Post-Game Fun Chatter!
by Grant on Jul 11, 2008 2:43 PM PDT
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...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!!!!
by FairweatherFan on Jul 11, 2008 2:45 PM PDT reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 0 recs
My favorite part of the game was when Cain struck out that guy.
by Natto on Jul 11, 2008 2:55 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Then did it 8 more times
that was fun.
by bondslegend on Jul 11, 2008 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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 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 up reply actions 0 recs
Actually
It’s all because Velez was in the lineup
Eugeniooooooo!!!!
by FairweatherFan on Jul 11, 2008 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions 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 up reply actions 0 recs
rabble rabble
2008 Giants: Scrappy! Scrappy! Joy! Joy!
by Goofus on Jul 11, 2008 3:07 PM PDT reply actions 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 reply actions 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 reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 0 recs
Me too
I’m seeing a pattern this year.
by giants9107 on Jul 11, 2008 7:17 PM PDT up reply actions 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 up reply actions 0 recs
True
we can all see this crap coming from miles away.
by bondslegend on Jul 11, 2008 7:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sad, that.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
by can of corn on Jul 11, 2008 7:26 PM PDT up reply actions 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 reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 0 recs
Trade him to the Cubs?
Eugeniooooooo!!!!
by FairweatherFan on Jul 11, 2008 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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.
by delorean on Jul 11, 2008 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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 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 up reply actions 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 reply actions 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 reply actions 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 up reply actions 0 recs
8th inning candidates?
I like Romo. He grows mustaches.
by xanthan on Jul 11, 2008 4:15 PM PDT reply actions 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 reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 0 recs
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.
by groug on Jul 11, 2008 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions 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 reply actions 0 recs
Wouldn’t it be harder using a clipboard rather than a bat?
by Natto on Jul 11, 2008 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 reply actions 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 up reply actions 0 recs
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
by can of corn on Jul 11, 2008 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe
Brett Tomko could make him an extra special charcoal etching of a unicorn, or something.
by SnowLeopard on Jul 11, 2008 6:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
THERES NO CRYING IN BASEBALL
you pussy.
by bondslegend on Jul 11, 2008 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Exactly!
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
by can of corn on Jul 11, 2008 7:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
since then Bengie has been sliding south
sloowwwwwlllllyyyy
by SnowLeopard on Jul 11, 2008 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
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 0 recs
AND SO
(apparently) IS BARRY LAMAR BONDS!!
ZOMG!!! WHO KNEW?!
by SnowLeopard on Jul 11, 2008 7:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who?
Adopted brother of the AnVil / GIANTSPACE™ returns!
by SoFa King Mike on Jul 11, 2008 8:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's OK
Only in Judaism are we not allowed to say His Name
by SnowLeopard on Jul 11, 2008 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
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 0 recs
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 0 recs
brngimup!
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
by can of corn on Jul 11, 2008 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah but
we got Bengie Molina blocking his way, and the clock on Bengie is set for a long time
by SnowLeopard on Jul 11, 2008 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
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