Giants Batting Stances - please vote

by tobias on Jun 3, 2008 5:24 PM PDT

It's Election Day, but rather than wasting your time voting on trivial, meaningless things such as judges, assemblypeople and eminent domain, why not vote on something that really matters?

Of course I'm referring to seeing to it that the Giants are represented on the website featuring favorite batting stances (past and present) of all 30 MLB teams.

So far, 14 of 16 teams are represented on the site...but not the Giants?? It's a travesty that needs to be corrected right away. The Giants need to be next up. The world needs to experience the glory and wonder of some of the greatest hitters of all time: Mays! McCovey! Bonds! LeMaster! Every day that goes by without Giants batting stances up and available for public viewing is a day where wars will continue to rage, pestilence will continue to spread and children will continue to suffer.

But Giants batting stances can change all of that! Won't you act today? For the children?

Please go to this site right now, and vote for the Giants. Take you about 5 seconds.

If you have time, I'd also encourage you to list 5 or 10 Giants that you'd like to see done by the Batting Stance Guy. Here's who I requested:

1. Barry Bonds
2. Bobby Bonds
3. Willie Mays
4. Willie McCovey
5. Johnnie LeMaster
6. Aaron Rowand
7. Rich Aurilia
8. Dave Kingman
9. Tito Fuentes (Not sure if you remember this one. Definitely an all-time classic, complete with the bat-handle-bounce-flip-and-catch-off-home-plate)
10. Jack Clark
11. Will Clark
12. Matt Williams
13. Jeff Kent
14. Robby Thompson
15. Andres Galarraga
16. Darrell Evans
17. Randy Winn (left-handed)
18. Marvin Benard
19. Jeffrey Leonard
20. Jose Uribe

Others... Tsuyoshi Shinjo, Benito Santiago, J.T. Snow, Chili Davis, Chris Speier, Orlando Cepeda, Jesus Alou, Felipe Alou, Bengie Molina, Juan Marichal (batting against Roseboro?... sorry, my bad taste knows almost no bounds).

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Anyone remember Terry Whitfield?

Played a few decent years for the Giants, then went to Japan. As I recall he had a funky stance where only the toe of his front foot was on the ground.

All-Father Watch: 1.32 ERA, 5 saves, 0.95 WHIP, 26 Ks in 27 1/3 IP

by EliminateMe on Jun 3, 2008 7:37 PM PDT reply actions

I remember him...

His stance indeed was funky—you should suggest it! Didn’t he sort of turn his back a little to the pitcher as well?

That's all I can stands, I can't stands no more!

by tobias on Jun 5, 2008 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions

reggie sanders had a nice setup with forearm stretching.

shawon dunston really had an usual stance too with his butt out

by krukkuipandclint on Jun 3, 2008 7:58 PM PDT reply actions

Will Clark, Barry, Matty, and Rowand would be the only “musts” for me. Matt’s armpit-smelling-type-thing endeared the Giants to me early, along with The Thrill’s stare, toothpicks, dangling right arms, etc.

But I wasn’t around to see any of the really older guys, so I can’t speak for those.

Bengie Molina: stretching doubles into singles since 1998.

by jasomack on Jun 3, 2008 10:08 PM PDT reply actions

If Jeffery Leonard is one of the honorees, wouldn’t you have to thorw in the home run trot as well?

by tyrannoman on Jun 4, 2008 7:27 AM PDT reply actions

Wasn't it Matt Decker

Always had to pull the back of his jersey wa-aa-ay up on his neck?

Fred Lewis can stand under my umbrella.

by S.F. Giangst on Jun 4, 2008 8:59 AM PDT reply actions

what about Marquis Grissom?

remember that strange pigeon-toed thing he did in his years with the Giants?

by FluLikeSymptoms on Jun 4, 2008 12:31 PM PDT reply actions

and the four rolls of athletic tape wrapped around the knob of the bat…

by tyrannoman on Jun 4, 2008 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions

I’m really intrigued by Rowand’s stance. It’s all bizarre and awkward looking, but right before the pitch is delivered, it he moves into a very typical stance. Why he does this is beyond me.

2008 Giants: A steaming pile of scrap!

by Goofus on Jun 4, 2008 12:55 PM PDT reply actions