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...where the memories of the past few games can be relived and rehashed over and over and over again!

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Tyler Walker

#45 / Pitcher / San Francisco Giants

6-3

275

R

R

May 15, 1976

Let us all celebrate the memories with which this widget blesses us.

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Matt Cain

ERA down to 4.06.

:)

Eugeniooooooo!!!!

by FairweatherFan on Jul 11, 2008 2:45 PM PDT   0 recs

56th of 61starting pitchers in run support.

Eagerly awaiting Crazy Crab Bobblehead Night on 7/18.

by Kitspool on Jul 11, 2008 2:49 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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

by BigO on Jul 11, 2008 3:18 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

My favorite part of the game was when Cain struck out that guy.

Everybody Loves Durham
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by Natto on Jul 11, 2008 2:55 PM PDT   0 recs

this impatience on offense has got to stop

Cain threw 115 pitches, while Marquis threw just 81.
both went 7 innings

Bonds stands alone.

Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal

by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 11, 2008 3:02 PM PDT   0 recs

come on

you know that the main problem is that Freddie Lew is taking so many called third strikes!

by BigO on Jul 11, 2008 3:08 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Actually

It’s all because Velez was in the lineup

Eugeniooooooo!!!!

by FairweatherFan on Jul 11, 2008 3:38 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

rabble rabble

2008 Giants: Scrappy! Scrappy! Joy! Joy!

by Goofus on Jul 11, 2008 3:07 PM PDT   0 recs

robble robble?

Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Jul 11, 2008 4:15 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

besides beating a dead horse on Tyler Dub

The offense is settling into the ‘07 habit of making mediocre pitchers look dominant.

by fwoty oz on Jul 11, 2008 3:19 PM PDT   0 recs

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.

by jponry on Jul 11, 2008 3:24 PM PDT   0 recs

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.

by BigO on Jul 11, 2008 3:30 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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.

by delorean on Jul 11, 2008 3:33 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I’m not a big fan of the pitch-around, but I can live with that analysis. Let’s face it: the problem had a lot less to do with picking which batters to face than picking which pitchers to use.

by BigO on Jul 11, 2008 3:57 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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

by zenbitz on Jul 11, 2008 4:15 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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.

by BigO on Jul 11, 2008 5:26 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

It doesn’t just set up the double play, it also gives you a force at at any base. If you can’t turn two, nailing the lead runner at 3rd, is a pretty good consolation prize.

2008 Giants: Scrappy! Scrappy! Joy! Joy!

by Goofus on Jul 11, 2008 4:40 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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.

by bondslegend on Jul 11, 2008 7:11 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Me too

I’m seeing a pattern this year.

by giants9107 on Jul 11, 2008 7:17 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Check the gameday thread – I totally called it. It just seemed such a Gianty thing to do.

It's my blarg! Quick Pitch

by can of corn on Jul 11, 2008 7:19 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

True

we can all see this crap coming from miles away.

by bondslegend on Jul 11, 2008 7:20 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Sad, that.

It's my blarg! Quick Pitch

by can of corn on Jul 11, 2008 7:26 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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?

by boonitez on Jul 11, 2008 3:25 PM PDT   0 recs

Merkin’s injured again.

Trent Kline: Decentish. Also, my website is called ChatterBalks Dot Com and on it I make jokes about things.

by groug on Jul 11, 2008 3:30 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Sounds like he’s ready to be a starter!!

Everybody Loves Durham
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by Natto on Jul 11, 2008 3:38 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Yes

the relieving crap with all that up and down, pitching back to back days etc is killing the kid

by wilriv21 on Jul 11, 2008 4:18 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Just like Kerry Wood!

Trent Kline: Decentish. Also, my website is called ChatterBalks Dot Com and on it I make jokes about things.

by groug on Jul 11, 2008 5:17 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

and Sanchez

by wilriv21 on Jul 11, 2008 5:44 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

My mother-in-law gave me a Curves t-shirt. It’s really, really, really orange.

by jcb9 on Jul 11, 2008 4:06 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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)

by NeifiChicken on Jul 11, 2008 3:45 PM PDT   0 recs

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!

by jcb9 on Jul 11, 2008 4:03 PM PDT   0 recs

somehow=Tim, Matt, Jonathan, and Brian

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Jul 11, 2008 4:08 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Bocock?

Everybody Loves Durham
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by Natto on Jul 11, 2008 4:15 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

ahem

read the sig

you can't block the Bocock

by oldjacket on Jul 12, 2008 8:34 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

8th inning candidates?

I like Romo. He grows mustaches.

Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Jul 11, 2008 4:15 PM PDT   0 recs

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!

by EliminateMe on Jul 11, 2008 4:17 PM PDT   0 recs

Considering Bochy’s opinion on “should be fine” with Valdez and others, Walker most likely is hurt.

Everybody Loves Durham
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by Natto on Jul 11, 2008 4:20 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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???

by oldrips on Jul 11, 2008 4:35 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

No

We all just happen to be mind readers.

The All-Father is now a Giant!

by EliminateMe on Jul 11, 2008 4:38 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I… can’t read. :(

Everybody Loves Durham
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by Natto on Jul 11, 2008 4:46 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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]

by Merope on Jul 11, 2008 5:19 PM PDT   0 recs

Wouldn’t it be harder using a clipboard rather than a bat?

Everybody Loves Durham
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by Natto on Jul 11, 2008 5:32 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I considered a bat, but I don’t want the boy doing time for manslaughter; if I were Matt Cain and started taking out my frustrations with a bat somebody might die. I also considered my grandmother’s favorite punishment “I’ll beat you with a wet noodle.” however that just wasn’t severe enough.

by Merope on Jul 11, 2008 5:41 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I meant getting an RBI.

Everybody Loves Durham
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by Natto on Jul 11, 2008 5:54 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

lulz

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Jul 11, 2008 6:53 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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.

by bondslegend on Jul 11, 2008 7:15 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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.

by Merope on Jul 11, 2008 8:29 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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.

by Merope on Jul 11, 2008 8:52 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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

by can of corn on Jul 11, 2008 9:56 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

+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 to parent up   0 recs

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!

by Merope on Jul 11, 2008 9:59 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Wow

California sucks.

by bondslegend on Jul 12, 2008 11:12 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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.

by giants9107 on Jul 11, 2008 10:20 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

I hugged a tree once

caused quite a scandal

you can't block the Bocock

by oldjacket on Jul 12, 2008 8:37 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

ha!

except the air in Beijing is always like that.

you can't block the Bocock

by oldjacket on Jul 12, 2008 8:36 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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 …

by SnowLeopard on Jul 11, 2008 5:45 PM PDT   0 recs

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.

by SF Pete on Jul 11, 2008 5:51 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs