Post-Game Fun Chatter!
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 11, 2008 2:43 PM PDT
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Print...where the memories of the past few games can be relived and rehashed over and over and over again!
Hey, what's this? An underused SBN widget?
Let us all celebrate the memories with which this widget blesses us.
I think we'll all grow to like this new Post-Game Fun Chatter! feature.
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Matt Cain
ERA down to 4.06.
:)
Eugeniooooooo!!!!
SIXTH WORST IN RUN SUPPORT AT BEST!!!
AT BEST!!!
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jul 11, 2008 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
it ain't personal, really
RA when Cain is the pitcher of record: 3.70 (after today, according to my rough calcs)
RA when any Giants pitcher is on the mound: 3.99
this impatience on offense has got to stop
Cain threw 115 pitches, while Marquis threw just 81.
both went 7 innings
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 11, 2008 3:02 PM PDT reply actions
Actually
It’s all because Velez was in the lineup
Eugeniooooooo!!!!
by FairweatherFan on Jul 11, 2008 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
The Giants have your best interests in mind.
They’re trying to keep the agony from dragging on all day.
NL West TempestTeapot - An ENTIRE DIVISION under .500!
by victor frankenstein on Jul 11, 2008 6:20 PM PDT up reply actions
besides beating a dead horse on Tyler Dub
The offense is settling into the ‘07 habit of making mediocre pitchers look dominant.
LOL I left work (my mom wanted to take me out to lunch) and I was sitting in my car waiting for her and I had the game on. After they IBB’d Lee, I said, “Fuck it, this is stupid” and turned it off.
Apparently I picked the exact right moment to turn it off.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
good move
but I’m still curious as to what people think about the IBB. Pretty sure I would do it again, since you take the bat away from one of their main mashers, and set up the DP. Clearly it didn’t work, but I don’ t think you can fault Bochy on this one.
Like I said in the game thread
I wouldn’t give him a free pass, but I’d sure as hell pitch him carefully. Nothing over the heart of the plate.
And certainly nothing like the tomato Walker threw to Ramirez.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
I strongly feel
That setting up the DP is not a valid reason to intentionally walk the #3 hitter.
I’m going to have to guess that the run potential of runner on 2nd 0 out is lower than that of runner on 1st and 2nd 0 out.
It may make some sense in the case where the hitter on deck is a worse hitter than the one you are IBB, but when you are walking the #3 to get to the #4, it just doesn’t make sense.
Eugeniooooooo!!!!
by FairweatherFan on Jul 11, 2008 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions
not that I would necessarily IBB here
Most of the extra value from putting the other guy on is the 2nd and 3rd runs possibly scored in the inning.
But you have to consider that late in the game, with the Giant’s offense, you are more worried about losing 1-0 than any other outcome.
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN
yeah
I found this little chart over at tangotiger, and it appears that putting a man on 1st with one out (and a runner already on 2nd) actually decreases the chances that the opposing team will score one run. The potential to score two nudges up a little, and then there appears to be a big jump to more than 2 runs.
I’d say that if we hadn’t had a big hitter like Lee up, then you consider pitching to him, but otherwise it’s the smart move to walk him in a game where runs where so hard to come by.
I 100000000% saw it coming
I know nobody will believe me, but I was studying spanish at the time and not on the gameday thread. I absolutely KNEW he would give up a HR after the IBB.
Check the gameday thread – I totally called it. It just seemed such a Gianty thing to do.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
I think Walker could use some time down in AAA
so he can practice not letting up 3 run homers that lose the game. Maybe we could do that whenever Merkin finishes his rehab assignment. Has he even started that yet?
Merkin’s injured again.
Trent Kline: Decentish. Also, my website is called ChatterBalks Dot Com and on it I make jokes about things.
Just like Kerry Wood!
Trent Kline: Decentish. Also, my website is called ChatterBalks Dot Com and on it I make jokes about things.
Trade him to the Cubs?
Eugeniooooooo!!!!
by FairweatherFan on Jul 11, 2008 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
nah, his shit is fucked up
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080710&content_id=3106209&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
I think he could use some time in Curves and Jenny Craig
Adopted brother of the AnVil / GIANTSPACE™ returns!
by SoFa King Mike on Jul 11, 2008 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Damn, 275?
And if that’s his listed weight the real thing is probably more
www.wazzel.com (prove your sports knowledge if you can)
2008 Giants FunFacts!
- We’ve scored 4 runs in the last 4 games!
- We’ve scored runs in 3 of the last 41 innings!
- Somehow, several teams have worse records than us!
Is Walker hurt?
He sat out most of this week because of his knee:
Walker tweaked his right knee Saturday, but Bochy said he “should be fine” after a couple of days’ rest.
I wonder if he’s not at 100%.
The All-Father is now a Giant!
Walker’s not hurt. He’s just a FAT FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT PITCHER WITH NO TALENT! Oops, did I say that out loud?
Why isn't Sabean held accountable for leading the Giants into many years of mediocrity???
They looked like they might contain gravy
Trent Kline: Decentish. Also, my website is called ChatterBalks Dot Com and on it I make jokes about things.
I was bored at the gym...
and started thinking of ways for Cain to help himself get some wins…
...like ooooh… putting half the team [maybe for example 2/3 of the bullpen] on the wrong charter flight and having them end up in saaaay Tazmania instead of wherever Matt’s next start is to be.
locking Bochy in the groundskeeper’s shed…
supergluing Tyler Walkers fingers together
or maybe just smacking anyone who doesn’t get him an RBI with Rags’ clipboard
I was on the treadmill, I was bored. [and annoyed]
Treadmills of and by themselves are boring and annoying.
They’sre also a major cheat – with normal human locomotion you are propelling yourself against a static resistance , i.e. the ground. With a treadmill all you need to do is move your feet to match the speed of a moving – in – your – direction resistance.
Be true to yourself. Go walk up a NON MOVING incline.
NL West TempestTeapot - An ENTIRE DIVISION under .500!
by victor frankenstein on Jul 11, 2008 6:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually
an eliptical is pretty nice. Better on your knees than a treadmill or normal walking. You can set high resistance and even adjust your walking angle. I swear by ‘em.
Once the air in our region is back to breathable, I can go back to my outside walks/bike rides. Until the fires die down -that’ll be what? October? – no outdoor walkies.
We’re in the central valley, in the path of the smoke and all it’s particulate matter. Many outdoor activities in the area have been cancelled due to the bad air.
It’s nasty here in the South Bay, too. Can’t see the hills (and I live in ‘em). Fire red sunsets each night. Lots of black specs on my window sills when I do open them up.
It needs to go away now.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
+1
My sinuses aren’t very happy because of all this.
"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 Jul 11, 2008 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions
We haven’t really even seen the sun here for days. Every once in awhile there’s this huge red thing in the sky where the sun should be, but it isn’t visible for very long. Which really stinks, one of my summer projects was to build and use a solar oven. I’ve got the thing built, but without direct sunlight it doesn’t work very well!
At least the temperatures have gone down. Yay!
Eh, a lot of California’s air pollution comes from China, anyway.
Of course, this a lot of it is the local fires.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jul 11, 2008 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Not to get political
But the environmentalists block the clearing of forests and logging etc. and that’s why these fires are so bad. If we thinned the forests the fires would’ve stopped a week ago.
I’m interested to find out more about the fires stopping a week ago.
by Johnny Disaster on Jul 11, 2008 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions
On the other hand, there is a potentially serious difference between thinning the forests and logging the forests.
Which not to say that neither thinning nor logging are necessary or that neither one would be useful, because they can be and they almost certainly would be. Only that there is a thin line that would need to be drawn with regard to excess, and that it is one that people, historically, even knowingly, have a rich history of stepping over when it comes to cutting trees.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jul 11, 2008 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions
And don’t get me wrong. I’m not a tree hugger. I wish to death that those pseudo-protestors sitting in the trees in Berkeley would just get out of the way and let them work on the damn stadium.
I prefer to think that I am environmentally aware, rather than environmentally extreme.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jul 11, 2008 11:41 PM PDT up reply actions
What day
did Sabes say that thing about Benji not being part of the Giants’ future plans what with these young up and coming catchers on the way, and then Benji said that it hurt his feelies?
It was a couple days after the draft, right – like June 9th or so?
Benji up to 6/9 – .333 / .360 / .500
Benji since 6/9 – .176 / .211 / .198
Looks like someone is on Operation Shutdown, and could use a li’l apology note from the bossman …
Didn’t he say something like Bengie’s career was winding down? Looks like a pretty good prediction based on your stats.
Speed, defense... and an almost fanatical devotion to getting picked off.
Yup – that’s when Benge said his feelings were hurt. Poor widdle Bengie. He’s pouted himself into suckville.
Here’s what Sabes said. He said that Posey “is on the fast track and Bengie’s clock is winding down.” And then Bengie cried: “The only thing that really hurt my feelings was when he said my clock was running down.” Really? A ballplayer saying that somebody “hurt his feelings.” Sheesh. Of course, Sabean clarified that he meant “contractually”, of course, and not a reflection of his play (which was actually pretty good at the time).
Anyhoo – yup, since then Bengie has been sliding south.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
Observation
Seems a player is more likely to let management comments affect his performance when it’s not a contract year.
DFA the Basic Agreement! Reserve Clause to 3rd!
Fred Lewis can stand under my umbrella.
by S.F. Giangst on Jul 11, 2008 9:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I KNEW IT!
MYSPACE TOM IS A GIANTS FAN!
Adopted brother of the AnVil / GIANTSPACE™ returns!
by SoFa King Mike on Jul 11, 2008 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Who?
Adopted brother of the AnVil / GIANTSPACE™ returns!
by SoFa King Mike on Jul 11, 2008 8:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Have it yahweh
Fred Lewis can stand under my umbrella.
by S.F. Giangst on Jul 12, 2008 8:03 AM PDT up reply actions
In other non-depressing news, Pablo Sandoval went 4 for 5 with 3 RBI today.
"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 Jul 11, 2008 7:18 PM PDT reply actions
Aktully ys.
"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 Jul 11, 2008 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Holy Valley Pete can has cheezburger
He just can’t have one in San Francisco yet sob
Fred Lewis can stand under my umbrella.
by S.F. Giangst on Jul 12, 2008 8:08 AM PDT up reply actions
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