wear blue and white, I arrive to baseball games in the 4th inning, I leave in the 7th inning, my team's home stadium plays movie trailers between innings, I read magazines during the game, I play with beach balls, and I love the wave.
Who am I?
Lincecum/Hamels
a. Both done
b. Hamels, not Timmy
c.Timmy, not Hamels
d. both still in
13-16...could have been worse.
whoa, I can’t believe they left Tim in. That’s … dumb.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
itza called a bochy.
Ryan Paul: Two four-letter words are better than one.
by The Enchanter on May 4, 2008 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
that’s…............Bochy
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Giants choices:
1) Fuck with young superstar arm
2) Tax bullpen
Giants choose wrong,
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
Disagree
I want them to let all our pitches go deeper as long as there’s nothing in their mechanics suggesting trouble.
by NearestNorwich on May 4, 2008 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Deeper my ass
He’s thrown 5 high stress innings, including a 30 pitch 3rd inning, and he’s been crazy wild. The team has no right to throw him out there again.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Tim's on a short leash
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by nostocksjustbonds on May 4, 2008 12:30 PM PDT reply actions
I dunno...
He’s thrown 104 pitches as I’m writing this. It’s not ideal, but it’s not 122 pitches either.
Eagerly awaiting Crazy Crab Bobblehead Night on 7/18.
he's had a lot of stressful innings though
runners on base and in scoring position almost every inning.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
Understood
Take today’s game out of the discussion, though, and this high-stress innings issue is a bigger, Rags issue. Cain has had the same problem this year (and last year at times). The starters throw way too many pitches, and I wonder whether some of that isn’t on the pitching coach.
Eagerly awaiting Crazy Crab Bobblehead Night on 7/18.
High pitch totals don't bother me
It’s the high stress individual innings and the wildness that get me.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Lincecum
The reason’s he’s still in is because of richie’s HR. If that HR hadn’t been hit, Zito would be in.
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Seriously.
If we all had 11 fingers, most of us would be fine with this decision. Tendons don’t care about the base-10 system.
There’s nothing magic about 100 pitches. It can be a handy benchmark, but that’s all. If Lincecum has another taxing inning and Bochy still keeps him out there, I’ll rail along with y’all.
I don't care about the pitch count
It’s because he’s been struggling with command all day and just came off an EXTREMELY stressful and ineffective inning.
I’m glad he managed a 1-2-3 though, good job, Tim.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I'm with jponry on this
Individual innings mean WAY more than pitch totals to me.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree...
...but except for ‘90s Maddux and turn-of-the-century Pedro, almost every pitcher will have at least one or more stress innings in every start. I don’t think having a stress inning around 90/100 pitches merits an automatic removal for a young pitcher. I know I’m in the minority on this one.
by Grant Brisbee on May 4, 2008 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, it’s just been a stressful game all around and it felt like he was lucky to get out of the last one with only 2 runs allowed. I felt like he was losing effectiveness, judging by his wildness in the last inning and that meant it was a good time to take him out.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I mostly agree, but I would have done what Bochy did. Start the inning with Lincecum, but have the bullpen ready if he looks gassed.
by Grant Brisbee on May 4, 2008 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I guess it’s not too bad since he got the inning done quickly, I just feel like the Giants could do a better job of babying their young arms. Sometimes I feel like they try to get too much out of them, especially in a year where we’re not going to compete for anything.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
it really depends on which hand that 11th finger is on.
is it on the throwing hand?
Ryan Paul: Two four-letter words are better than one.
by The Enchanter on May 4, 2008 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
GO HOLMER!!
Ryan Paul: Two four-letter words are better than one.
by The Enchanter on May 4, 2008 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Lincecum out, Hamels out
Enter the Freddie!
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random anger
omg.
WHY DO PEOPLE ALWAYS SPELL IT “AURELIA”?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
does it demean us both to tell you i was kidding?
by sweetjuxtapose on May 4, 2008 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
then go for it!
Ryan Paul: Two four-letter words are better than one.
by The Enchanter on May 4, 2008 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
maybe some people think it's like aurelia borealis.
Ryan Paul: Two four-letter words are better than one.
by The Enchanter on May 4, 2008 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
OMG I DON'T KNOW
Aurelial, Lowrey, Rowland, Benji, Lincicum… all weird.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Aurelial?
Yeah
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Flem’s voice sounds ragged. Were he and Kruk out drinking in South Philly last night?
Eagerly awaiting Crazy Crab Bobblehead Night on 7/18.
You have a gameboy advance?
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Try the DS. They have some sweet games for it.
by Grant Brisbee on May 4, 2008 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Hamsterz FTW!
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
be careful with that… wilriv is here
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on May 4, 2008 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I need to charge my ds
I haven’t charged it because I’m sick of leveling up in FFIII.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I haven’t played FFIII in a long time. I haven’t played my DS in a long time, actually…
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I just picked up Phantom Hourglass again, but I’ve always had the DS close at hand for Brain Age sodukus.
by Grant Brisbee on May 4, 2008 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I've been playing my Wii lately
I should be about halfway through Twilight Princess now. Such a long game. Fun, though, as long as I can figure out the stupid puzzles.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m really looking forward to going home and having full control over the Wii and 360… Twilight Princess, Super Smash Brothers, Guitar Hero III, Mass Effect, GTA IV. Oh my.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
Have fun with the “inventory system” in Mass Effect.
Still in despair.
by Zetsuboushita on May 4, 2008 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Mass Effect
Not nearly as good as Knights of the Old Republic
Only 941 games until the end of Zito's contract
Oh man
I haven’t played KOTOR II in months… I was really having fun with that game, too. I need to finish it sometime.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve still heard good things. :(
And I need to play KOTOR II still, but KOTOR I is one of my favorite games EVER.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I’d still like to play it and I’m sure it’d be pretty cheap now.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
Sure, play it
It has its charms. The gameplay is still good. But the storyand characters aren’t nearly as good as the first one
Only 941 games until the end of Zito's contract
Obsidian will always live in Bioware’s considerable shadow.
Still in despair.
by Zetsuboushita on May 4, 2008 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I do too. Right after this game, maybe.
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on May 4, 2008 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
KOTOR II is not as good as KOTOR I. Granted, some of the controls are better, and there is more stuff, including being able to make upgrade parts and having more saber crystals, but unlike KOTOR, the story is stunted and thrown together in II.
They had to throw it together for the Christmas season. Still very fun though.
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on May 4, 2008 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Good thing for me
The story in a Star Wars game tends to mean very little to me.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions
My "favorite" part of the story
When Bastila and Carth Onasi show up towards the end. I was like “wait, so there’s this huge conflict in the galaxy and they are just sitting it out?”
Only 941 games until the end of Zito's contract
My "favorite"
The HK-50 droids are really important early in the story, and then they just go away. No explanation. Just gone.
Plus, some of the characters are just useless. You can use them, but there isn’t really any reason to.
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on May 4, 2008 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions
And Canderous, the best and most badass character in I, wears a mask the whole game in II.
I was so disappointed when I heard that. IDK if he actually has a substantial part or not though.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
Canderous is tough in II, but he is one of the characters I really had to force myself to use. Granted, I usually don’t go to his planet early in the game, so I already have other characters I think are better for the team.
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on May 4, 2008 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Nothing more frustrating
Than being stuck on a Zelda puzzle for 2 hours, and then suddenly noticing there’s a spot you can grapple you hadn’t been seeing the rest of the time.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Years ago, I attended a game at the Big Phone where they played God Bless America and they put the words on the scoreboard. Except they had that line as “to the oceans wide with hope”. FAIL.
Eagerly awaiting Crazy Crab Bobblehead Night on 7/18.
+1
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by Speedforthewin on May 4, 2008 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Yup
He put the pressure on the hitter right there.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
Tasch
yes
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by Speedforthewin on May 4, 2008 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Bochy
Doesn’t know a lot of things. For instance, he thinks lincecum’s arm is made of metal.
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by Speedforthewin on May 4, 2008 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Let's go
DP. Right here.
Riddle:
I wear blue and white, I arrive to baseball games in the 4th inning, I leave in the 7th inning, my team's home stadium plays movie trailers between innings, I read magazines during the game, I play with beach balls, and I love the wave.
Who am I?
FUCK U Utley
Riddle:
I wear blue and white, I arrive to baseball games in the 4th inning, I leave in the 7th inning, my team's home stadium plays movie trailers between innings, I read magazines during the game, I play with beach balls, and I love the wave.
Who am I?
Tasch didn't have the power of the 'stache that time
Only 941 games until the end of Zito's contract
Moyer to Zito
So I sucked for a while before I suddenly became good for some inexplicable reason. So hang in there!
Only 941 games until the end of Zito's contract
All joking aside, I am hoping Zito did pick Moyer’s mind this weekend. Hope he had a long conversation.
That’s exactly what I have been thinking every time I think about the incredible shrinking velocity of Zito’s FB
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on May 4, 2008 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions
chuck chulk.
Ryan Paul: Two four-letter words are better than one.
by The Enchanter on May 4, 2008 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
CHULK
atta boy
Riddle:
I wear blue and white, I arrive to baseball games in the 4th inning, I leave in the 7th inning, my team's home stadium plays movie trailers between innings, I read magazines during the game, I play with beach balls, and I love the wave.
Who am I?
Careful with Jenkins here...
Pete’s on deck, and I don’t think he can hit Chulk’s slider.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on May 4, 2008 12:58 PM PDT reply actions
Or hang a belt-high change-up and hope he gets under it.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on May 4, 2008 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
i kinda seems like
if you don’t beat the giants pitchers early,
it’s will surely be a close game. and a close game the giants are as likely to win
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by The Gene Hackman on May 4, 2008 12:59 PM PDT reply actions
I love the way our bullpen strands runners this year.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
Will this continue...
Once Zito comes out of the bullpen?
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by Speedforthewin on May 4, 2008 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
hmm
Is there space for a mop-up man when the starting rotation is THIS good?
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by Speedforthewin on May 4, 2008 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
There we go
Chulk continues to impress
Riddle:
I wear blue and white, I arrive to baseball games in the 4th inning, I leave in the 7th inning, my team's home stadium plays movie trailers between innings, I read magazines during the game, I play with beach balls, and I love the wave.
Who am I?
The whole bullpen seems to be.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on May 4, 2008 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Gamers are more effective with RISP
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions
i still don't know how to take this all in
i’m so used to see the Giants make opposing bullpens look this good.
i want to be frustrated that this team can’t muster 1 or 2 more runs, knowing that a lights out bullpen would garner more wins.
Then again, if this bullpen were anything like years past, i wouldn’t even get the opportunity to be frustrated by how close these games are.
it’s so weird how chill I am about these games this year. normally I’d be breaking things and yelling at the computer, but instead I’m just sort of chill.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
agreed.
that’s why i’m kind of confused.
maybe it’s because spring training tempered any semblance of optimism i’d have about this season.
by ExcuseMeSwing on May 4, 2008 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
dude, hate to break it to you
but this game is far from over.
i, for one, smell extra innings
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by The Gene Hackman on May 4, 2008 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
how about a lead
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by The Gene Hackman on May 4, 2008 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Organization White Whale
the Giants prospect I want to succeed the most, EME, showing some power – he hit a HR today. Get hacking EME.
I don't think that a player we have control over is a white whale
I might need to check the metaphor dictionary, though. This Moby Dick stuff is out of my wheelhouse.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Tharr she blows!
I couldn’t resist.
Still in despair.
by Zetsuboushita on May 4, 2008 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Looking at the numbers
Other than Brad Hennessey and the Seven Year Bitch, our pitching staff has been, ya know, kinda decent.
Ruben Rivera: Incompetent oaf, or mad genius?
by Stuttering John Tamargo on May 4, 2008 1:05 PM PDT reply actions
No pop at all from him this year.
Have you seen his SLG? Hard to beleive.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on May 4, 2008 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions
never heard of him
Riddle:
I wear blue and white, I arrive to baseball games in the 4th inning, I leave in the 7th inning, my team's home stadium plays movie trailers between innings, I read magazines during the game, I play with beach balls, and I love the wave.
Who am I?
by 25 on May 4, 2008 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions
f*cking A
"ever so cynical yet whimsical giants related signature"
by The Gene Hackman on May 4, 2008 1:08 PM PDT reply actions
GAMERRRRRRR!!!!!!
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on May 4, 2008 1:09 PM PDT reply actions
See
The ironic thing is that Rowand got hurt doing it right and Burris is fine after doing it wrong.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
WOOO
uh oh… be well gamer
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on May 4, 2008 1:09 PM PDT reply actions
CASTILLO HITS DOUBLES!
rowand is a gamer.
Adopted papa of a bouncing new waiver wire 27 year old. Castillo hits doubles.
Castillo lines a 1-2 pitch the other way
Rowand scores from first on a play at the plate. He slides on his belly and hurts his hurt ribs
Only 941 games until the end of Zito's contract
Opposite field double for Castillo
Bobbled by the defender, Rowand lumbers around third and bellyflops (more than a slide, it was a bellyflop) toward the the plate in a really close play at the plate.
Rowand slow to get up. But he does.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
gamer
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on May 4, 2008 1:10 PM PDT reply actions
YA BABY!!!!!
Riddle:
I wear blue and white, I arrive to baseball games in the 4th inning, I leave in the 7th inning, my team's home stadium plays movie trailers between innings, I read magazines during the game, I play with beach balls, and I love the wave.
Who am I?
have you ever heard sweeter words?
Rich Aurilia will be walked intentionally
you can't block the Bocock
I actually just passed out for a split second
Riddle:
I wear blue and white, I arrive to baseball games in the 4th inning, I leave in the 7th inning, my team's home stadium plays movie trailers between innings, I read magazines during the game, I play with beach balls, and I love the wave.
Who am I?
by 25 on May 4, 2008 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
you don't see that every decade.
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on May 4, 2008 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
does he look seriously injured or just like winded or something?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
A little tweaked. Nothing that a gamer can’t handle gamerily.
by Grant Brisbee on May 4, 2008 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
YEAH!
Castillo must have strained his suck muscle
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heh. too slow
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on May 4, 2008 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
FREDDIE!!!
Todd Jennings: Next up on the Non-prospect Backup Catcher Train. Next Stop: The Pine at AT&T Park
is this just a squee in anticipation?
Adopted papa of a bouncing new waiver wire 27 year old. Castillo hits doubles.
yes
Todd Jennings: Next up on the Non-prospect Backup Catcher Train. Next Stop: The Pine at AT&T Park
by Speedforthewin on May 4, 2008 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
DO IT
FREDDIE
Riddle:
I wear blue and white, I arrive to baseball games in the 4th inning, I leave in the 7th inning, my team's home stadium plays movie trailers between innings, I read magazines during the game, I play with beach balls, and I love the wave.
Who am I?
damn
"Some guys are admired for coming to play, as the saying goes. I prefer those who come to kill."
damn
Riddle:
I wear blue and white, I arrive to baseball games in the 4th inning, I leave in the 7th inning, my team's home stadium plays movie trailers between innings, I read magazines during the game, I play with beach balls, and I love the wave.
Who am I?
Irrelevant Question
How long would the boos on the board be if Zito came in right now?
Todd Jennings: Next up on the Non-prospect Backup Catcher Train. Next Stop: The Pine at AT&T Park
You know, he really does seem like the most interesting man in the world. I’ll give that campaign some credit.
See, I'm the opposite
I must be the least interesting man in the world.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
He made the right choice.
Still in despair.
by Zetsuboushita on May 4, 2008 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Although
The Ring has the distinction of being the one J-Horror remake that didn’t suck.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
+1
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by Speedforthewin on May 4, 2008 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
is wilson gonna be available tonight?
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by The Gene Hackman on May 4, 2008 1:16 PM PDT reply actions
Flem said they'd prefer not to use him.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I kind of hope not
Seems like a good day to use Merkin to close.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
or...
Thighler
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by Speedforthewin on May 4, 2008 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
if feliz hits a grounder to short
i think we should throw it to second, then over to first. it just seems right
Phillies announcers:
“Giants don’t have another LHP available”
Well, sort of
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on May 4, 2008 1:17 PM PDT reply actions
its also the Philies' secret weapon
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on May 4, 2008 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, he'll stfd...
...but he won’t be happy about it.
by Grant Brisbee on May 4, 2008 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Man, I hated that book.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
ouchie
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by The Gene Hackman on May 4, 2008 1:19 PM PDT reply actions
chulk just bent my wookie
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by The Gene Hackman on May 4, 2008 1:19 PM PDT reply actions
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Riddle:
I wear blue and white, I arrive to baseball games in the 4th inning, I leave in the 7th inning, my team's home stadium plays movie trailers between innings, I read magazines during the game, I play with beach balls, and I love the wave.
Who am I?
got to save wilson for the 11th.
Adopted papa of a bouncing new waiver wire 27 year old. Castillo hits doubles.
Not in the subject, anyway
In the subject, everything is automatically bold.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
you may as well go to bed.
no Tim anymore.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
hang in there, the sun also rises
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by The Gene Hackman on May 4, 2008 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I do, however, love that book.
Whatever my feelings on anything else Hemingway’s ever written, that book is pure unadulterated good shit.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I love the Sun Also Rises too.
1920s american lit ftw.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
alcoholism and crazy women
"Some guys are admired for coming to play, as the saying goes. I prefer those who come to kill."
Even the bullfighting doesn't bother me
And I usually get so fucking annoyed when Hemingway writes about either bullfighting or fishing.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
not so stoked for s. korea anymore. im not a fan of a.m. baseball.
"Some guys are admired for coming to play, as the saying goes. I prefer those who come to kill."
it might be a MD 20/20 game
"Some guys are admired for coming to play, as the saying goes. I prefer those who come to kill."
well...
in the 9th…merkin
in the 10th… thighler
in the 11th…wilson
rest of the game…ZITO
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by nostocksjustbonds on May 4, 2008 1:21 PM PDT reply actions
MACCA!
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by The Gene Hackman on May 4, 2008 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Richie: Finding anybody to argue balls and strikes with
Even if there were no balls or strikes thrown to him.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
I think he elbowed Richie in the back just like he tried to do to Timmy at the plate
Man, I want Victorino dead so bad. Is that wrong?
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on May 4, 2008 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Nah
Jokes about Richie aside, I’m actually a little disappointed he didn’t do anything more than yak at jerktorino.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
i would have liked to see aurilia tag him with his glove on his face.
it’d be good to knock him completely on his ass to make sure the ump knew he tagged him.
too many pronouns, but you know what i mean
by sweetjuxtapose on May 4, 2008 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
pronoun trouble.
It’s not “he doesn’t have to shoot YOU now, it’s he doesn’t have to shoot ME now”
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by The Gene Hackman on May 4, 2008 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Too many pronouns = compensating for wilriv
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
i like the way you think
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by The Gene Hackman on May 4, 2008 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Keep Richie away from Holm during BP, please.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on May 4, 2008 1:27 PM PDT reply actions
we can always pinch hit with matt
and hope for a homer…
he came in for burriss
Riddle:
I wear blue and white, I arrive to baseball games in the 4th inning, I leave in the 7th inning, my team's home stadium plays movie trailers between innings, I read magazines during the game, I play with beach balls, and I love the wave.
Who am I?
by 25 on May 4, 2008 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
He totally pinch hit for Burriss.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
defensive sub for durahm who pinch hit for burriss
Riddle:
I wear blue and white, I arrive to baseball games in the 4th inning, I leave in the 7th inning, my team's home stadium plays movie trailers between innings, I read magazines during the game, I play with beach balls, and I love the wave.
Who am I?
by 25 on May 4, 2008 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
That seems like wasteful player management somehow.
Then again, not like we were going to use Bocock’s bat anyway.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
in for burriss
after Ray pinch hit.
Adopted papa of a bouncing new waiver wire 27 year old. Castillo hits doubles.
it'd be a good way to get the game over.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
BUST OUT THE JERICHO MISSILE!
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions
*builds a badass metal suit with flamethrowers instead*
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
burns dude's face off
Riddle:
I wear blue and white, I arrive to baseball games in the 4th inning, I leave in the 7th inning, my team's home stadium plays movie trailers between innings, I read magazines during the game, I play with beach balls, and I love the wave.
Who am I?
by 25 on May 4, 2008 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Awww man
I want one!
Can I be War Machine???
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Did you guys
stay after the credits for the “bonus scene”? It was HOT.
Eagerly awaiting Crazy Crab Bobblehead Night on 7/18.
I felt so so dumb for not staying.
Watched it on youtube though. the sequel is going to be badass.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
The best thing about the last scene in the movie (before the credits) was that you know as they’re filming it they’re all thinking, Oh yeah, we’re making at least THREE of these.
Eagerly awaiting Crazy Crab Bobblehead Night on 7/18.
Everybody is already signed on for 3, baby!
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
especially now that it kicked so much ass at the box office
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
Of course!
I saw it by myself on Thursday and I’m trying to get my dad to go with me again today.
You know it made 104 million fucking dollars this weekend??!
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions
iawtc
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Me neither.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
hopefully this is the unintentional intentional walk
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by The Gene Hackman on May 4, 2008 1:33 PM PDT reply actions
wait the Phillies still have So Taguchi on the bench?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
Secret Weapon?
Is that Cain as PH?
Todd Jennings: Next up on the Non-prospect Backup Catcher Train. Next Stop: The Pine at AT&T Park
by Speedforthewin on May 4, 2008 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
ERA machine?
If i put money in it, what do I get out?
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by Speedforthewin on May 4, 2008 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
STFD UTLEY!!!
Riddle:
I wear blue and white, I arrive to baseball games in the 4th inning, I leave in the 7th inning, my team's home stadium plays movie trailers between innings, I read magazines during the game, I play with beach balls, and I love the wave.
Who am I?
Shhhh!
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on May 4, 2008 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
too late :-(
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by The Gene Hackman on May 4, 2008 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Not only do the Giants have no one left on the bench, but the broadcasters have no one left to take Flem’s place if this game goes extras and he loses his voice.
Eagerly awaiting Crazy Crab Bobblehead Night on 7/18.
UGHHHHHHHHHHHH
Riddle:
I wear blue and white, I arrive to baseball games in the 4th inning, I leave in the 7th inning, my team's home stadium plays movie trailers between innings, I read magazines during the game, I play with beach balls, and I love the wave.
Who am I?
you may go to bed now.
sweet dreams.
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by The Gene Hackman on May 4, 2008 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
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Riddle:
I wear blue and white, I arrive to baseball games in the 4th inning, I leave in the 7th inning, my team's home stadium plays movie trailers between innings, I read magazines during the game, I play with beach balls, and I love the wave.
Who am I?
LX;B
Riddle:
I wear blue and white, I arrive to baseball games in the 4th inning, I leave in the 7th inning, my team's home stadium plays movie trailers between innings, I read magazines during the game, I play with beach balls, and I love the wave.
Who am I?
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Riddle:
I wear blue and white, I arrive to baseball games in the 4th inning, I leave in the 7th inning, my team's home stadium plays movie trailers between innings, I read magazines during the game, I play with beach balls, and I love the wave.
Who am I?
AY-U-HAY-NEE-NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Worst game ever?
Only 941 games until the end of Zito's contract
but it wasn't all his fault
yabu should have NEVER walked howard the fuck
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by The Gene Hackman on May 4, 2008 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
This is true.
That play by Velez was horrible, but Yabu had Howard at 2-2 and looking bad (as he has all series), and couldn’t throw another strike.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on May 4, 2008 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
two earned runs beats us?
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by The Gene Hackman on May 4, 2008 1:43 PM PDT reply actions
You’re not going to win too many games where you commit three errors.
Eagerly awaiting Crazy Crab Bobblehead Night on 7/18.
to Velez? (sigh)
defense loses the game.
Adopted papa of a bouncing new waiver wire 27 year old. Castillo hits doubles.
Would Durham have even gotten to it, though?
I’m not sure.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
shit im hoping he gets fuckin demoted for that
thats the saddest effort ive ever seen even durham wouldve made that play.
Actually
Two walks by Yabu didn’t help.
"Liberal is to the media what the 2008 San Francisco Giants are to good baseball."
-My Father.
You can hardly blame him for walking Howard and Burrell
Only 941 games until the end of Zito's contract
Yes
I can. Walking the tying run into scoring position, yes, I can and will.
"Liberal is to the media what the 2008 San Francisco Giants are to good baseball."
-My Father.
by thecrippesking on May 4, 2008 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
winning run, sorry
"Liberal is to the media what the 2008 San Francisco Giants are to good baseball."
-My Father.
by thecrippesking on May 4, 2008 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
errors happen and velez is cool
defense AND pitching let us down
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by The Gene Hackman on May 4, 2008 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
GAMER
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on May 4, 2008 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
durham
has a 50% chance to dive right over the top of that ball. me thinks.
Adopted papa of a bouncing new waiver wire 27 year old. Castillo hits doubles.
LOL
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by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
and I remain completely chill and unangry about that whole game. weird.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
the beauty of lowered expectations!
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"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on May 4, 2008 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
A good team sweeps this series
Friday the bullpen gives it up. Saturday a comeback win. Sunday the defense is horrible and some late bullpen lapses. Got to play better my friends.
Wow. As much as it’s possible for the postgame wrap to rip into Giants players, Kruk and Kuip are doing it to Velez. Kruk sounds genuinely pissed.
Eagerly awaiting Crazy Crab Bobblehead Night on 7/18.
He deserves it but..
I think they are giving Yabu too much of a pass on the two walks.
by NearestNorwich on May 4, 2008 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Kruk was a pitcher so he definitely wants the play made behind him. Kuip was a solid glove 2b and knows at the very least that ball must be kept in the infield.
I know why they look at it that way - and it’s hard to quibble - but god do I hate relievers walking guys into scoring position, particularly guys mired in Bocockesque slumps.
by NearestNorwich on May 4, 2008 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Now do you see why I was so insistent on not moving Schierholtz back to third?
DO YOU SEE?
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Hey, Schierholtz at third
Now there’s an idea!
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 4, 2008 6:08 PM PDT up reply actions
that play happened just as I was leaving work. I thought of about 100 ways to kill Velez on the way home, but now that I’m calmed down, I think the solution is to use Burriss as a defensive replacement at second when Omar gets back. I don’t want to give up on Eugenio and spend the rest of my season watching Ray Durham. It’s a shame we wasted Aurilia’s day though. It sort of reminded me of that game where Babe Ruth hit three homeruns one month before he was released by the Boston Braves.
Brian Sabean's new dad: Firm believer in corporal punishment
I would set myself on fire if the Giants sign Shane Victorino.
"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 May 5, 2008 8:41 AM PDT reply actions
Last night...
First I watch the Giants lose a horrible game, then I watch the Sharks play a 6 HOUR game, and LOSE. Sometimes I just really hate being a local sports fan…

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